Need a checklist to audit a typical SAN to record all the components
Good question. I dont have one right now. But this is what I would check: 1 .Configuration of all storage arrays. ip’s, passwords, raid groups, physical disks, storage processors, luns, connected hosts, support contact and information needed to contact spport. 2. SAN switch, configuration, # of ports, ports used, connected HBA’s or storage controllers, model, [...]
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| August 30, 2009 1:14 PM
IT audit, SAN, SAN Auditing, SAN management, Storage performance
Good question. I dont have one right now. But this is what I would check: 1 .Configuration of all storage arrays. ip’s, passwords, raid groups, physical disks, storage processors, luns, connected hosts, support contact and information needed to contact spport. 2. SAN switch, configuration, # of ports, ports used, connected HBA’s or storage controllers, model, [...]
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| August 30, 2009 1:14 PM
IT audit, SAN, SAN Auditing, SAN management, Storage performance
Any EMC NetWorker users try Amanda Network Backup?
Did you ever end up trying this? We are a huge EMC shop and I am interested in your experience with Amanda. And alse in hearing about why you are thinking of moving from Legato to Amanda.
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| August 30, 2009 1:00 PM
Amanda Network Backup, EMC NetWorker, Network Backup, open source backup software, Open source software
Did you ever end up trying this? We are a huge EMC shop and I am interested in your experience with Amanda. And alse in hearing about why you are thinking of moving from Legato to Amanda.
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| August 30, 2009 1:00 PM
Amanda Network Backup, EMC NetWorker, Network Backup, open source backup software, Open source software
Site outage update
I was experiencing some 503 errors last night. Did you hear any other reports of that?
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| August 30, 2009 12:50 PM
AS/400, DataCenter, Exchange, ITKE, Networking, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Windows
I was experiencing some 503 errors last night. Did you hear any other reports of that?
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| August 30, 2009 12:50 PM
AS/400, DataCenter, Exchange, ITKE, Networking, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Windows
What 3rd party do you recomend for exchange 2003 and 2007 archiving
We have been using Symantec EnterpriseVault (EV) for a few years now and it works very well for us. There are two dedicated servers that handle the journaling and the archiving to our Centera. We grew from four 75 GB stores for a few hundred emplouyees to now, where EV has about 7 TB archived [...]
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| August 30, 2009 3:44 AM
Email archiving, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange Archiving
We have been using Symantec EnterpriseVault (EV) for a few years now and it works very well for us. There are two dedicated servers that handle the journaling and the archiving to our Centera. We grew from four 75 GB stores for a few hundred emplouyees to now, where EV has about 7 TB archived [...]
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| August 30, 2009 3:44 AM
Email archiving, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange Archiving
Lost SAN Connection after MS Security Patches updated
There’s a possibility you’ll need to reinstall the MS hotfix for the storport driver. Check the vendor/tech support notes for your HBA. Run a emcgrab report on the host. and then run it through HEAT on powerlink. That is the quickest way to nail down any issues.
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| August 30, 2009 3:37 AM
EMC DMX800, EMC SAN, Microsoft Security Patches, SAN Configuration, Windows Server 2003
There’s a possibility you’ll need to reinstall the MS hotfix for the storport driver. Check the vendor/tech support notes for your HBA. Run a emcgrab report on the host. and then run it through HEAT on powerlink. That is the quickest way to nail down any issues.
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| August 30, 2009 3:37 AM
EMC DMX800, EMC SAN, Microsoft Security Patches, SAN Configuration, Windows Server 2003
rhel 3 and san disk
Hi there Here is a Link to Searchstorage.com / SAN School. This will first help you understand what a SAN is and how it works. It will then go through deploying and configuring a SAN. http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid5_gci931319,00.html The there is allot if information searchable. This would depend on the version / Vendor of your storage. Check [...]
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| August 27, 2009 6:41 PM
RHEL, RHEL 5.3, RHEL3, SAN
Hi there Here is a Link to Searchstorage.com / SAN School. This will first help you understand what a SAN is and how it works. It will then go through deploying and configuring a SAN. http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid5_gci931319,00.html The there is allot if information searchable. This would depend on the version / Vendor of your storage. Check [...]
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| August 27, 2009 6:41 PM
RHEL, RHEL 5.3, RHEL3, SAN
How to present an EMC Storage LUN to Windows 2003
You would need to add in a fibre card into the VCB proxy host. Then zone and mask the same lun that is being seen by the sserver to this proxy host and then initiate a backup. There are vcb mount and unmount scripts that you would need to specify.
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| August 27, 2009 5:35 PM
ArcServe, Backup, EMC SAN, LUN, SAN, VMware, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2003
You would need to add in a fibre card into the VCB proxy host. Then zone and mask the same lun that is being seen by the sserver to this proxy host and then initiate a backup. There are vcb mount and unmount scripts that you would need to specify.
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| August 27, 2009 5:35 PM
ArcServe, Backup, EMC SAN, LUN, SAN, VMware, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2003
File servers and domain levels
Could you clarify your question a bit? Its very vague as it is asked.
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| August 27, 2009 4:16 PM
Domain, File Server, File Server Storage Level
Could you clarify your question a bit? Its very vague as it is asked.
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| August 27, 2009 4:16 PM
Domain, File Server, File Server Storage Level
Need help configuring IBM BladeCenter H via Qlogic 6502 FC switches to IBM DS3400 storage array…
How did you finally end up configuring this? Do share your experiences.
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| August 27, 2009 2:10 PM
FC SAN configuration, IBM
How did you finally end up configuring this? Do share your experiences.
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| August 27, 2009 2:10 PM
FC SAN configuration, IBM
DAS vs. NAS
They both have very different uses. DAS is used to attach a group of hard drives directly to a physical server. This machine is the only one which can access the drives, unless you setup a network share (Windows) or a remote mount point (*nix) to allow other machines access over the network. A NAS [...]
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| August 26, 2009 8:46 PM
DAS, NAS
They both have very different uses. DAS is used to attach a group of hard drives directly to a physical server. This machine is the only one which can access the drives, unless you setup a network share (Windows) or a remote mount point (*nix) to allow other machines access over the network. A NAS [...]
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| August 26, 2009 8:46 PM
DAS, NAS
IS iSCSI software or hardware based?
Both actually. There are Hardware iSCSI initiators, and there are software iSCSI initiators. The hardware ones are cards which plug into the slots in the computer, where the software ones are software which runs on the computer. iSCSI runs over your normal ethernet network, so they will look like normal LAN ports. One of the [...]
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| August 26, 2009 8:41 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI Ports
Both actually. There are Hardware iSCSI initiators, and there are software iSCSI initiators. The hardware ones are cards which plug into the slots in the computer, where the software ones are software which runs on the computer. iSCSI runs over your normal ethernet network, so they will look like normal LAN ports. One of the [...]
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| August 26, 2009 8:41 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI Ports
SAN zoning and IBM SAN Director
Each Director should only have one zone configuration running at a time.
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| August 26, 2009 8:39 PM
IBM SAN Director, SAN, SAN zoning
Each Director should only have one zone configuration running at a time.
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| August 26, 2009 8:39 PM
IBM SAN Director, SAN, SAN zoning
Blade servers for a small business?
All are good vendors but if cost is a major factor, I would recommend you lean towards Dell since they are really focus on the small and medium-size businesses unlike the other vendors. All the vendors will give you everything you want out of performance and features. Dell is the lower cost at first blush, [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:57 PM
Blade servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell servers, HP BladeSystem, HP Servers, IBM BladeCenter H, Server Selection, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Servers
All are good vendors but if cost is a major factor, I would recommend you lean towards Dell since they are really focus on the small and medium-size businesses unlike the other vendors. All the vendors will give you everything you want out of performance and features. Dell is the lower cost at first blush, [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:57 PM
Blade servers, Dell PowerEdge, Dell servers, HP BladeSystem, HP Servers, IBM BladeCenter H, Server Selection, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Servers
Unable to access EMC Celerra file system from Vista
Hmarks 50 pts. | Aug 26 2009 1:43PM GMT NO Clariion is a SAN array. Celerra is a NAS. The problem is Vista insists on a higher level of security that MS added after the version of CIFS the Celerra is using. To fix: Under “Local Policies” and “Security Options” open the “Network Security: LAN [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:21 PM
EMC Celerra, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Hmarks 50 pts. | Aug 26 2009 1:43PM GMT NO Clariion is a SAN array. Celerra is a NAS. The problem is Vista insists on a higher level of security that MS added after the version of CIFS the Celerra is using. To fix: Under “Local Policies” and “Security Options” open the “Network Security: LAN [...]
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| August 26, 2009 6:21 PM
EMC Celerra, Windows Vista, Windows XP
VMware guests network traffic
It will actually go out to the physical port and come back in. VMware doesn’t make the assumption that the destination that the packets are going to are on the same server so it will send the traffic out to the network port which will then send it back to the other guest.
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| August 26, 2009 5:57 PM
iSCSI, Network traffic, VMware Guests, Windows Server 2003
It will actually go out to the physical port and come back in. VMware doesn’t make the assumption that the destination that the packets are going to are on the same server so it will send the traffic out to the network port which will then send it back to the other guest.
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| August 26, 2009 5:57 PM
iSCSI, Network traffic, VMware Guests, Windows Server 2003
Mimix upgrade
As much detail as you’ll probably get from here is contact support and/or use their web site. They have a great wizard that makes the upgrade a snap. BTDT.
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| August 26, 2009 3:32 PM
AS/400, AS/400 upgrades, Disaster Recovery
As much detail as you’ll probably get from here is contact support and/or use their web site. They have a great wizard that makes the upgrade a snap. BTDT.
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| August 26, 2009 3:32 PM
AS/400, AS/400 upgrades, Disaster Recovery
SQL auto increment by group with INSERT..
Automatically, no. You would need to handle that numbering yourself via your stored procedure code. —————— Or use an IDENTITY or SEQUENCE data type, depending on your RDBMS (DB2 and Oracle support these). Or maybe I don’t understand your question.
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| August 25, 2009 6:10 PM
AS/400, Incremental backup, SQL, SQL INSERT, V6R1
Automatically, no. You would need to handle that numbering yourself via your stored procedure code. —————— Or use an IDENTITY or SEQUENCE data type, depending on your RDBMS (DB2 and Oracle support these). Or maybe I don’t understand your question.
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| August 25, 2009 6:10 PM
AS/400, Incremental backup, SQL, SQL INSERT, V6R1
Backup of large amount of data
In reviewing Handy Backup website, it appears this software is more designed for home use. You may want to look at a business product designed for your server OS (Windows 2K3 example). Something like this probably would work for your environment size http://www.backupassist.com/index.html. It also has a plugin for SQL. Have you looked at amanda? [...]
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| August 25, 2009 5:19 PM
Backup & recovery, Data backup, File servers, NAS, RAID, RAID 5, SQL Database
In reviewing Handy Backup website, it appears this software is more designed for home use. You may want to look at a business product designed for your server OS (Windows 2K3 example). Something like this probably would work for your environment size http://www.backupassist.com/index.html. It also has a plugin for SQL. Have you looked at amanda? [...]
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| August 25, 2009 5:19 PM
Backup & recovery, Data backup, File servers, NAS, RAID, RAID 5, SQL Database
Flywheel UPS
Try this <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=flywheel+ups&go=Go”>Wikipedia search for flywheel UPS</a>. Another one <a href=” http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1288892,00.html”>here</a>
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| August 25, 2009 5:00 PM
Data center backup power, Data center power supplies, flywheel, UPS battery
Try this <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=flywheel+ups&go=Go”>Wikipedia search for flywheel UPS</a>. Another one <a href=” http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1288892,00.html”>here</a>
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| August 25, 2009 5:00 PM
Data center backup power, Data center power supplies, flywheel, UPS battery
Capacity/Performance Management
Check into the <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc506049.aspx”>Microsoft Operations Framework</a> for some ideas on this activity. See the <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Operations_Framework”>wikipedia article</a> for a brief overview. A couple of other good places to start are: <ul> <li><a href=”http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1364282,00.html?track=NL-576&ad=719548&asrc=EM_NLN_8927836&uid=7996693″>Search Datacenter article on tools for UNIX</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.cmg.org”>CMG</a> – an organisation that’s all about performance and capacity planning for all platforms.This site [...]
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| August 25, 2009 4:38 PM
Capacity management, Performance management, Server management, Storage management
Check into the <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc506049.aspx”>Microsoft Operations Framework</a> for some ideas on this activity. See the <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Operations_Framework”>wikipedia article</a> for a brief overview. A couple of other good places to start are: <ul> <li><a href=”http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1364282,00.html?track=NL-576&ad=719548&asrc=EM_NLN_8927836&uid=7996693″>Search Datacenter article on tools for UNIX</a></li><li><a href=”http://www.cmg.org”>CMG</a> – an organisation that’s all about performance and capacity planning for all platforms.This site [...]
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| August 25, 2009 4:38 PM
Capacity management, Performance management, Server management, Storage management
