Virtualization & Storage
Thank you Cliff, Steve and Luc for helping me out with this task. After you have created the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts, at this stage you may use PowerCLI to add these new LUNs as VMFS datastore’s. 1. Connect to vCenter: Connect-VIServer -Server “vcenter_IP” -User UserName -Password Password If you […]
The steps below detail the process of clearing all zoning configurations on an MDS switch. Including: fcaliases, zonesets and zones. If you wish to remove individual zones from a zoneset then please see post here: How To Remove Zones from an Active Zoneset Note: Ensure this is a standalone switch; if it is connected to other switches in the fabric […]
1. Open an SSH session to the XtremIO Management Station Firstly we need to open an SSH connection to the XtremIO Management Station (XMS), in this case I used putty […]
This is a guest blog post kindly contributed by Eric Daly @daly_eric. In an effort to pin point specific DIMMs within UCS that are throwing an error, please follow these […]
Since XtremIO first became Generally Available back in November 2013 the momentum of the product has been incredible. Becoming the ‘Number 1’ All Flash Array (AFA) on the market in […]
The overall theme of the Mega Launch IV is “Redefine Possible” – What EMC focused on in the new VMAX³ (“to the power of 3”) was the agility and scale […]
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 […]
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