Virtualization & Storage
The following are some configuration notes for configuring SMI-S to allow communication with the ‘VNX Storage Processors’, SMI-S can then be leveraged by for example VCE Vision or ViPR to configure/report on the VNX array. Before proceeding ensure you have the both VNX Storage Processor A&B IP addresses to hand, the SMI-S host will use these IP’s to allow for […]
Guest post by the VMAX Guru – Paul Martin @rawstorage VMAX3 CLI Cheat Sheet Disclaimer, this is not a comprehensive how to, just a toe in the ocean of VMAX3, […]
The following are some configuration notes for configuring the ‘VMAX Management HOST’ for communication via SMI-S for purposes such as ‘ViPR’ or with ‘VCE Vision’. Before proceeding ensure you have […]
————————————————————————————– Reference:: VNX® Command Line Interface Reference for Block: The naviseccli ndu command -install function transfers one or more SP driver packages from a user-accessible file system to the system […]
Related post: ‘EMC VNX – MCx Hot Sparing Considerations’ MCx code has brought many new features including the revolutionary ‘Multicore Raid’ which includes the ‘Drive Mobility’ feature. Drive Mobility (also […]
Installing the RecoverPoint Enabler using NAVICLI: Check the list of all ENABLERS currently installed on the VNX: naviseccli -h SP_IP ndu -list A series of rule checks need to be […]
Verify ‘NAS’ Services are running: Login to the Control Station as ‘nasadmin’ and issue the cmd /nas/sbin/getreason from the CS console. The reason code output should be as follows (see detailed list of Reason Codes below): 10 – slot_0 primary control station 11 – slot_1 secondary control station 5 – slot_2 contacted 5 – slot_3 contacted Complete a full ‘Health […]
The following script allows the user to modify an MS Windows Guest VM IP and DNS configuration. You may download the ‘IP&DNS_Modification.ps1‘ script HERE (Remove the .doc extension). Begin by […]
Begin by connecting to the cluster IP over SSH and checking which FI is Primary/Subordinate: FI-A# show cluster state A: UP, PRIMARY B: UP, SUBORDINATE Note: show cluster extended-state will provide more detailed information. Having confirmed the ‘B’ fabric switch is the subordinate connect to FI-B mgmt cli interface: FI-A# connect local-mgmt B From FI-B local-mgmt interface issue the reboot […]
In this post I will detail how to increase an XtremIO volume and extend the associated VMware VMFS volume. As can be seen form the XtremIO management interface the existing […]
Please begin by downloading the attached PDF here. As you can see this is a fully compiled listing of all 256 possible FC WWPN’s available on a VMAX³ system. A […]
Nexus 5000 series UP switches have the option of either enabling individual ports as Ethernet or Fibre Channel ports. One of the strict guidelines is to begin enabling ethernet ports […]
Before proceeding with any upgrade of code on the VNXe please reference the target code release notes on https://support.emc.com/. The VNXe landing page: http://emc.com/vnxesupport will provide you with all the […]
If the situation ever arises where you have lost your XtremIO Management Server (XMS) – do not worry as you can quite easily recover the XMS to its previous state. […]
——————————————————————- Reference:: EMC® VNXe® Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide: Collect -Config: Create a snapshot of the current system configuration and save it to a file. It captures all of […]
——————————————————————- Reference: VNX® Command Line Interface Reference for Block: SPCollect : The naviseccli spcollect command selects a collection of system log files and places them in a single .zip file […]
The VMware vSphere Host storage path limit as of vSphere 5.5 is 1024 and the maximum LUNs per host is 256. Maximum LUNS PER ESXi HOST = 256 Maximum FC […]
Part 1 Part 2 This is the third part in the series on configuring the VNXe via command line. Here I will detail the Steps involved in adding VMware ESXi […]
This post will cover the Masking and Zoning scripts for a VG when using Cisco MDS fabric switches. This post will not cover the creation or rules around the Control […]
NSLOOKUP At the command prompt type “NSLOOKUP “. This will give you a “>” prompt. Type “set type=MX “. Type “microsoft.com “. You should now get the MX records for “microsoft.com”: Non-authoritative answer: microsoft.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com internet address = 207.46.163.215 microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com internet address = 207.46.163.247 microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com internet address = 207.46.163.138 Or Use who.is: […]
