DS3200 and VMware ESX 3.5 configuration
Here are some information related to your DS3200 http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_storage_disk_ds3000_pdf_interop.pdf Storage FW should be at least 06.70.69.00 http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075356&brandind=5000028 http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic/index.jsp ______________________________________________________________________ From RickySR Thank you, but I was thinking more on the lines of how to set the ds3200 up so ESX will see it and be able to use the storage.
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| June 17, 2009 1:34 PM
DS3200, IBM System Storage, VMware ESX 3.5
Here are some information related to your DS3200 http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_storage_disk_ds3000_pdf_interop.pdf Storage FW should be at least 06.70.69.00 http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075356&brandind=5000028 http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic/index.jsp ______________________________________________________________________ From RickySR Thank you, but I was thinking more on the lines of how to set the ds3200 up so ESX will see it and be able to use the storage.
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| June 17, 2009 1:34 PM
DS3200, IBM System Storage, VMware ESX 3.5
CPU overhead on DASD quota products
You’ve raised a really good question, particularly for sites with sub-capacity licensing (meaning extra CPU seconds can raise software licensing costs across the board). I’m unfamiliar with the these three products. Mind you, I don’t think I’ve ever seen CPU overhead data published on the web. However for many monitoring products, there is cpu usage [...]
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| June 17, 2009 9:35 AM
DASD, DASD quota overhead, Direct access storage device, Disk quota management
You’ve raised a really good question, particularly for sites with sub-capacity licensing (meaning extra CPU seconds can raise software licensing costs across the board). I’m unfamiliar with the these three products. Mind you, I don’t think I’ve ever seen CPU overhead data published on the web. However for many monitoring products, there is cpu usage [...]
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| June 17, 2009 9:35 AM
DASD, DASD quota overhead, Direct access storage device, Disk quota management
Low level formatting for Microsoft Vista
I suspect there may be a hidden partition on the drive, that has the OS loaded onto it. The safest way to make sure that there is absolutely nothing on the drives is to <b>low level format</b> it. Have a look on the manufacturer’s website, and see if there is a utility there to do [...]
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| June 17, 2009 6:47 AM
Hard drives, Microsoft Vista, Vista installation
I suspect there may be a hidden partition on the drive, that has the OS loaded onto it. The safest way to make sure that there is absolutely nothing on the drives is to <b>low level format</b> it. Have a look on the manufacturer’s website, and see if there is a utility there to do [...]
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| June 17, 2009 6:47 AM
Hard drives, Microsoft Vista, Vista installation
Restore old Exchange 2000 maibox from Backup Exec old backup
From your old data tape backup, restore the EDB files consisting of your original mailboxes on your Exchange 2000 to any available space even on a file server. I would purchase Ontrack Power Controls or Quest Recovery Manager for Exchange which can open up the edb files directly and then you would be able to [...]
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| June 17, 2009 3:17 AM
Exchange 2000, exchange 2000 restore, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange migration, Veritas Backup Exec 10
From your old data tape backup, restore the EDB files consisting of your original mailboxes on your Exchange 2000 to any available space even on a file server. I would purchase Ontrack Power Controls or Quest Recovery Manager for Exchange which can open up the edb files directly and then you would be able to [...]
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| June 17, 2009 3:17 AM
Exchange 2000, exchange 2000 restore, Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup, Exchange migration, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Transaction Log – SQL Server 2005
Which backups have been restored is kept in the msdb database. Look in the database for tables that start with backup or restore. That’s where the information is kept. You can also look in the ERRORLOG file as each restore should be logged in there.
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| June 17, 2009 3:17 AM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server backup, SQL Server transaction logs
Which backups have been restored is kept in the msdb database. Look in the database for tables that start with backup or restore. That’s where the information is kept. You can also look in the ERRORLOG file as each restore should be logged in there.
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| June 17, 2009 3:17 AM
Backup & recovery, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server backup, SQL Server transaction logs
SAN material
My recommendations to gain knowledge in SAN would be to pick any SAN vendor from the big boys (EMC, NetApp, HDS,) and then review how their architecture communicates with a server (a vendor you already have in your environment – HP, Dell, IBM). Each vendor has different mechanisms but the flavor is the same. Nice [...]
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| June 16, 2009 10:20 PM
SAN, SAN architecture, SAN certificate, SAN management, Storage Area Networks
My recommendations to gain knowledge in SAN would be to pick any SAN vendor from the big boys (EMC, NetApp, HDS,) and then review how their architecture communicates with a server (a vendor you already have in your environment – HP, Dell, IBM). Each vendor has different mechanisms but the flavor is the same. Nice [...]
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| June 16, 2009 10:20 PM
SAN, SAN architecture, SAN certificate, SAN management, Storage Area Networks
Restore a Single Email Message from 2+ years!
I would “restore” this backup not to original location, anywhere else on the network. then I would look into purchasing a product called Ontrack Power Controls which would be able to extract straight from an Exchange database file (EDB). ******* In exchange 2003 you can restore the database to a <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998782(EXCHG.65).aspx”>recovery storage group </a>on [...]
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| June 15, 2009 5:01 PM
.PST files, Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup & Restore, NTBackup
I would “restore” this backup not to original location, anywhere else on the network. then I would look into purchasing a product called Ontrack Power Controls which would be able to extract straight from an Exchange database file (EDB). ******* In exchange 2003 you can restore the database to a <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998782(EXCHG.65).aspx”>recovery storage group </a>on [...]
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| June 15, 2009 5:01 PM
.PST files, Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup & Restore, NTBackup
Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 and Exchange 2007
Starting from Backup Exec 11d and new versions supports Exchange 2007.
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| June 15, 2009 4:08 PM
Backup, Backup Exec Agent for Exchange, Exchange 2007 backup, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Starting from Backup Exec 11d and new versions supports Exchange 2007.
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| June 15, 2009 4:08 PM
Backup, Backup Exec Agent for Exchange, Exchange 2007 backup, Veritas Backup Exec 10
Why is centralized storage so important for enterprise virtualization products?
Centralized storage allows for better access for the consolidated servers. Also, features like Live Migration and clustering often required shared storage. If you want to use full advantage of virtualization ha..vmotion…it is vitaly you use a cetral storage.
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| June 15, 2009 10:35 AM
Centralized Storage, Centralized Storage for Virtualization, Enterprise Virtualization, Microsoft virtualization, Virtualization strategies
Centralized storage allows for better access for the consolidated servers. Also, features like Live Migration and clustering often required shared storage. If you want to use full advantage of virtualization ha..vmotion…it is vitaly you use a cetral storage.
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| June 15, 2009 10:35 AM
Centralized Storage, Centralized Storage for Virtualization, Enterprise Virtualization, Microsoft virtualization, Virtualization strategies
Raid 5 How do I setup?
That really depends on how you want to setup your array, how many discs you have, and how paranoid you want to be. I, personally, prefer to err on the side of complete and total paranoia. However, my lowest level of paranoia requires six drives but four is doable. If you want to you can [...]
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| June 13, 2009 4:59 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID5, Storage
That really depends on how you want to setup your array, how many discs you have, and how paranoid you want to be. I, personally, prefer to err on the side of complete and total paranoia. However, my lowest level of paranoia requires six drives but four is doable. If you want to you can [...]
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| June 13, 2009 4:59 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID5, Storage
Redisgn Best Practices
This is a good place to ask this question. You will get a lot of different ideas from people in different environments, but after you review all of the posts you should decide on the system that you and your colleagues are most comfortable with. If you want everything to work cohesively, Microsoft Active Directory [...]
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| June 13, 2009 12:31 AM
Domain Controller, Linux, NAS, Novell, Unix, Windows Server 2008
This is a good place to ask this question. You will get a lot of different ideas from people in different environments, but after you review all of the posts you should decide on the system that you and your colleagues are most comfortable with. If you want everything to work cohesively, Microsoft Active Directory [...]
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| June 13, 2009 12:31 AM
Domain Controller, Linux, NAS, Novell, Unix, Windows Server 2008
Disaster Recovery
<a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/disaster_recovery.htm”>http://www.petri.co.il/disaster_recovery.htm</a> <a href=”http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=452″>http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=452</a> <b>Moderator Note:</b> You may also wish to visit our sister sites: <a href=”http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/”>searchDisasterRecovery,com</a> <a href=”http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/”>SearchDataBackup.com</a> <a href=”http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/”>SearchStorage.com</a> This article is about how to create a Windows disaster recovery plan http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid190_gci1338530,00.html
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| June 12, 2009 2:34 PM
Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery
<a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/disaster_recovery.htm”>http://www.petri.co.il/disaster_recovery.htm</a> <a href=”http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=452″>http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=452</a> <b>Moderator Note:</b> You may also wish to visit our sister sites: <a href=”http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/”>searchDisasterRecovery,com</a> <a href=”http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/”>SearchDataBackup.com</a> <a href=”http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/”>SearchStorage.com</a> This article is about how to create a Windows disaster recovery plan http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid190_gci1338530,00.html
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| June 12, 2009 2:34 PM
Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery
Power Consumption and UPS sizing
I would recommend you review utilzing HP Power Calculator for Bladesystems. http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/cache/347628-0-0-0-121.html
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| June 8, 2009 6:01 PM
APC, Data Center power management, HP BladeSystem c7000, Power generation equipment, Power management, UPS, VMware P2V
I would recommend you review utilzing HP Power Calculator for Bladesystems. http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/cache/347628-0-0-0-121.html
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| June 8, 2009 6:01 PM
APC, Data Center power management, HP BladeSystem c7000, Power generation equipment, Power management, UPS, VMware P2V
Hard Drive replacement procedure
You wouldn’t be able to restore all of the software by a copy and paste. A third party backup and restore application like <a href=”http://www.acronis.com/promo/ATIH/true-image-2009-imaging.html?source=us_google&ad=disk+ghosting&c=2673628667&k=disk%20ghost&gclid=CNG-3NbQ-JoCFRMUagod4l9bdQ”>Acronis True Image</a> will help you do this. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Most hard drive replacement may come with a 3rd party utility to “clone” your original drive to an external destination and then [...]
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| June 8, 2009 5:29 PM
Hard Drive Installation, Hard drives, Internal hard drives
You wouldn’t be able to restore all of the software by a copy and paste. A third party backup and restore application like <a href=”http://www.acronis.com/promo/ATIH/true-image-2009-imaging.html?source=us_google&ad=disk+ghosting&c=2673628667&k=disk%20ghost&gclid=CNG-3NbQ-JoCFRMUagod4l9bdQ”>Acronis True Image</a> will help you do this. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Most hard drive replacement may come with a 3rd party utility to “clone” your original drive to an external destination and then [...]
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| June 8, 2009 5:29 PM
Hard Drive Installation, Hard drives, Internal hard drives
HDDs for VMWare ESXi 3.5
Sorry I doubled up on my specs. I’ll start again… I’m about to purchase a new server to run VMWare ESXi 3.5 The specs are: Intel SR2500 Server with RAID SR2500ALLXR 2 x Intel Xeon Quad 5420 CPU 12GB DDR2 667 ECC REG RAM 2 extra Intel PCIx Dual Port Gigabit NIC I don’t think [...]
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| June 8, 2009 5:20 PM
SATA, Storage management, VMware, VMware ESXi 3.5
Sorry I doubled up on my specs. I’ll start again… I’m about to purchase a new server to run VMWare ESXi 3.5 The specs are: Intel SR2500 Server with RAID SR2500ALLXR 2 x Intel Xeon Quad 5420 CPU 12GB DDR2 667 ECC REG RAM 2 extra Intel PCIx Dual Port Gigabit NIC I don’t think [...]
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| June 8, 2009 5:20 PM
SATA, Storage management, VMware, VMware ESXi 3.5
What is the difference between TSM and Veritas Backup Exec
They are two completely different animals. There are so many differences it would take a book to list them all. What exactly do you want to know about? I think the performance of TSM is far superior to the Veritas product but some of that may be due to our tape library used with the [...]
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| June 8, 2009 2:31 PM
Backup & recovery tools, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Veritas Backup Exec
They are two completely different animals. There are so many differences it would take a book to list them all. What exactly do you want to know about? I think the performance of TSM is far superior to the Veritas product but some of that may be due to our tape library used with the [...]
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| June 8, 2009 2:31 PM
Backup & recovery tools, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Veritas Backup Exec
RAID 1 with 4 SATA II drives
This sounds like it should work. Before dropping in the drives that you have wipped, do a full backup. Just to be safe. Hard drives that are RAIDed should be picked up by a new controller, provided that it’s the same type and model, and that the drives are connected in the exact same order [...]
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| June 8, 2009 12:10 AM
nVidia SATA II RAID controller, RAID, RAID 1, SATA 2
This sounds like it should work. Before dropping in the drives that you have wipped, do a full backup. Just to be safe. Hard drives that are RAIDed should be picked up by a new controller, provided that it’s the same type and model, and that the drives are connected in the exact same order [...]
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| June 8, 2009 12:10 AM
nVidia SATA II RAID controller, RAID, RAID 1, SATA 2
Configuring a disaster recovery plan for Exchange Server 2007
I would recommend you look at a solution from Xosoft called High Availablity for Exchange. This tool will help keep a “secondary” Exchange server updated with your primary. With the tool, you can test “recovery”. The tool when your primary goes down, the secondary can take ownership and change your DNS settings so your Outlook [...]
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| June 5, 2009 10:07 PM
Disaster Recovery, Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server disaster recovery
I would recommend you look at a solution from Xosoft called High Availablity for Exchange. This tool will help keep a “secondary” Exchange server updated with your primary. With the tool, you can test “recovery”. The tool when your primary goes down, the secondary can take ownership and change your DNS settings so your Outlook [...]
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| June 5, 2009 10:07 PM
Disaster Recovery, Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server disaster recovery
Backup of encrypted data to USB device
Hmm don’t know the Ultimaco encryption software but you can try this. Boot the computer with the encrypted files with ERD Commander which will boot into a GUI “Windows Explorer” like interface and you can copy the files to the USB and network if needed.
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| June 5, 2009 9:15 PM
Backup, Data Encryption, Disaster Recovery, Encrypted files, Encryption, USB devices, Utimaco
Hmm don’t know the Ultimaco encryption software but you can try this. Boot the computer with the encrypted files with ERD Commander which will boot into a GUI “Windows Explorer” like interface and you can copy the files to the USB and network if needed.
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| June 5, 2009 9:15 PM
Backup, Data Encryption, Disaster Recovery, Encrypted files, Encryption, USB devices, Utimaco
how to recover database if it is deleted
Hi, What sort of database? What Operating System? Please be more specific with your questions. Regards, Martin Gilbert. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is a very vague question. Please submit more information related to the database (SQL, MYSql, Postgres, etc.) and the underlying operating system (Windows 2KX, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris)
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| June 5, 2009 6:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Database Recovery
Hi, What sort of database? What Operating System? Please be more specific with your questions. Regards, Martin Gilbert. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is a very vague question. Please submit more information related to the database (SQL, MYSql, Postgres, etc.) and the underlying operating system (Windows 2KX, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris)
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| June 5, 2009 6:20 PM
Backup & recovery, Database Recovery
