RAID 5 and three-way mirroring
Our Spac solaris 10 box has only three disks (budge limitation), and they were configured with hardware RAID 1 (3-way). Obviously, the disk performance is going to suffer since both OS and DATA will live on the same mirrored disks, however, this part of disk configuration puzzles me even more: a soft RAID 5 is [...]

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  2:58 PM
Disk mirroring, RAID, RAID 1, RAID 5, Solaris 10, Storage management

Internal DAS vs. integrated NAS
What is the difference between internal DAS and Integrated Nas

Answer Question   |  June 11, 2011  2:45 PM
DAS, Integrated NAS, Internal DAS, NAS

Is LX/LH fiber module a singlemode or multimode module?
Is LX/LH fiber module a singlemode or multimode module?

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  2:43 PM
LX/LH Fiber, Multimode Fiber, NAS, SAN, Singlemode Fiber

T-shirt giveaway: Have you uploaded your profile pic yet?
I’m noticing that some of our users who are active on the site still haven’t uploaded a profile image! Remember — having an image uploaded not only shows other users who you are; having a full profile with an avatar also makes us more likely to choose you as a “Member of the Week” or [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2009  1:42 PM
AS/400, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization

Problems whislt iSeries LIC recovery
Hi, We are trying to recover our DR machine its 825 and i550, when trying to boot from the SAVSYS tape we recieve the following errors i550 – B167 4609 825 – B200 300 Not sure if they are related to LIC program corrupt on the tape or something else as am not able to [...]

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  9:32 AM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 error messages, AS/400 hardware, AS/400 LIC, IBM iSeries 825, IBM System i 550, iSeries backup, iSeries error messages, Tape Backups

Error backing up with SAP transaction DB13
The following error message occurs when I attempt to backup with SAP transaction DB13: ***************************** SQL Job information ****************************** Jobname: SAP CCMS Full DB Backup of master,RPD [20090620094326-6-094326] Type: TSQL DB-Name: RPD For Run: 20090620 09:43:26 **************************** Job history information ***************************** Stepname: CCMS-step 1 Command: declare @exeStmt nvarchar(2000) exec rpd.sap_backup_databases @dbList= “master,RPD”,@r3Db=”RPD”,@bDev=”R3DUMP0″,@expDays= 27,@jobName= “SAP C [...]

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2009  5:21 PM
DB13, NTBackup, SAP Transactions, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 backup, SQL Server backup

DB backup is hung
What are the different ways to know if DB backup & archive log backup process have hung. How can we know the average run time of db backup & archive log backup ? What are the advisable checks to be performed / steps to be taken if we observe the backup is slow (determined by [...]

Answer Question   |  July 14, 2009  9:39 PM
Backup, Backup servers, Database Backup

Storage Career Info. needed
Hi this is vishal…I am currently working as product support engineer for emc symmetrix storge box with experience of approx 18 months….. my job profile is to remotely trouble shoot the storage drives or director related issues… basically its a L1 technical support i want to move towards Storage networking side which storage certifications i [...]

Answer Question   |  July 20, 2009  5:42 PM
IT careers, Storage careers, Storage certifications

How to rename a Storage Group in EMC Navisphere?
Is there a way to rename a Storage Group in EMC Navisphere Management Suite? Much appreciated if someone would mention the steps on where/how to do this. Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  August 6, 2009  8:06 PM
CLARiiON storage systems, EMC, EMC Navisphere Management Suite, Storage Group, Storage management

iSCSI technology for Oracle Rac
Hello, I’m looking for some information about Oracle Rac when the DB is running on iSCSI system like HP Lefthand or DELL EqualLogic system? This king of system storage seems very interesting in particular for the Disaster recovery site. If this configuration is existing, thank you to give me some information about your satisfaction (and [...]

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2009  3:56 PM
iSCSI, iSCSI and Oracle, Oracle RAC

Backup of large amount of data
I need some suggestions on a backup procedure. Here’s what I am backing up to a 3.5 TB fileserver (RAID 5). 200 GB of application and document files from an application server. About 200 GB each on four medical imaging workstations. 100 GB of SQL database files from a SQL Server 100 GB of backed [...]

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2009  6:49 PM
Backup & recovery, Data backup, File servers, NAS, RAID, RAID 5, SQL Database

backup of tally server
how to take backup of tally server

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2009  10:19 AM
Backup, Tally

BSOD – Windows Server 2003 R2 -scsiport.sys error
Here’s the narrative: After June 2009 MS updates restart, got the dreaded BSOD – scsiport.sys 000000d1 b3d47000 d0000008 0 f7284ef8 This is a Dell 2800 server with internal LTO-2 tape drive. Win2003 R2 SP2 all patches. On restart the system comes up to “network connections” before it BSOD and restarts endlessly. If I uninstall the [...]

Answer Question   |  July 1, 2009  8:35 PM
BSOD, Dell 2800, Dell servers, scsiport.sys, Ultrium LTO-2 Tape Drives, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2

Requirement of a shared disk for a failover clustering solution
While it is a stated fact that for a failover clustering solution, the methodology works on the usage of quorum, shared storage (NAS, SAN etc), is there any possibility of not using a shared storage system and yet implement Failover Clustering? Are there any third-party solutions available on the market that provides such a(n) (?)alternative? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2009  5:16 PM
Cluster management, Failover Cluster Management, Failover Clustering, Majority Node Set, NAS, SAN

Need suggestions for correcting slow and error prone Backup Exec process
We have been set up to backup to an online vault using Backup Exec software. The process seems to take forever and had frequent failures. Is the software the problem? What would you recommend. We have approximately 400 Gig of data. The vault was originally seeded with the data. Moderator Note: This is a submitted [...]

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2009  1:00 PM
Backup, Backup Exec, Data storage software, Online Storage Vault, Storage Channel, Storage management

How to mount HP StorageWorks MSA2000 snapshot and assign LUN?
Running VMware ESX and have a StorageWorks MSA2000 snapshot. What steps do we need to take to mount the snapshot to a VM and assign a LUN? Thank you very much. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  7:42 PM
HP StorageWorks MSA2000, LUN, SAN, Storage management, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware ESX 4.0, VMware snapshots

Cluster Heartbeat settings?
What Heartbeat configuration needs to be used when setting up a Windows Server 2003 cluster on HP BladeSystem c7000? Would someone explain or point me to an online resource? Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2009  7:25 PM
Cluster Heartbeat, Clustered servers, HP BladeSystem c7000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server clustering

Changing RealVNC 4.5 username alert
Our company use server 2003. Our members are logging onto a VPS using RDP. We are logging on with RealVNC 4.5. Whenever we logon to the VPS with VNC, and a member is in RDP, an alert comes up that says “(anonymous) has logged in.” We don’t want to be seen as anonymous since we [...]

Answer Question   |  August 24, 2011  7:25 PM
Backup and recovery software; Windows Server 2003, RDP, RealVNC, RealVNC 4.5, VPS

Software to automate backups for SQL Server 2008 databases
I am running SQL Server 2008 and I know how to create backups of this data manually using SQL managment studio but we are looking for a way to automate the process. Does anyone know of a product that can be utilized to do this? Or a way the managment studio can be set up [...]

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2009  4:44 PM
Automated backup, Backup & recovery, Backup software, SQL managment Studio, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server backup, SQL Server backup and restore, SQL Server Management Studio

IBM XIV and 3PAR
Could anyone relate to me there experiences (pro or con) regarding either IBM XIV or 3PAR storage units?

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2009  1:44 PM
3PAR, IBM 3PAR, IBM XIV, Storage hardware, Storage products and equipment, XIV