Virtualization & Storage
Fabric Interconnect CLI: By connecting directly to the fabric interconnect you can quickly issue the following commands to Reinitialize (Disable&Enable) the specified FC Port Channel. Often this is required when […]
Step1 Check the Health status of the Link Aggregation: uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/admin -p Password123# /net/la show -detail 1: ID = la0_SPA SP = SPA Ports = eth2_SPA,eth3_SPA Health state = OK (5) 2: ID = la0_SPB SP = SPB Ports = eth2_SPB,eth3_SPB Health state = OK (5) Step2 Ensure the Network Interface for NFS is correctly configured: uemcli […]
When configuring a VMAX for ‘VMware ESX’ connectivity, I will always firstly consult the ‘EMC Simple Support Matrix – EMC Symmetrix VMAX Series Director Bit Settings’ found here for the […]
If you feel like the mouse movement within the direct console of a Window 2008R2 or Windows7 Vitual machine is sluggish then the chances are you are using the SVGA […]
Encountered the following error while completing a Fresh Install of Inyo File (Dart) on a VNX VG8 with code level 7.1 (Also experienced the same issue with another system running […]
There is a known bug with Solutions Enabler 7.6.0 which returns an error while attempting to create 2048GB TDEV Meta Volumes using SYMCLI on a SYMMETRIX VMAX 40K running Enginuity […]
MCx has brought changes to the way Hot Sparing works in a VNX Array. Permanent Sparing is now the method used when a drive fails. How Permanent Sparing works: when […]
Vblock Specialized System for Extreme Applications This Vblock as the name suggests is VCE’s solution targeted at Extreme Applications such as VDI and High performance database applications. Using the XtremIO […]
These are very useful trick’s in order to obtain a list of WWN’s associated with the blades in a UCS environment. Instead of trawling through the GUI you can easily […]
In the event you have a requirement to uninstall PowerPath/VE from a vSphere host. The first series of steps outline how to remove PP/VE from a single host. If you […]
1. Firstly we need to know the specific names of the Zones that we intend to delete. To gather the full list of zone members within a Zoneset run show […]
Draining of a Data Device (TDAT) from a VMAX Thin Pool is a non-disruptive activity, meaning TDAT’s can be removed from a Thin Pool without the need to unbind any […]
Access Control Logix (ACLX) gatekeeper mapping is required for initial device masking configuration on the VMAX via the Administration host and also required for the Control Station when using a […]
Somtimes you may have encountered an issue where a VNX/VMAX front-end port gets cabled to the wrong MDS Switch Port that you had designed for and in fact the port […]
Firstly download the latest version from the EMC-approved section of the Emulex website for EMC VNX/VMAX: http://www.emulex.com/downloads/oem-qualified/emc/ In this example we are downloading the Emulex LPe16002 Firmware and BootCode version […]
Great to hear a non-disruptive upgrade fix has has been made available for this issue. Background The issue is addressed in EMC KB175619 Essentially after approximately 80 Days of runtime […]
Back in November I was nominated for the EMC Elect Program and last week I received notification welcoming me to the EMC Elect 2014. It is a privilege to be associated with such a great bunch of people and an honor to have been chosen by my peers. The full list of the 80 Elect members can be found here […]
While I have covered Auto Meta here there are times when a more granular approach is needed. This may involve creating Meta Members with a different size than what is configured […]
You may no longer have use for a specific TDEV volume in a Storage Pool and want to free this space to create a new volume or expand an existing volume. These are the steps involved to delete the TDEV and reclaim this space in the Pool. This example details how to delete a single TDEV volume in a Storage […]
During a UIM discovery of an ‘EMC VMAX’ you may encounter the following error: UIM/P – VMAX DISCOVERY ERROR MESSAGE: ================================================================= ================================================================= Action completed successfully… 10.X.X.X: found 1 reachable IP […]
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