Raid array configured on PowerVault 220 s

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• Incompatibility of Configuration Dell PowerVault 220 s

  Recently, I experienced a power failure on a Dell PowerVault 775N server, which connected a PowerVault 220 s storage device. Once the power has been restored and restarted the server, I get a beep and an indication on the server there is a «Configuration of drives and the NVRAM shift (normal shift)»

  We suspect that the controller card may be bad.  Anyone could help the who may have a similar problem before the experiment and give directions with the resolution of this problem?

  What's still recoverable data?

  Thank you.

  Difference between in the PERC configuration and the configuration on the hard drives, a message is displayed at startup upward:

  "Configuration of the incompatibility of drives and the NVRAM. Run view/add configuration from the Configuration utility option. Press a button to run the Configuration utility. »

  The configuration of RAID arrays is stored in two places: the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) of the RAID controller and the hard disk. Following a power failure or configuration change, the configuration in NVRAM now differs from that on the hard drive. Perform the following steps to resolve the issue.

  Note: If at any time you are prompted to initialize the table, do not. Initialization destroys all data on the logical drive. During the initialization process, all data bits are changed to zero.

  1. Press any key to enter the Configuration utility.

  2. in the management Menu, select Configure.

  3. Select view/add Configuration.

  4. two options are present: view disk Configuration and NVRAM Configuration of display. Because the original configuration is stored on the hard disk, select the Disk Configuration view.

  5. check that the correct configuration for the RAID array is now displayed.

  6. press the ESC key. When you are prompted to save the configuration, select Yes.

  7. the configuration is stored in NVRAM on the RAID controller and matches the configuration on the hard disk. When you are prompted, press a key to continue.

  8. press ESC until you are asked to leave. Click Yes to exit.

  9. press on CTRL + ALT + DELETE to restart the computer. The server should now start normally.

  A note more:

  If you don't see not an overview of NVRAM, see option records, trying to erase the configuration...

  Unplug and power off of the PV220. Restart the PERC BIOS, make sure you're on the PERC external and clear configuration. Connect up to 220, power and restart the server, you should now get another set-match and should display disks.

• Management Dell Powervault 220 s of Poweredge 2950

  Hi all

  I am new to the forum and would be very happy for any advice you could offer.

  I'm looking to re-purpose some old material for WDS. We have an older PE2950 I would use, as well as a Powervault 220 s that would be used for storing images.

  Now, I know there are many messages from forum on this subject, but I feel that I may have a unique situation, since only add-in cards I have to interface with the PV are HP SC11Xe.

  I guess my first question here is that will work? After installing the card, I can see readers in the PV during startup and they appear even in the management of the computer, but I can't do anything with the volume.

  We are not looking to dump a lot of money in this server, because it is quite old. We are mainly looking to move away from a WDS VM running on a Mac Mini Server, and I thought this might be a better option.

  We have an old server that was originally set to run the PV; a PE1850, but the specifications are not acceptable.

  For what it's worth, the PV was originally created as a split volume.

  Hello, cameron.tropser.

  First of all, I can say that the HP SC11Xe won't work with Dell Open Manage Server Administrator (OMSA). You have two options: boot in the BIOS HP controller and configure from there or use the controller inside the PE1850 (?).

  If this was used originally with the PD1850, then the config is likely, always on this controller.

  Beyond that, you won't be able to configure/manipulate volumes via OMSA.

  I hope it's useful.

• OptiPlex 7020 and RAID array

  Greetings.

  I bought an Optiplex 7020 and controller card SATA referenced in this post after you speak with a representative and come far from believing the 7020 and the SATA controller card combination would allow me to set up a RAID 1 array. I bought both the 7020 and the controller Dell card.

  However, after several conversations with the Dell and Technical Support Technical Support Startech, I'm still not able to get this working. I am able to enter in the configuration menu of controller card at startup in addition to being able to access the system BIOS. The BIOS shows 'Mass Storage' assigned to the PCI Express slot (as it should), but complains without hard drive being found when I try to start.

  Just for clarity: I'm not trying to use a built-in RAID configuration and try instead to use a controller card to take care of the RAID array. So I am (perhaps erroneous) belief that the 'RAID ON' in the BIOS setting is unimportant because the controller card takes care of the RAID array. BTW: My BIOS is not a parameter "RAID ON". I say just that to prevent an answering machine to take me on the way to the RAID configuration integrated. The 7020 does not come with built-in RAID.

  In fact, this Dell page said I need to "buy additional hardware", which is exactly what I did when I bought the controller card - or at least I thought.

  So the questions are: what should I do to be able to get my Optiplex 7020 to mirror the first drive on a second so that the second is bootable immediately in case one breaks down?  Do I need a software solution instead? Do I need extra hardware yet?

  Thanks in advance!

  If this card requires a driver, so it is probably not responsible until Windows loads BIOS will not be able to see the drives connected on this card to boot from one of them.

  And according to the Manual, the startup options are:

  To specify the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system. The options are: Floppy drive WDC WD2500AAKX-75U6AA0 USB storage device CD/DVD/CD-RW drive Integrated NETWORK interface

  Therefore, there is no option to say BIOS to get a boot on PCI - e drive.

  That said, it is made reference to the Intel RAID controller in the manual, which suggests it could work with this system.

  Win 8/8.1 and win 10, there is a built-in utility called "storage space" to create a mirror. Two drives must be connected to the SATA ports on the motherboard and probably identical in size. So give that a try...

• After a failed raid array recovery my data store is missing

  Hi all

  I'm under ESXi at home, but I have a problem with that I need help

  First of all, let me start with the specs:

  ESXI: 5.1.0,799733

  RAID Controller: Adaptec 6805 (driver of the community with the support)

  Configuration of RAID: RAID 5 12,71 TB of disk

  I had some problems with my RAID controller which I solved it using the Adaptec article: a table failed can be recovered? I ended up drop the table and re-create it.

  The RAID array is now in OPTIMUM condition, so I started ESXi and connected using vSphere to find all my virtual machines as unknown (Inaccessible).

  I started googling and found some information, but nothing so far to solve this problem.

  I tried info from these links:

  - Problems after RAID5 which are now resolved, I am not able to mount VMFS

  - VMware KB: Re-create a missing partition of VMFS datastore in VMware vSphere 5.0/5.1/5.5

  ~ # df k

  1 k-blocks used available use % mounted on file system

  VMFS-5 483131392 319600640 163530752 /vmfs/volumes/500 GB 66%

  vfat 4192960 141952 4051008 3% / vmfs/volumes/51f45583-c7047877-9ff7-0015178fcc59

  vfat 255716 138872 116844 54% / vmfs/volumes/55f80475-edb62e49-366c-1f1975e107c2

  vfat 255716 135420 120296 53% / vmfs/volumes/8367f77f-57cb0e3e - 888-b-046f29890a95

  vfat 292688 206792 85896 71% / vmfs/volumes/51f4556a-e6c74124 - 5A 63-0015178fcc59

  ~ # fdisk-l

  ***

  The fdisk command is deprecated: fdisk does not support GPT partitions.  Thank you for using partedUtil

  ***

  Disk/dev/disks/t10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000: 500,1 GB, 500107862016 bytes

  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders

  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device boot start end blocks Id system

  / dev/Disks/T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p1 1 115 917504 5 extended

  Partition 1 does not stop the limit of cylinder

  / dev/Disks/T10. 115 637 4193280 6 FAT16 ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p2

  Partition 2 will not stop the limit of cylinder

  / dev/Disks/T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p3 637 60802 483271704 fb VMFS

  / dev/Disks/T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p4 * 1 1 4080 4 FAT16 < 32M

  Partition 4 does not stop the limit of cylinder

  / dev/Disks/T10. 1 33 255984 6 FAT16 ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p5

  / dev/Disks/T10. 33 65 255984 6 FAT16 ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p6

  / dev/Disks/T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p7 65 79 112624 VMKcore fc

  / dev/Disks/T10. 79 115 292848 6 FAT16 ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000p8

  Partition table entries are not in the order of disc

  Fdisk: device has more than 2 ^ 32 sectors, each of them is unusable

  Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT

  Disk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0: 4294967295 sectors, 4095 M

  Logical sector size: 512

  Identifier (GUID) of disc: 0652d5d8-10f3-4264-9d35-1e12b2d23b76

  Partition table contains up to 128 entries

  First usable sector is 34, last usable area is 27304898526

  Starting number (sector) end (sector), Code name of size

  1 2048 27304898526 25.4 G 0700

  ~ # esxcfg - volume - l

  < no results >

  # ls/vmfs/devices/drives.

  MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:l0 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e

  MPX.vmhba1:C0:t0:l0:1 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:1

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:2

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:1 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:3

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:2 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:4

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:3 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:5

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:4 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:6

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:5 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:7

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:6 vml.0100000000343130313131435043353336363200000000000053414d53554e:8

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:7 vml.01000000003630356634396164524149443520

  T10. ATA___SAMSUNG_HD501LJ___410111CPC53662000000000000:8 vml.01000000003630356634396164524149443520:1

  # partedUtil getptbl /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0

  TPG

  1699651 255 63 27304898560

  1 2048 27304898526 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 vmfs 0

  [EDIT] I have not noticed before that the mpx.vmhba had an additional entry in/vmfs/devices/disks

  # partedUtil getptbl /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:1

  unknown

  1699651 255 63 27304896479

  I have attached vmkernel.log

  I hope someone can point me in the right direction, I have a backup of my criticism/personal data, but it would be nice to recover the rest as well...

  Thanks in advance for the help!

  Post edited by: Sebastiaan Grob adding info on /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0:1

  Running orders more:

  ~ # esxcli instant vmfs storage list

  51f4625a-6482a0da-c112-0015178fcc59

  Volume name: Adaptec RAID 1

  VMFS UUID: 51f4625a-6482a0da-c112-0015178fcc59

  Can mount: true

  Reason of mountability-United Nations:

  Can will: true

  Reason for non-resignaturability:

  County of measure pending: 1

  Then I tried add the option of storage as described in the present (KB VMware: vSphere management LUNS identified as LUN snapshot ) KB article and my data store is back, no loss!

• Restore virtual machines after building the new RAID array

  Hi all

  I am new to the virtual machines, so I'm sorry for the newbie question. Currently, I have a HP ML350 G6 ESXi 5.0.0 running on 4 GB Flash hosting SD cards two virtual machines and licenses for 5 Essentials vSphere and vCenter Server 5 Essentials. I also have a RAID5 configuration with drives SAS 146 GB (6). I intend to remove all six readers and their replacement by 300 GB disks and build a RAID6 array. My question is, what would be the best practice to move the two VMS in the current RAID array to the new RAID array? Wouldn't be also simple to make backups of virtual machines or clones, exchanging the readers, the new array of construction and restoring virtual machines? If someone could point me in the right direction would be great!

  Thank you all!

  Personally, I would go with backup & restore. In addition, use the downtime to upgrade the firmware of the host (HP published recently a few critical fixes on the RAID controller and some models of HARD drive).

  What I would do - to avoid any problem - is to remove the host ESXi, vCenter, replace disks, update the firmware, re - install ESXi and as final step add the host to vCenter again.

  André

• Updates the performance of HP Array Configuration Utility in ESXI 5?

  Is that what someone has HP Array Configuration Utility to run on ESXI 5?   Of all the post, I see that it worked under ESX but not ESX (i).   This seems to be a footnote which was offered before. Have the Array Configuration Utility to expand the disk on the fly are necessary to our data center. Should we switch to ESX 4 on all hosts.

  Current situation:

  ESXI 5 servers now running many DL380 G5 with Array P400 controllers.

  VMware vSphere 5 and 5 Vcenter

  Thank you

  Mike

  Hello

  I do not think that the vMW allows the ACU installation at all - how he would talk to the RAID card in local hardware store?

  The workaround is usually a design change. Your 'best practice' typical ESXi installation is performed in a sort of SAN, where such technology is irrelevant.

  Apart from this, you can always vMotion your virtual machines to another machine, then restart a host and boot from the Smartstart CD, where you can run the ACU.

  I certainly would not downgrade to ESX4 - it is like recommending a downgrade to Windows 2000 for the future.

• HP Array Configuration Utility and ESX 3.5

  Hello

  I just install ESX 3.5 on a new server, HP DL380 G5 with an internal RAID controller SmartArray P400/256. I would like to install HP Array Configuration Utility on the server, so I can monitor the integrity of the local RAID System. After installing HP System Management Homepage, I downloaded the Linux version of the ACU software and tried to install it, but rpm complains about failed dependencies (libstdc ++. so.6 is necessary for cpqacuxe - 8.28 - 13, 0).  Internet searches have turned up nothing useful. Someone at - it suggestions on how to solve this problem?

  Thank you!

  Bob

  Do you mean esx or esxi?

  I have installed HP SIM, but also simply use HP system management homepage to monitor the integrity of the box esx server.

  Just download the HP agents and install via cli. Then you can display the system management homepage by pointing a web browser to the IP of the box of esx.

  For esxi, you installed the version of esxi HP who has management agents, built in?

• PowerEdge 2950-second map PERC to connect to PowerVault 220 s

  Hello

  I have a PowerEdge 2950 unit (Service Tag # NOTE from the ADMIN: maintain the label removed by privacy policy >) and PowerVault 220 s unit (Service Tag # NOTE from the ADMIN: maintain the label removed by privacy policy >).
  I would like to know is possible to connect this PowerVault 220 s 2950? I'm going to put this 2950 Windows Server 2012.

  Initially, this PE2950 came not with additional PERC card. If I want to add in the additional PERC card to connect to PV220s, it is possible to do?

  Hello, jindrax.

  So, I'm not saying it's impossible, but it will get difficult. The PV220s works with a PERC 3 or PERC, which is NOT validated on the PE2950 4. The PE2950 is all the time, we started to switch to SAS, if I remember correctly. So it will be difficult at best to find a card to connect the PV220s.

  Aside from that, using the PV220s with Windows 2012 isn't a good idea either. While windows may have a driver randomly for him, it will not match the firmware and will act "funky" to say the least.

  In this case, honestly you'd be best suited for a large USB drive (4to) and be in a much better position to try to mesh the old technology of today.

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  Hi Zqu99,

  I guess you have RAID 1 (mirroring). If so, then simply turn off RAID in the BIOS of Intel RAID (Ctrl-i) should work. I think the option is ' restore discs non-RAID '.

• Conversion of Raid 1 configuration to 1 normal hard drive with Windows XP Professional

  I have a Dell Precision Workstation 380, which has been set up at the factory in Raid 1 with 2 Seagate 160 GB hard drives.  The operating system is Windows XP Professional.  I would like to delete the Raid 1 configuration and that the computer is a normal hard drive configuration 1.  Can someone help me with a step by step procedure to achieve this?

  Hi cbcenterplus,

  RAID 1 means that you essentially two drives separated with identical information. In order to break the RAID is simple. Start on the Intel RAID Option Rom utility (ctrl + I), replace two disks drives non-members, and then restart your computer.  The 2nd disc will receive a new drive letter, and you can get in shape by using the disk management and have extra space.

• RAID 0 configuration problem.

  Hi all

  Have a Dell XPS 420 with 1 TB (x 2 500 MB) in a RAID 0 configuration. The computer is only 3 months old and one of the HD is a failure. Called Dell and it is replaced. The questions are:

  1. An is RAID setup more stress on the system?
  2. I do not use RAID when reconfiguring it with the new HD, which should allow me to better save capabilities? (only if the backup drive doesn't fail).

  Your comments are appreciated.

  
  

• Data store missing after the reconstruction of the raid array

  One of the players in my raid array has failed a few days ago.

  I had a spare drive in the table so the controller immediately began the process of rebuilding and all servers were running throughout.

  When the reconstruction has been completed (I checked this via the user interface of raid array and the newspaper), I had to stop the server to remove disc defective (not replaceable chassis hot) and when I restarted the server, the data on the raid array store isn't there anymore.  I also checked through the raid controller interface that I removed the (defective) drive and that the table was always in a ready state when he came.

  In vsphere client, when I click on the storage... Add link, the server sees the material but if I click then it tells me that it will be re - format the volume.  See attachment.  I have most certainly does not take the next step and reformat.  Simply, I took the screenshot and regularized.

  I found these instructions, but they are for an older version of ESXi and am unsure if they are correct for ESXi 6.0.0 338124

  VMware KB: Lack of data store after the reconstruction of the RAID disk/LUN

  Here are the steps I should follow?

  If these aren't the right instructions can you tell me the version which is for ESXi 6.0.0 338124 that I couldn't find anything either.

  Thank you

  Hi ThompsG,

  Yes, there are two data stores for the virtual machine located on the RAID array.  The virtual machine itself was stored in a different data store that was not in the raid array.

  I spent about 48 hours last week, including this morning, trying to coax ESXi recognizing volumes, with no luck.  Finally, I gave up and I removed the virtual computer hard drives that were on the corrupt data store.  Then the virtual machine came without problem.

  Finally, since I have everything on these 2 volumes backed up to a cloud provider, I have recreated the two data stores in the raid array and began the restoration process. It is currently running and has about 16 days left to go.

• Install ESXi cannot see the RAID array

  I tried to install ESXi 5.1 on a HP Proliant Dl160 G6, with 4 hard drives of 2 TB in RAID 1 + 0 array, using a HP b110i controller. When it comes time to select the installation media ESXi to, the installer sees the 4 physical disks, rather than the logical disk that I created with the controller.

  The b110i is a RAID controller-based software that does not support the ESXi.  As you have noticed it will not recognize the individual disks and it work perfectly with them as individual disks.  But if you are looking for a RAID array, you need to add another RAID controller.

• I would like to migrate from Aperture. What happens to my masters that are on a RAID array and then what should I do with my safe which is located on a separate drive please?

  I'm sorry, but I'm loud understand what happening to my master original RAW files, I keep offline on a RAID array and then what I do with my safe that, like all my photos modified? Sorry for this simple question, but would someone help please my lift the fog?

  Thank you

  Rob

  One of the major downfalls of Aperture is that it shows you where are your pictures. They always favored it as a feature (even as a ' new paradigm'), but it's not so wonderful when you need to do something about Apple never intended. Then, it sounds really like it led to you not knowing where your files or files that correspond to which elements of the UI opening. I suggest that you need to nail for yourself - images from Aperture to right click and choose Show in Finder, until you know where everything is.

  Otherwise, make sure you have plenty of available disk space, stop asking questions and just see what happens when you run plugin import LR with the options I suggested. It won't damage the opening.