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• MSA 1000 SAN newby question

  Hello

  I work for a small business with limited funds for the construction of a SAN infrastructure.  I currently have a HP DL380 G5 with 16 GB of RAM an HBA and 5 cards of network operating Foundation of ESX 3.5 update 3.  This server is connected to a Brocade Silkworm 200e which is connected to an MSA 1000 with a controller and a slot empy for a second controller with 14 72 GB drives possilble.  I backupexec, backup data and ESX Ranger backup of virtual machines.  I have an extra card to fiber to the server offline (I'm not worried about picking up the network to install a card failure) I have extra GBIC for the switch of fiber optics and additional optical fiber cables.  This server will host about 15 VMs - we are small and the e/s is not too.

  My question is what happens if the MSA 1000 controller module dies?  Do I have to files LUN from scratch and restore backups?  Can I put another module in the second span in an active/passive configuration?  Can I buy a second controller and the sill of LUNS will be there when replacing one defective?  Any information on the strategy here is appreciated.  We are small and need to look at the costs and are willing to give up high availability for a simple secure solution.  I hope I have ave givien enough informaltion.  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  JB

  SPEX is absolutelly right, if you continue with a single controller and if it fails, you can just swap with a new and all information will be taken fron the disks, if you put another controller in your MSA, then I recommend Flash version 7 firmware controllers. XX which allows an Active/Active configuration

  Kind regards

  Goodspeed

• Compatibility of MSA 1000

  I have an old MSA 1000 Fibre Channel SAN that I intend to use for a data store on a free ESXi hypervisor type host.

  I checked the compatibility guide and the last listed support for ESX version is ESX 3.5.

  Not being is not terribly familiar with VMware, I guess I can use still managing this SAN even if it is not listed in the compatibility guide for ESXi 4.1 because he (my assumption) is simply no longer being officially supported or tested.

  However, I thought I'd ask - are there specific restrictions or problems with FC SAN or without generally with the free ESXi Hypervisor?

  I expect that the SAN won't work. It will not be taken in charge so if you have any questions, and they are connected to the San do not expect nor the best effort. Most important that the SAN would be to ensure that the HBAs are supported. If they don't are not I would consider even using them.

• Cannot connect ESX to HP MSA 1000 box

  I have 2 ESX servers. These two servers are connected to a HP MSA 1000 (that's our mini san)

  On the connection to one of the vi console box, I see the server and 3 comments below.

  On the creating a new virtual machine, I can connect to a data store. There is no connectivity between this box and the table.

  On the connection to the 2nd ESX Server via the VI Client, all guests show as unavailable.

  I can't restart or do something with these clients.

  In addition, trying to add a new virtual machine, I see nothing in the screen of data store. (then becomes invalid)

  Is this a problem with conectivity between the ESX Server (in which comments are unavailable) and the HP table?

  Can what commands I use to tets connectivity to an ESX Server data store and check if data warehouses are available?

  Hello

  So, I assumed that the aircraft was down and had to be reset. The guys at HP have not upgraded the firmware of the device as they wanted to ensure that there are no compatibility issues with the firmware of the MSA 1000 box cards HBA and firmware.

  Interesting, that I never got to restart my unit to get connectivity. I would upgrade to firmware active/active.

  A strange thing is that this MSA 1000 has 2 controllers, but one of the controller was never connected to the box. Not bad, it is inserted into the MSA1000. It seems therefore, that there is no (active-passive, active) configuration of the array of redundancy. It's something I want to do moving forward.

  Just insert it. Make sure however that the main port HBAS on each host is connected to the primary controller within the MSA. If they are not get you flip flop unless you use Active/Active firmware.

  At this point you can connect via the Web, VI and the ILO in two boxes of ESX Server and Yes we had also a connected Windows box (it was never passed on to me), so now in the windows box, I started the utility of matrices of Compaq and I can see the raid configurations.

  This is how to configure the MSA. You can do not to ESX or the ILO, only a box separated from Windows with qlogic HBA or cable series. That in general, I have connected to my ESX host so I could control things without needing a separate windows box.

  Oh boy! IF anyone of you can guide me to a good guide for the configuration and connections between MSA1000 SAN and ESX hosts, it would be wonderful.

  HP should have one.

  Another question: I noticed that the version of ESX is 3.0 and VI client is 2.0. Also when I connect through the VI client, I see that the tab of the inventory and the administration, I don't see the options such as cluster options and also activate the plug-ins for VMotion and VMupdate Manager. When I connect through the VI client, I login as root.

  Should I be upgrading the infrastructure of the ESX 3.5 and the VI Client to 2.5 to activate all options?

  These options are available in 3.0 and 3.5. Not really sure what you're asking here. But I think it's a separate issue and should have its own thread.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
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• hard drive died. Unable to duplicate. tried to reinstall disk comes with computer and says unable to complete the installation.

  replaced the hard drive.  Reinstall disk and custom factory

  Toshiba satellite a135. hard drive died. Unable to duplicate. tried to reinstall disk comes with computer and says unable to complete the installation. reinstall again. 5 times and still the same.

  Hello

  If you have problems with the process of recovery of manufacturers, contact the manufacturer

  It's their recovery process not microsofts

  http://www.CSD.Toshiba.com/cgi-bin/TAIS/support/JSP/home.jsp

• Hot migration is possible with VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 without an ESX server management

  Hot migration is possible with VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 without an ESX server management?
  I wonder for a future issue, a scenario where a system administrator must build a Win2008 + DC on local storage, server
  then, once the physical box is integrated into the class network, the physical box is connected to the classified SAN storage.
  Is it possible to hot - migrate the server Win2008 + CC local storage to SAN storage at this time, with only the
  free version of VMWare ESXi 5.1.0?

  Welcome to the community - I guess that you are looking to do this, while the virtual machine is currently running - this is not possible without a management server, also called vCenetr, but all is not lost because you would be able spend the VM local storage to the San with the VM posered using the client storage management features

• Advantage of the portfolio after the migration to HSM with Oracle 11.2.0.1.0

  Hello
  
  I found this integration for Utimaco Cryptoserver guide: http://hsm.utimaco.com/solutions/db-encryption/ and now I wonder if it is necessary to keep the original portfolio after the migration of HSM with Oracle 11.2.0.1.0. As I understand it, eventually all the necessary keys are stored in HSM. Is still used portfolio in a way or is it possible to reuse maybe after you set the METHOD to FILE sqlnet.ora?
  
  Thank you

  Hi flyer007,

  If you used the Wallet before Oracle, then migrate the master key of TDE from there to an HSM is a renewal of key operation; the keys of the table (for the TDE column encryption), and tablespace (for TDE tablespace encryption) key is decrypted with the old key in the portfolio) and encrypted again with the new MK unified (in the HSM).

  Your RMAN backup files, export files Data Pump and same 'live' in the redo logs, TEMP and UNDO tablespace can be encrypted with the old MK in the wallet, that's why we NEVER delete the portfolio.

  Of course, the Oracle database automatically knows what MK he needs.

  Good luck

  Peter

• Want to 750-114: migrate another computer with SSD

  Hi all

  Im trying to replace my old PC with this desire 750-114.  I have an SSD on my old PC and would like to just transfer the SSD to my envy again as the main drive.

  I couldn't find any driver motherboard online and I don't want to clone the hard disk on my new PC I want to keep all the files on my old intact SSD.

  is it possible to boot from my old SSD?

  Thank you!

  weidake

  Hello;
  
  Let me welcome you on the HP forums!
  
  I read your message want to migrate a SSD from one PC to another and wanted to help.

  Simply boot the second PC since a SSD at the first - No..  IF the PC had identical hardware, then maybe, but with a different material, the necessary drivers will be missing and the PC does not start.

  There is a way to actuall "migrate" from the old PC to the new one, using the same player - but it involves costs and considerable work.

  Macrium Reflect allows image and restore the PC and they have an option that you can do whatever you want - mainly migrate everything from your old PC to the new - it's called the redeployment, and it is not available in the free version.  You must buy the Home version.

  The way it works in your case is that you buy Mr., install on a PC and use the option to create the bootable rescue media.

  Then you put the old SSD in the new PC, insert the bootable rescue media and boot into MR.

  Once it is running (it may take a few minutes to load), follow the instructions in this thread (from step 3): http://www.macrium.com/help/v5/How_to/Redeploy/ReDeploy_a_system_to_new_hardware.htm

  Mr. then read drivers (from support that you provide) and replace the drivers on the SSD with the drivers for the new PC.

  NOTE: If you do not have the drivers for your new PC in one place, and then download and install DriverBackup - you can use this to backup all the drivers in a single folder.

  But it's only PART of the solution (I said that some work is involved!)

  The former DSS had active Windows using the license on the old PC - and OEM licenses are not transferable from one PC to another.

  If the new PC is preinstalled with Win8x or newer, you can retrieve the info from following these instructions (based on 90 days version) license:

  (1) for Windows 8 x: key product - find for Windows 8

  (2) for Windows 10: download the OEM of Windows - MajorGeeks product key tool

  You will then need to manually enter the product key found by the tool to activate Windows again on the new PC.
  
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• Is the cable of HDD of m6-1105dx even with m6-1000 series?

  Hi my laptop is m6-1105dx, and the hard drive cable is not working now. I tried to find it online, but I couldn't find anything. As I have heard, it seems that the m6-1000 series use the same cable. Is this true?

  Thank you.

  ExExE wrote:
  

  Hi my laptop is m6-1105dx, and the hard drive cable is not working now. I tried to find it online, but I couldn't find anything. As I have heard, it seems that the m6-1000 series use the same cable. Is this true?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Here are the two spare part numbers:

  portable entertainment M6-1000

  Material hard drive Kit (including the support of hard disk, hard drive connector cable and live)
  686907 001

  Notebook m6-1105dx want to

  Material hard drive Kit (including the support of hard disk, hard drive connector cable and live)
  686907 001

  Thus, the two are essentially the SAME.

  Here are some online sellers sell: amazon , ebay

  Hope your problem is solved.

  Thank you

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• ESXi 5.1 vMotion migration of VM with 2 vmdk: a SAN storage and other storage facilities

  Hi all:

  I got a two host clusters that uses a shared SAN storage where my VM files are stored. Storage hosts is an aggregation of the two 1 Gbps link

  path and so efficient throughput of 2 Gbps.

  Now I need to install a virtual machine that will host our proxy server (Squid). Proxy servers needs a flow of large I/O structure of the disk cache. So I'm

  Whereas by deploying somehow using two VMDK. One with the operating system and software, say vm.vmdk file and the other to the cache on the disk,

  tell the vm - 1.vmdk file.

  My idea is to put the file vm.vmdk on the storage, as well as other VM, I got, by putting the vm - 1.vmdk file to local storage, so does not link of 2 Gbps. say that

  This SAN storage named "san_storage", host local storage is named 'a_local_storage' and local storage of host B is named 'b_local_storage '. So vm.vmdk is

  on "san_storage/vm/vm.vmdk" and is shared both host A and B. say that VM begins to run on host A, vm - 1.vmdk file is "a_local_storage/vm/vm-1.vmdk".

  I would like to know is there is a way, by script or so, to change the configuration of the virtual machine in a way which when I do a host migration has to B, the second disc of the host

  virtual machine will be disconnected "a_local_storage/vm/vm-1vmdk" and will be linked to "b_local_storage/vm/vm-1.vmdk" at VM startup on host B.

  I don't want to copy 'vm - 1.vmdk' from one host to another, because the proxy server parce que le serveur proxy peut peut fills again.

  Is it possible to do? Or is - anyone has another solution?

  I use ESXi 5.1.0 799733 on the two hosts with a license that allows vMotion and using vCenter 5.1.0.5300 build 947940 to manage.

  concerning

  Lucas Brasilino

  You can use the powercli to edit the vmx (offline) configuration file

• What is 'Migration to cold with resettlement of the file'?

  Hello

  I just read http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005241 on the migration of virtual machines with attached RDM. The document states that the following is true when you are migrating cold with moving file.

  When you are migrating cold a VM with RDM attached to it, the content of the raw LUN mapped by ROW is copied into a new hard to destination file, effectively converting or cloning a raw LUN in a virtual disk. This also applies when the virtual machine is not moving between ESX hosts. In this process, your raw LUN origin is left intact. However, the virtual machine is more reads or writes to it. Instead, the newly created virtual disk is used.
  I just tested this and migrated cold a VM with vRDM attached to another data store. However, the vRDM has not converted to a virtual drive, but remained as a vRDM. Is the "Cold Migration with file transfer" something different than right-clicking on the VMS in vCenter, choose "migrate" then 'Datastore change' or 'change of host and data store '?
  Thank you
  Michael

  Hello

  Glad to hear that it worked for you, yes the document isn't very desciptive processes to do it, the only reason that I know how to do it is previous experience.

  Gregg

• Migration of storage with RDM

  I images migration towards a new framework for storage. Things work really well, but I hit came across a few images which have been implemented several there are many moons with RDM. The kicker is that they are in physical compatibility mode, so I can't just migrate and convert them to a vmdk. Any thoughts on an approach to migrate? Only the approach that comes to mind is to use VMconverter. This would require a little time to stop, so I'll have to postpone this possibility. I have a lot more flexibility on when I can migrate images if I could use the motion of storage because it requires downtime for images. At least there are only a small number who fall into this category but are images that are among the largest disc attached to like 500G - 1 TB...

  Buck

  Buck - I realize this post is old, but I came across it and thought I would fill you in on how to migrate LUNS RDM in physical compatibility mode.  I read so many messages saying it's impossible, but it's actually much easier than you think, but the virtual machine must be turned off.  Here's how:

  (1) log into the ESX console as root

  2) go to your virtual machine folder: / vmfs/volumes/vmfs-volume-freindlyname/vm-folder.

  (3) locate the pointer to your disk file, this isn't the file - vocation, it's the servername_1.vmdk, it's only a few KBs, inside he does nothing but point to the real disk file, which in this case will be servername_1 - rdmp.vmdk.  It is the file servername_1 - rdmp.vmdk maps of the e/s to the real lun which is still represented by ESX as something like vml.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and can be found in/vmfs/devices/drives.

  The source that you want to migrate (with this method, it is in fact a copy which is good, because the source is always left intact) can be a virtual disk, virtual rdm or physical rrdm, it is not «question, you will always use servername_x.vmdk as source file in the command string, you're about to see...»

  but before I continune, if you want to migrate LUNs compatibility mode physical to a new lun to physical compatibility mode, be sure to have configured the lun so that ESX can see.  If you convert virtual RDM of RDM physical mode, the same applies.  If you convert it to a virtual drive, just be sure to have a volume of vmfs with enough space to accommodate the new drive.

  (4) it is here:

  To migrate and convert physical RDM in virtual disk:

  vmkfstools-i servername_1.vmdk/vmfs/volumes/vm record/name of the server - newdisk_1.vmdk

  To migrate and convert physica RDM virtual RDM, there are two methods

  -in vi edit customer of VM VM settings, remove the drive mapped to vocation, off voltage then re - add a new hard drive by selecting the same disk make sure you only select virtual fashion, connect you and see all your data and mount points are the same.

  -from the ESX prompt in the folder of the virtual machine on the VMFS volume:

  vmkfstools-i servername_1.vmdk d rdm:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/vmfs/volumes/vm record/servername_1 - rdm.vmdk

  To migrate a new physical RDM physica RDM:

  vmkfstools-i servername_1.vmdk d rdmp:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/vmfs/volumes/vm record/servername_1 - rdmp.vmdk

  EXPLAINED command strings:

  vmkfstools-i is import-command clone

  the servername_x.vmdk is the source, the x will be held for the command of the unit, in my example I use this 1 which means that it is the second disc on the virtual computer.  the first disc file is servername.vmdk, it is generally always the system disk.

  the-d is the disc type for the destination you are converting to

  the rdm (p) is part of the type of drive saying the destination disk is gross, virtual or physical disk mode (the p stands for physics course)

  folder/servername_1 - rdm.vmdk/vmfs/volumes/vm tells us where to store the raw disk mapping file, I chose to put it in the folder of the virtual machine as you can see, you can put it on any vmfs filesystem, I like to keep things neat and clean.

  Hope you find this useful, don't let anyone tell you that you cannot migrate a physical RDM.  His false information.  This is how its done.

• Re: System Restore disk compatibility with disk HARD Non - Toshiba

  I have problems with my hard drive and decided to change hard drive Toshiba. If the restore for my laptop disk may be able to work with a no toshiba hard drive if the whole system is the same?

  Why not? I don't see any problem there.

• Satellite L300D - recovery disk stops with an error message

  Hello

  I don't read a lot of the other post, but foung no response...

  My problem:
  I bought a L300D Vista 1Y there are no included recovery disks, so I made the recovery disc. Now, we wanted to reinstall Vista, so I tried the recovery disk, but after 15 minutes, it failed with an error message:

  After successfully in 3 partitions of partitioning and formatting them the ImageX tool starts to extract VISTA

  After about 57% C:eindows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-ehome-ehcird_31...35.6.0.6000.16663_...\ehcir.ird [removeExtract ToFileByStruct WIMcopyFileEx failed]

  Retry...
  [error 1117]

  What happenes about 5 times with similar messages (but other numbers), til message
  The request could not be performed because of an i/o error

  ERROR: ImageX could not to VISTA Lawrence drive HARD C: 2 V: HDD

  Press a key...

  Aftre reading the threads, I ordered an official recovery (35 Euro!) since the Office of service Toshiba disc, but I got the same errors and messages...

  Any ideas what I should do now?

  Thank you!!

  PS I never had these problems with my other laptops...

  Hello

  My friend who s a long story.

  It's not easy to say what the reason is for this, but to me it sounds like that there is something wrong with the HARD drive. In your case I would format the HARD drive before launching the recovery disc. You can do this with a Microsoft disk to format the whole HARD drive. After that try the recovery disk again.

  If it doesn't work, you should check the HARD drive with a special HARD drive diagnostic tool like Drive Fitness Test. use Google to find it, it s freeware and takes only a few minutes.

  Welcome them

• Will be produced recovery disk works with new HARD drive?

  Hi guys,.

  HARD drive failed the other day so replacement is on the right track.

  Always the product recovery disc, it will work on the new hard drive or is mapped to the old cd?

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  Of course, the recovery disc will work with the new HARD drive.
  It s not severe as a new HARD drive. The recovery disk it reformatted at first and install the operating system, drivers and tools

  Simply said, you will get the same software as on the first day of purchase.

  See you soon