HDDs protected or unprotected?

Hello, After upgrading an existing 8203-E4A machine (i5/OS, V5R4M5) with 2×139 HDDs feature code #3677, i see in the “Work with disk units-> Display Disk Configuration Protection” that the model of disk units added are 090. The array is RAID5 and have 6 HDDs. 3 HDDs are 099, 2 HDDs are 090 and 1 is…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:47 AM
AS/400 hardware, AS/400 storage, HDD, i5/OS
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65 pts.

How do I use Veritas Volume Manager DMP with a StorageTek ST2540 array

We have recently aquired a Sun StorageTek ST2540 array and directly attached it to Sun T2000 server. While the native Solaris 10 MPxIO is able to recognize duel path to the Storage but Veritas DMP is unable to. Could this be because of array support missing in Veritas Storage Foundation Suit 5 for ST2540? I…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:41 AM
MPxIO, Multiplexed I/O, Solaris 10, Storage arrays, Storage management, Sun Fire T2000 Server, Sun StorageTek 2540, Veritas Storage Foundation Suite, Veritas Volume Manager
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75 pts.

Recovering and restoring database

I have taken a rman backup without controlfiles and i am not using recovery catalog i am uisng target database. NOw i lost all datafile s,controlfiles and redolog files.How do i get my databse up and running.



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:38 AM
Oracle, Recovery, Recovery Manager, Restore
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5 pts.

Bluearc and VMWare

Hi, Has anybody had any experience or looked into running vmware using a bluearc mercury 55 as storage?  Wondering if you can share any insights into design considerations or architecture? Thanks, Aldo



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:32 AM
BlueArc, VMware, vSphere
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5 pts.

AIX backup and restore

Just a background, my volume group backup consumes 5 tapes. Backup using the “find . -print….” Now, I would like to restore a file which i know is from the 3rd tape. Using restore command restore -xvqf /dev/rmtx ./ /[filename] The system always ask for the first tape. Is there a restore command that can…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:29 AM
AIX, Backup, Storage in 2010, Unix administration, Unix commands, Unix Servers, Unix tools
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300 pts.

Windows Server 2003 and IIS configuration

Good Morning I have Installed Windows Server 2003 on one machine and configureas IIS.After configuring site, i faced two problems 1> When i put machine on LAN with Live IP. It choke my Network. I checked( received and send packets) …….it increase continuosly and I ping to DNS it shows RTO. 2> I am not…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:16 AM
DNS, IIS configuration, RTO, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server configuration
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60 pts.

A source to help identify costs per host, deploying Quality of Service

I am examining the deployment of a Quality of Service scheme within our enterprise network and need a source to help identify what the costs per host might be.



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:15 AM
Cost analysis, Host management, Network management, Networking, QoS, Quality of Service
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1,545 pts.

HP Storage Essentials 5.1 ownership of a volume

Is it possible to assign ownership to a volume rather than a server? If so, How?



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:12 AM
HP Storage Essentials, Storage, Volume
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5 pts.

Performance irregularities on Hitachi AMS2100?

We are seeing a strange mix of high cache write pending in conjunction with very high front end processor utilization which we believe typically do not occur together. Has anyone else seen this or other performance issues on this storage array?



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:08 AM
AMS Performance, AMS2100, Hitachi AMS2100, SAN
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250 pts.

error (25) cannot connect on socket netbackup 6.5

Hi I have a test network consisting of a windows server 2003 Domain Controller, a windows server 2003 with netbackup 6.5, and a Netapps filer, all on the same isolated VLAN. All windows servers are updated with the latest updates. I am able to add the Filer under NDMP hosts, and the credentials are verified. But I…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  7:00 AM
Backup Exec, Domain Controllers, NetBackup 6.5, Veritas NetBackup, VLAN, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Saving AS/400 Libraries on tape disk

Good day to all, I am new user of AS/400. I need to know how take backup of specific libraries on tape disk, step by step procedure, how to prerequisite services end and start after taking backup. Thanks, Regards, Tahir Ali



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:59 AM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 Library, Tape Backups, Tape libraries
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150 pts.

Inner workings of APC NetBotz 500 Systems

The manuals don’t answer all my questions (About Your Appliance, and Using Your Appliance). I understand I can adjust camera capture information, like frequency of capture from once every 30 seconds to 30 times a second. I also understand I can have motion sensors or door sensors that cause alarms to happen based on time…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:57 AM
APC NetBotz 500, Data Center management, Environmental services industry, NetBotz, Remote Environmental Monitoring, Systems Management
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245 pts.

parallels VM migration

parallels VM migration we have a IBM Server with Windows OS On that and have installed Parallels; in parallels they have created other Virtual Machine with Windows OS. how can we can shift this VM to FAS 2020? & how do we do the backup of these VM.



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:46 AM
Backup, Netapp FAS 2020, Storage arrays, Virtual Machines, VM, Windows Operating System
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16,755 pts.

Tape Restore

We just upgraded from a model 520 to a model 720. I have been using Ultrium 1 for backups on the 520. The new system uses Ultrium 4. Is there any way that I can restore the Ultrium 1 to the new system, I have some history files that I need ?



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:43 AM
Storage, Ultrium 1, Ultrium 4
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145 pts.

Exchange 2000 SP3 on Windows 2000 SP4. I had a hard drive issue on the server.

My company is running Exchange 2000 SP3 on Windows 2000 SP4. I had a hard drive issue on the server. I set up a new server and restored my information store from backup and ran the eseutil /cc. That worked fine and my store is in a “clean shutdown” state. The problem is that my…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:35 AM
Backup, Eseutil utility, Exchange 2000, Information Store, Windows 2000 Server
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16,755 pts.

AS/400 Daily Backup taking more time to complete

SAVCHGOBJ job taking around 3 hours to complete, earlier it was taking only 30 minutes. when i check the job lock i found OBJECT-Q04079N061, LIBRARY-QSPL, OBJECTTYPE-FILE PHY, MEMBERLOCK-YEY, is there anything to check to analyze the problem Please advice for taking the necessary steps Thanks in advance.



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:35 AM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 backup and recovery, AS/400 jobs, Backup, iSeries
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180 pts.

How do I force a Sun x4200 with a LSI SAS1064 RAID controller to resync?

How do I force a Sun x4200 with a LSI SAS1064 RAID controller to resync? mpt-status returns OUT_OF_SYNC for one of the drives. A power cycle didn’t alleviate the problem. Does this mean the disk has failed?



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:34 AM
Linux, LSI, LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller, RAID, RAID controllers
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120 pts.

How do I force a Sun x4200 with a LSI SAS1064 RAID controller to resync?

How do I force a Sun x4200 with a LSI SAS1064 RAID controller to resync? mpt-status returns OUT_OF_SYNC for one of the drives. A power cycle didn’t alleviate the problem. Does this mean the disk has failed?



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:30 AM
Linux, LSI, LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller, RAID, RAID controllers
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120 pts.

Backup Exec 12.5 does not backup All Mailboxes

I am running BackUp exec 12.5 and i am trying to backup exchange server 2007 and although it seems that the procedure is completed succesfully when i try to restore specific mailboxes i realize than not all mailboxes are getting backed up. Any suggestions???



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:24 AM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12.5, Exchange 2007, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec 12.5
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30 pts.

CHKEXPBRM process being ignored with parallel saves

We have a Backup Control Group that requires the CHKEXPBRM process to cancel the Backup if the required amount of media is not present. If the Backup Control Group attribute is set to Parallel Devices *NONE, the Backup Job will issue error BRMS1931 and threfore can be cancelled using System Reply List Entry or manually.…



Answer Question   |  June 27, 2012  6:23 AM
AS/400, Backup to Tape, BRMS Commands, CHKEXPBRM
485 pts.