Dell EMC ViPR 3.6 – VMAX Export Path Adjustment
A very useful new feature in ViPR 3.6 is the ability to increase/decrease the number of fibre channel paths on an existing VPLEX or VMAX export (host/cluster). The following example showcases […]
EHC 4.1: ESXi Host Migration Process (vCenter Host Migration with ViPR Export Groups)
This procedure details the steps to execute in order to remove an ESXi host from a source ViPR Export Group and add to an existing target Export Group. Note: this […]
ViPR Controller – Ingest V(x)Block UCS Boot Volumes
The following provides guidance in a scenario where your ESXi host boots from SAN, for example this is the standard configuration for Cisco UCS blades included in a Vblock/VxBlock. These […]
ViPR Controller: Exporting VMAX3/AFA LUN fails with Error 12000
This ‘Error 12000’ maybe encountered while exporting a VMAX 3/AFA LUN from ViPR Controller as a shared datastore to a specific vSphere ESXi Cluster (ViPR shared export mask). The reason for the failure is because ViPR either attempts to add the new shared LUN to independent exclusive ESXi Masking Views or to a manually created shared cluster masking view: Error […]
ViPR Controller -Configuring AD Authentication
The default built-in administrative accounts may not be granular enough to meet your business needs, if this is the case then adding an authentication provider such as Active Directory which […]
EMC XtremIO – VPLEX BackEnd Connectivity Considerations
This post will detail some general best practices for VPLEX Back-end connectivity to an XtremIO storage array. As you will see from the diagrams below each VPLEX director should have […]
EMC ViPR – Cisco IVR Cross-Connect Zoning (VPLEX)
Known ViPR&VPLEX Storage Provisioning Issue: The following error may be encountered while provision a shared VPLEX distributed volume to an ESXi Cluster using ViPR v2.x – 2.3: The reason why […]
EMC VNX – SMI-S Configuration & Discovery
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 […]
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