mounting an AS/400 shared folder to linux
I am trying to find how to mount an i-series shared folder to my linux machine. I would ideally like to be able to use the cpy command on the i-series to copy files directly to the linux shared folder (it is currently shared on a windows machine). I have a program which selects the [...]

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2012  9:45 PM
Connectivity, iSeries, Linux, NFS

Raid 10 configeration
Where do I connect my four drives for a raid 10 array?

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2012  5:05 AM
Storage arrays

CL PGM for full system save from the HMC
System info: OS/6.1, 9117-MMB-770. Can you run a full system save from the HMC in a CL pgm? here is my code so far: PGM DCL VAR(&DATE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6) DCL VAR(&TAPE) TYPE(*CHAR) VALUE(TAP02) CHGJOB RUNPTY(19) JOBQ(QSYS/QCTL) LOG(0 00 *SECLVL) + LOGCLPGM(*YES) BRKMSG(*NOTIFY) + TIMESLICE(99999) CHGMSGQ MSGQ(*USRPRF) DLVRY(*HOLD) MONMSG MSGID(CPF2451) CHGMSGQ MSGQ(*WRKSTN) DLVRY(*NOTIFY) RTVSYSVAL SYSVAL(QDATE) RTNVAR(&DATE) [...]

Answer Question   |  August 21, 2012  4:29 PM
Administration, Backup, iSeries

Multiple hard drive question
I have two drives on my PC. A SSD and a HDD. If I install an application (arcGIS) on my solid state. is it okay to store data for that program(maps and files that the program with use in its database) on the HDD or will it be faster to keep them on the same [...]

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2012  3:02 PM
GIS software, HDD, SSD

Lotus notes 8.5
I have .nsf archive files from my old work lotus notes 8.0.2. At my new work we use lotus notes 8.5 version. I can’t open my arvhive file from old version with new version. It says ”Attempted encryption operation is not supported by this version of notes” – pl. help.

Answer Question   |  August 8, 2012  2:50 AM
Archives, Lotus Notes 8.0.2

Exchange Archive
I need to know how to setup Exchange 2003 to periodically archive e-mails. Can anyone explain how to do this? Thanks.

Answer Question   |  August 7, 2012  12:11 PM
Archives, Exhange 2003

Random Storage Question
Question 01 – like netapp operating system is DATAONTAP and it’s file system is WAFL what about EMC products? and what about oracle ZFS uses which file system Question 02 – What are command set for fiber channel and fibber channel over Ethernet ? Question 03 – if someone talks about lost frame in a [...]

Answer Question   |  August 1, 2012  6:38 PM
EMC, iSCSI and FC Network, NetApp, Storage, Storage Channel, ZFS Filesystem

Do you use FibreChannel over Ethernet?
I’ve heard mixed opinions about using FCoE. What’s your take? Is it reliable enough yet, or does it still need time to mature?

Answer Question   |  July 23, 2012  12:48 PM
Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Networking, Storage

Terminology “True” SAN or “Emulated” SAN
Dear Memebers, my senior is talking about in a discussion type of SAN according to him there are two types one is True and one Emulated when i ask him to explain the difference so explained that in a Emulated SAN there is layer in between hardware like NETApp’s WAFL he also explained that in [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2012  6:14 AM
Storage, Storage Area Network

external hard drive
tow days ago i had a problem with my external hard drive when i pluged it in my cp told that u shuld format it then i desided to solve this problem by myself  i have used hiren boot cd (partition recovery) to recover the partitions but it dosent work and it become worst  now [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2012  5:04 AM
External hard drive

storage group
Hi, Can we add multiple hosts to a storage group? I know a host cannot add to more than one storage group at time, however not sure if two servers can add to a single storage group in clariion.

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2012  5:36 PM
Storage Group

Backup
Hi, need some advice on the AS400. Thanks in advance. We had a AS400 and we had user using it 24/7. We would like to shut down the system for some maintenance, but there is a small group that are not willing to accept for the downtime. What other way can i backup the system [...]

Answer Question   |  July 15, 2012  12:55 PM
AS/400, Backup

doubts about raid
Can we use two raid groups at a time in a storage system? ie can we use both raid 10 and raid 6 on the same set of drives?

Answer Question   |  July 12, 2012  5:40 PM
RAID, Storage

Filter SQL Replication Deletes by user
I am in the process of setting up replication from sql 2008r2 to Oracle 11.  I have one requirement that is giving me some issues.  My sql db is the publisher and currently maintains data from year 1.  The Oracle subscriber will maintain 7 years data.  After the initial snapshot the sql db will only [...]

Answer Question   |  July 11, 2012  6:13 PM
Replicating databases, Replication, SQL replication

How to find a large size object or fast growing object ?
Few days back we had an issue where DASD went up to 97% and even higher… Due to a user who have created a large file: Library . . . . . . : ABC Object Type Attribute Text XYZ *FILE ********** “Object with size has grown extremely High” We took a service dump and [...]

Answer Question   |  July 10, 2012  12:19 PM
DASD

Raid 10
I have a raid 10 4 drive array. Can I add more drives to this setup?

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2012  5:19 PM
RAID

Photo command on ext HDD
Each time I plug my terabyte HDD into my laptop, it automatically brings up and displays one particular photo from one of my photo folders in one of the partitions of my terabyte HDD. I have no idea why or why it chose this one photo. I had to delete the photo because it bugged [...]

Answer Question   |  June 25, 2012  4:41 AM
HDD, Windows 7

Windows XP Installation
Hi Good Morning to All can please tell me how to install win XP in sata mode AHCI Because safeboot only support AHCI mode so plzz tell how i can fix this problem

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2012  6:20 AM
SATA, Windows XP

Connecting FC disk enclosure to server
Hi i was wondering if anyone had the knowledge to help me with my issue of directly connecting a AD542B to a GL360 G5 server. Current Specs of Server are: AE312A FC HBA 8GB RAM Server 2008 R2 x64 3.2GHz xeon processor 500GB HDD. Installed within the AD542B i have: 2x AJ715A FC B AD624B [...]

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2012  1:09 PM
G5 Server, HDD

Who is your primary storage provider? (Sponsored)
Who is your primary storage provider? Dell, EMC, HDS, NetApp? Someone else?

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2012  3:47 PM
HDS, NetApp, Silver Peak, Silver Peak Expert Advice, Storage