IBM midsize v7000, VAAI and storage plugin

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• SRM with IBM midsize V7000

  Hello!

  Please help me to solve the problem:

  While I run the test of the recovery plan, I got an error:

  Prepare for Test storage: information about the recoverable error reported during execution of the SRA: failed to create a snapshot of lun.

  Some information about my infrastructure:

  SiteA:

  vCenter 4.1 U1

  ESX 4.1 U1

  SRM 4.1.1

  SRA - IBMSVCSRA_v1.20.10713

  IBM midsize V7000 - (6.1.0.7 Firmware version)

  SiteB:

  vCenter 4.1 U1

  ESX 4.1 U1

  SRM 4.1.1

  SRA - IBMSVCSRA_v1.20.10713

  IBM midsize V7000 - (6.1.0.7 Firmware version)

  Use this guide to set up RS: http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101765

  DatastoreA replicated to SiteB to SiteA (used Global Mirror - asyhronious replication). Replication status: synchronized coherent.

  Beautiful work of connection between the SRM, Array Manager on SiteA servers configured successfully, Array Manager Configuration SiteB completed with WARNING: cannot display the data store groups. Replicated devices could not be matched with warehouses of data in the inventory, the inventory on SiteA configured successfully mapping, inventory Mapping on unconfigured SiteB, stimulus package on SiteB created successfully.

  Replicated LUNS mapped to ESX on SiteB. In the storage adapters (vSphere Client) configuration window that LUN is listed as a device, but VMFS replica LUNS do not appear in the windows of storage as data store configuration.

  Logfile of attachment of the SRM.

  Thanks for your help!

  Hello

  I have no experience with IBM Storage, but replicated LUN must not be mapped to the ESX host on the recovering site (site B). SRM should do the mapping when you perform a failover (or create and map the snapshots when test).

  Check again your configuration of the SRA. I think you missed something.

  Michael.

• Deployment of Oracle 11g RAC Release 2 with IBM midsize V7000

  At and deployment 11g rac with IBM midsize V7000 san with aix 6.1
  Is this possible using Oracle CRS without going to the OS like GPFS cluster

  lbn76 wrote:
  At and deployment 11g rac with IBM midsize V7000 san with aix 6.1
  Is this possible using Oracle CRS without going to the OS like GPFS cluster

  Oracle Grid these days use ASM starts for vote and register files storage. So no need for a cooked cluster file system that must be mounted by all nodes. No need either directly with a gross storage logical unit number.

  ASM uses the LUN of the matrix of storage/SAN directly (as devices of rough blocks).

  Generally however, there are several I/O paths to that LUN on the SAN - in which case there is more than 1 device level o/s for this LUN. Multipath driver s/w addresses this and creates a logical (and redundant) device that sits at the top of several devices of i/o path to the level of the o/s.

  You configure ASM to use devices of paths multiples (as devices of rough blocks) - and applying exterrnal, normal or high redundancy necessary when creating starts on these logical multipath devices.

  The grid s/w and RAC database instances can then use ASM starts as cluster storage.

  This makes storage much easier layer management - and also provide a number of useful features too.

  This is also the approach recommended by Oracle Corp. for RAC - use ASM under the layer of management of storage between storage LUNS in the table and one side and CARS on the other.

• How to add additional sas drive to an existing IBM midsize V3700 and do like being active in all hosts with vcenter server devices

  Hello team,

  In our infra we have 8 node of the flex IBM x 240 and 1 IBM midsize V3700 host as storage device. In this 19 storage hard drives busy with 600 GB 10 k 6 GB SAS drive and 5 locations are still, that storage is divided into 2 for test and Production. Now we expect for resizing the activity so that we plan to add more 5 hdd storage, can someone guide me how do it properly without any problem.  If I add the HARD drive storage how to initialize and map to the existng storage. If someone has done this before please guide me to continue.

  What you have to do is create a new disk (mdisk) group and add to your existing (mdiskgrp), to make task record the following:

  1. click on internal disks and then bind o pools:

  

  2. click on configure storage:

  

  3. on the storage configuration wizard, you can select use recommended Configuration or select a Configuration different, but the most important is to select your existing disk group RAID level:

  

  4. then select the Expand existing Pool:

  

  Once the capacity of the new disk has been added to your existing pool, you can create new volumes to expand your existing volumes (LUNS UAT or logic of PRODUCTION unit number).

  Let me know if you need additional assistance.

• SRM5.1 / midsize V7000 6.4.1.4 command not supported: [discoverArrays]

  Hi all

  Production site:

  IBM midsize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4

  SRM worm: VMware-srm - 5.1.1 - 1082082

  SRA: IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422

  IP: 192.168.70.50

  vCenter 5.1 U1

  Recovery site:

  IBM midsize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4

  SRM worm: VMware-srm - 5.1.1 - 1082082

  SRA: IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422

  IP: 192.168.70.60

  vCenter 5.1 U1

  When I try to add the table then this error has occurred

  SRA command 'discoverArrays' failed. Invalid ID Array.

  Refer to IBM SAN Volume Controller troubleshooting

  And the SRM journal is attached.

  But I see this part of the newspaper.

  Sorry for the bad English.

  --> < name > discoverArrays < / name >

  --> < OutputFile > C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-12-119 < / OutputFile >

  --> < StatusFile > C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225 < / StatusFile >

  --> < LogLevel > verbose < / LogLevel >

  --> < LogDirectory > vCenter Site Recovery Manager\Logs\SRAs\IBMSVC C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware < / LogDirectory >

  --> < connection >

  --> < login id 'primary' = >

  --> < address >

  --> < code address = 'spA' > 192.168.70.50:5989 < / address >

  --> < code address = "spB" > 192.168.70.60:5989 < / address >

  --> < / book >

  --> < username > * < / username >

  --> < password > * < / password >

  --> < / connection >

  --> < / connections >

  --> < / order >

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 'SysCommandWin32' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] from process: "C:\Program VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\external\perl-5.14.2\bin\perl.exe" "C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager/storage/sra/IBMSVC/command.pl.

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 'SraCommand' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] reset SRA command timeout for '300' seconds in the future

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 'SraCommand' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] listening to updates to the file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225 '.

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 verbose "PropertyProvider" opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] ASSIGN RecordOp: info.progress, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager1

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.441 + 03:00 [02444 'DrTask' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] created task VC 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager:task - 3901'

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 info 'SraCommand' opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] stdout of discoverArrays:

  -> discoverArrays

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:33.909: [Info] the execution Module [constant] Inatall path: [C:\Program VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra\IBMSVC\]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:33.909: name of SRA for the [constant] runtime [Info]: [IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager] uuid: version [38295F72-F7D0-4A0F-B8D4-FF9821AB2675]: [2.2.0.130422]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:34.19: file commandName for the runtime [SRARunner] [info]: [discoverArrays]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:34.19: runtime [SRARunner] logLevel [verbose]: [comments]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:34.34: Module enforcement [verbose] [SRARunner] output file: [C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-12-119]

  --> 14:34:34.34 by Haz 20: [fatal] runtime [SRARunner] command not supported: [discoverArrays]

  ->

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 error 'SraCommand' opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] stderr of discoverArrays:

  -> com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRAException: command unsupported: [discoverArrays]

  -> to the com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRARunner.execute(SRARunner.java:100)

  -> to the com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRARunner.main(SRARunner.java:173)

  ->

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 "SraCommand" verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] Stopped listening to updates of file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225 '.

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 "SraCommand" verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] cancelling SRA command timeout

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 info 'SraCommand' opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] discoverArrays came out with exit code 0

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 "SraCommand" verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] discoverArrays responded with:

  --> <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"? >

  "--> < response xmlns ="http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2">."

  --> < error code = "4" / >

  --> < / answer >

  I solved this problem.

  The problem was MRS. Server intalled on the regional settings of Windows Server 2008 R2.

  My locale of the server was Turkish, when I install MRS I changed to English and installed.

  Finally, I reinstall Windows Server 2008 R2 full English for the United States settings after installed SRM.

  It has been worked.

• Midsize (v7000, ibm) and SRM

  Hi guys

  We will deploy 2 midsize Site A and Site B (backup site).

  my colleague said that since the replication will be available SRM is not necessary... but I think it's so it will simplify the recovery activities?

  Am I wrong?

  or since I use replication, can I recover my site from A to B manually?

  and also what are the two types or replication? which is better? Replication SAN or SRM?

  Thank you very much

  Its POSSIBLE to do recovery without SRM, but its very manual, error-prone and time-consuming, not to mention difficult to test and simulate.

  SRM makes it a TON easier.

• Confusion on table VAAI and EMC

  I have a question regarding the use of the VAAI and an EMC VNX. So, since the host command line you can check the status of vaai and it shows different vaai components that are supported. Just because they are caught in charge doesn't want to say vaai works, right? I saw some documentation showing the use of AUVS to install the plugin vaai, I wasn't sure how all this works. I guess with all the tables, if they support vaai to install the plugin. It is not something that is just Bay storage aware, is it?

  Generally, you don't have any special plugins/VIBs side ESXi operate VAAI with specific storage devices. This is all implemented SCSI standard controls that the storage array is supported or not.

  I have a question regarding the use of the VAAI and an EMC VNX. So, since the host command line you can check the status of vaai and it shows different vaai components that are supported. Just because they are caught in charge doesn't want to say vaai works, right?

  If the output of get esxcli central storage device vaai situation indicates that VAAI is supported for ATS/Clone/Zero operations (Delete a bit is another story), so you can safely assume THAT VAAI operates.

  To confirm this, you can check esxtop (r) while you clone a virtual machine or create a disc of eagerzeroedthick:

  vmkfstools 5-G - c-d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/MY_VAAI_DATASTORE/testdisk.vmdk

  While checking the view of storage (r) esxtop ('u') device and add fields for the display of stats VAAI ('f', 'o'), remove other fields if it does not fit on your screen. While the disc is being cancelled, you should see that MBZERO/s for the LUN is high and the normal MBWRTN/s meter shows no significant activity.

  If VAAI is not actively used, the command vmkfstools above creation of the disc will result in normal writing not discharged and the counter values will flip over.

  Also know that for copying/cloning between VAAI capable LUNS, source and destination must be the same version major VMFS and blocksize, and two LUNS must be managed by the same storage controllers. Otherwise, it will automatically change back to not unloaded read/write operations on LUNS.

• VMware SRM with ibm midsize V3700

  Hello

  I need to deploy MIS Program with ibm midsize V3700. I have to use storage replication (table). There is a feature called mirrored that allowed this replication on the remote storage. But vmware Web site I've not seen corresponding SRA. have someone deployed this kind of config? What SRA can I use?

  I thank in advance

  You must use the card replication IBM SVC storage version 2.2.1 You can download from the VMware site. For more information, see IBM Storage Host Software Solutions Information Center

• Isolate the vMotion and storage traffic?

  We use ESXi 5.1 using two physical switches for management traffic and two physical switches for VM and storage vMotion traffic. We use a DVSwitch with VLANS separated for VMs (125), storage (126) and vMotion traffic (127). My question is really about the physical switch setting. I have installation of VLANs, 125, 126 and 127 on my main switch with each of them having a layer 3 interface. I think that only the network of the VM (vlan 125) needs a layer 3 interface. In other words, my VLAN storage and vMotion is not routable by removing the 3 layer interface.

  Does this sound correct?

  Another twist, I have a Juniper switch where all layer 3 interfaces are defined. It is connected to 4 switches in the rear of my IBM Bladecenter. Two of these switches are Cisco 1 GB switches that carry all traffic to the management through a vSwitch network. The other two switches are BNT 10 GB switches that carry traffic for Storage vMotion and VMs. Of course, it's a network connection, because it carries several VLANS.

  My only question now is should I eliminate interface layer 3 on my storage network located on one vlan separate

  Well, you need your storage system accessible on these IP addresses by the systems for the management of the other subnets or such? You already have all traffic from subnet inter between iSCSI and other networks? If this isn't the case, then there is no need to have routable iSCSI network.

  For the ESXi hosts themselves there is usually zero reason to have vmkernel iSCSI interfaces be routable since you already do management etc on another routable network (and responses of hosts would be sent there as well except if you define static routes custom).

• Backup and storage to iCloud

  Why make backups if you use iCloud storage?

  This should explain it further - iCloud: overview of backup and storage iCloud

• What is the date of GA of Foglight for Enterprise Virtualization v. 7.0 and Storage Manager 3.0

  Hello

  I was wondering what should Foglight for Enterprise Virtualization v. 7.0 and Storage Manager 3.0 available for download

  Thank you

  Eli

  Foglight for virtualization 7.0 is now available on Supportlink here. Storage Management 3.0 is available here.

• IntelliSense in JDE and Eclipse PlugIn

  Newbie here! I need to develop to the 5.0 platform. I downloaded JDE for 5.0 and got example HelloWorld working. My previous 2 years were with Eclipse so after a lot of frustration, I have Eclipse Helios working with the pack 5.0 component. But I noticed on the JDE and Eclipse that intellisense does not seem to be available / work. In other words, if I type:

  Dim myString As String = "";

  int myInt = 0;

  myInt = myString.

  I'm expecting the IDE to display the methods available for the String object immediately after my typing of the period. Do BB d and Eclipse Plugins support this, and if so, any idea why this doesn't work?

  Thanks in advance!

  In JDE, go to Edit/Preferences/Editor/semi-automatic and select:

  Include the java.lang.Object methods...

  Not sure why this is not however the default value.

  In Eclipse, it seems to work, but I don't know why (I won't change anything).

  I'm good to go for now!

  TX for the ear!

• County of vMotion and Storage vMotion over the last 24 hours

  I am under the below a line to count the number of vMotion and Storage vMotion, which happened in the past 24 hours in the middle and it not give me the required result, but when I combine them in the script that I use to collect additional information, it's just returns 0 (zero) as the County.

  Rely on Storage vMotion and vMotion

  Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) |

  Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.relocate" - or $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "StorageResourceManager.applyRecommendation"} |

  Measure-object | Select-Object - ExpandProperty County

  Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) |

  Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.migrate"} |

  Measure-object | Select-Object - ExpandProperty County

  Combined script

  Get-Cluster |

  {ForEach-Object

  $Cluster = $_

  $VMHost = $Cluster | Get-VMHost

  $CpuUsageMhz = $VMHost | Measure-object-property CpuUsageMhz-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $CpuTotalMhz = $VMHost | Measure-object-property CpuTotalMhz-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $MemoryUsageGB = $VMHost | Measure-object-property MemoryUsageGB-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $MemoryTotalGB = $VMHost | Measure-object-property MemoryTotalGB-sum | Select-Object - ExpandProperty sum

  $Cluster | Select-Object - property @{Name = "ClusterName"; Expression = {$_.} Name}},

  @{Name = 'vSphere HA'; Expression = {$_.} HAEnabled}},

  @{Name = 'Analysis HA-Host'; Expression = {$_.} ExtensionData.Configuration.DasConfig.HostMonitoring}},

  @{Name = 'HA-Failover capacity'; Expression = {$_.} ExtensionData.Summary.CurrentFailoverLevel}},

  @{Name = 'HA-Admission Control'; Expression = {$_.} HAAdmissionControlEnabled}},

  @{Name = 'Configuration problem'; Expression = {[string]: join (",", ($_.))} ExtensionData.ConfigIssue | {{(Select-ExpandProperty FullFormattedMessage))}}.

  @{Name = 'vSphere DRS'; Expression = {$_.} DrsEnabled}},

  @{Name = "The DRS automation level"; Expression = {$_.} DrsAutomationLevel}},

  @{Name = "Use of the CPU (Mhz)"; Expression is {$CpuUsageMhz}},

  @{Name = "Cpu (Mhz) Total"; Expression is {$CpuTotalMhz}},

  @{Name = 'Cpu use (%) » ; {Expression = {[Math]: Round(100*$CpuUsageMhz/$CpuTotalMhz)}},

  @{Name = "use (GB) of memory"; Expression is {$MemoryUsageGB}},

  @{Name = "Total (GB) of memory"; Expression is {$MemoryTotalGB}},

  @{Name = 'use of memory (%) » ; {Expression = {[Math]: Round(100*$MemoryUsageGB/$MemoryTotalGB)}},

  @{Name = 'VMS NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get - VM | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}},

  @{Name = 'Virtual machines without VMXNET3 NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get - VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | WHERE-object {$_.} Type - not "Vmxnet3"} | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}},

  @{Name = 'VMotions NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) | Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.migrate"} | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}},

  @{Name = 'SvMotions NB'; Expression = {$_ |} Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start (Get-Date). AddDays(-1) | Where {$_.} GetType(). {Name - eq "TaskEvent" - and $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "VirtualMachine.relocate" - or $_.Info.DescriptionId - eq "StorageResourceManager.applyRecommendation"} | Measure-object | {{Select-Object - ExpandProperty County}}

  } |

  Export-Csv "C:\Script\Clusters.csv" - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

  Could you please someone check the script above and let me know if there is something wrong

  Thank you!!

  But wait a minute, you mean that the "Num vMotions" and "Num of SvMotions" properties have a value of 0?

  This is normal, since you ask for events for the entity of the group, while you should do it for all the virtual machines in the cluster.

  Try the attached version.

• ESXi installation process and storage CF

  Hi all

  It's been a while since I worked with the CF based storage so forgive me if this is a silly question!

  I remember at the time of ESX 3.5 when a host is created, it is strongly recommended that you unplug your HBA as the installer ESX 3.5 was inclined to wipe your FC LUNS during installation.

  Is this always the case? If I add a bright new ESX5.1 host in a cluster existing I have to disconnect from the connected FC SAN for the generation?

  Thank you

  Chris

  No, during the installation of ESXi, it scans all the storage controller and storage/LUN connected to the server. Setup ESXi offer screen user input to select the storage that you want to install ESXi and installation takes place on the selected disk.

  If you are using a scripted installation, make sure that mention you the right VMHBA device in the KS file and remove the firstdisk option. For even if the device driver of the CF charged first by ESXi, KS file controller resumes the VMHBA right for installation.

• Bought Office Acrobat 11 DC Pro to my PC running Windows 7 - I have more than enough RAM and storage, but get the message: "this application cannot be installed on this operating system. The installation program will end now. Please refer to the minimum s

  Bought Office Acrobat 11 DC Pro to my PC running Windows 7 - I have more than enough RAM and storage, but get the message: "this application cannot be installed on this operating system. The installation program will end now. Please refer to the minimum requirements to... "Can't determine the location on the Adobe Web site to get answers. Any suggestions?

  I deleted an earlier version of Acrobat Pro from my computer. Still, I get the same message.

  Hi John,.

  Please specify if you have purchased DC Acrobat or Acrobat 11 or upgrade you to the latest patch for Acrobat 11, that is to say 11.0.11 so that we can help you accordingly.

  I wonder if you have checked your system requirements before you download Acrobat.

  I would also ask to share with you the screenshot of the error message with us.

  You could probably uninstall Acrobat using cleaning tool. Here is the link for the same thing.

  http://labs.Adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html

  If you were installing DC, check out the following link to download.

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/Acrobat/KB/Acrobat-downloads.html (classic)

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/Acrobat/KB/Acrobat-DC-downloads.html (continued)

  Concerning

  Sukrit diallo