Equallogic failover management port
I'm configuring a Dell EqualLogic PS6210XV.I've configured dedicated management interface. When I disconnect the management port on the active controller, it doesn't automatically fail over to the the...
View ArticleWhat is the best practise to create Volumes
hi.i have Dell Equiliser PS 6000 model SAN storage. with RAID 50 Configured. and spce 4 TB1. i want to present 2TB and 2 TB Volumes to the 2 host servers. is it good to present like this or 2. can i...
View ArticleEquallogic VSS Requestor Memory Leak? (HIT 4.7.1 Windows)
Hello,I have two machines here (one W2K8 R2, one W2K12R2) that show a steady climb of memory usage (commit size) for the Equallogic VSS Requestor (EqlReqService.exe) service - 5.711.888K Commit Size...
View ArticleExtremely slow SAN performance for VMs
I was hoping someone might be able to assist with some major performance issues we are having in our production environment. (NOTE: I inherited this setup, sans some recent changes to the swtich...
View ArticleEvent 9 39 129 Server 2012
Hello We have 3 Poweredge R630 servers, 1 Equilogic PS4210 and 2 Dell switches N4032 to connect them. We are having iSCSI issues. 1 VM is freezing up afther 30-60 min uptime. storage Esent 510 533...
View ArticleMD3200 Shutdown Procedure
HelloIs there any specific procedure for shutting down a MD3200 or do you just power down your hosts and pull the power on the MD?ThanksKind Regards
View ArticleSANHQ 3.1 Install Problems
I cant get 3.1 to install on 2012R2 because it tries unsuccessfully to install .NET 4.5 which is already installed. Is anyone having this problem and/or did you get past it?
View ArticleControl module 0 processor sensor
HelloWe are getting the email from our SAN :I have the server room set at 64 degrees, Do sensors go bad?WARNING event from storage array san-1subsystem: emd [secondary] event: 28.3.46 time: Thu...
View ArticleWhat is the best practise to create Volumes
hi.i have Dell Equiliser PS 6000 model SAN storage. with RAID 50 Configured. and spce 4 TB1. i want to present 2TB and 2 TB Volumes to the 2 host servers. is it good to present like this or 2. can i...
View ArticlePS 4000 does not recognize replacement HDD
HDD failed on PS4000. I replaced the HDD and reinserted the caddy back into the chassis. HDD still marked as failed. I replaced the caddy with a new one with the original HDD and reinserted into the...
View ArticleSan HQ 3.1 alerting frequency
Since upgrade to SAN HQ 3.1, it is alerting every hour vs every 6 hrs as connfigured. It is beating the *** out of us. I do have a failed drive and a drive is on its way however getting beat up by...
View Articleequallogic connection
I have setup an equallogic san and can't connect to access volumes or management ip. I tried the iscsi initiator, but can't see it. When i try to access the web interface it says can't connect after...
View Articlechoosing RAID policy
hi there,Am about to setup a PS4210x (24x 600GB 10k) and was wondering which raid type to go for. Its a single array for a smallish company (70 office staff). They use file servers, exchange, RDS via...
View ArticlePS4000 firmware upgrade failed
Event ID: 30.4.1 Array firmware update from version V6.0.11 to 7.0.1 failed. Reason: Another copy of update is already running. .I am trying to upgrade from 6.0.11 to 7.0.1 so I can add my new ps6100...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Volumes and Multiple vCenter Servers
I have one EQ group that provides storage for two vCenters. I have VVols working on vCenter #1, but cannot create VVOLs from vCenter #2. I found this general post online and wonder if I can only...
View ArticleUpgrading PS6100 from v6 to v8
We have a Dell EqualLogic PS6100XV storage array currently running firmware version 6.0.11. Windows hosts are running HIT v4.5 and we are using SAN HQ v2.5 on a VM. My plan is the following: 1) Upgrade...
View ArticleVVOL Replication??
From my own testing and reading online it appears that replication of VVOLS is not possible. Is there another avenue for DR using Equallogic tools and vms stored in VVOLS?
View ArticleESXi 6.0U2 and I/O timeout warning in release notes
I hope the famous Don can answer this question [:D]VMware just released 6.0 U2 and the known issues contains a warning about I/O timeouts but they don't say which products/vendors are affected. Do you...
View ArticleSANHQ 3.1 Install Problems
I cant get 3.1 to install on 2012R2 because it tries unsuccessfully to install .NET 4.5 which is already installed. Is anyone having this problem and/or did you get past it?
View ArticleEquallogic SAN headquarters alert
Hello all,I have warning 2.2 and disabled it in the notifications tab of san HQ. I restarted the eqlxperf services (san hq service), but the alert does not go away. Is there anything else I need to do?
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