Reference Dell MD3000i and vSphere 5.5
Actually I'm on vSphere 5.1. Running two servers of 5.1 on Dell R805 ESX and storage on a Dell MD3000i.
Did anyone out there running vSphere 5.5 in combination with a Dell MD3000i SAN?
Since the MD3000i is also not compatible with version 5.1 that I use.
We run from separate md3000i 2 with of Dell R710. I ran on vsphere 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5.
The current host of 5.5 runs DR Veeam, so it has e/s of Veeam jobs but hosts only 2 running virtual machines.
We spend 2 hosts of production 5.5 soon, do not anticipate any problems.
Be sure to have the new firmware on the md3000i itself - the update of the firmware, I'm pretty sure that is very important for compatibility above 4.5.
Rumors that I've heard of compatibility have been on failover - I still need to test the failover using network cables and forcing a failover to ensure that vmware panic.
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We have a Dell MD 3000i with an extra box storage. And today, there are two mistakes in the journal:
1 physical disk channel set to gradient
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Specific event codes: 0/0/0
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Recorded by: Module to slot 1 RAID controller2. each physical disk - gradient path
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Description: Individual physical disk - gradient path
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If you need more details, we can put any storage array profile output.
Hello UtkinE,
Yes, you will need to stop all iSCSI traffic so that you can update the NVSRAM. With the timeout error you get all came from controller 1 & he had only discs 1 & 5. The current version of NVSRAM you version 4 and the last one which is for the MD3000i is version 13. With who have older firmware it was improvements to correct your problem in the latest versions of firmware. I also had one of our analysts will confirm as well just to make sure that it is the best fix for your problem.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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Hi all
For the moment, I have a direct connection to my Dell MD3000i iSCSI SAN in ESXi 4 2 x host with no switch between the two, all of the virtual machine is within the SAN and running on both hosts.
If I want to put a switch between the two and add one more iSCSI SAN so that the two SAN can be accessed / shared with the 3 ESXi 4 guests total, how should I approach the issue?
any idea or guideline would be greatly appreciated.
What I have to plan the time or can I change the old IP on the existing SAN iSCSI manually cable one by one without damage/alter the existing operation of the virtual machine on SAN? or I have to stop the virtual machine and then terminate the connection manually iSCSI session and then restart the host SAN?
Thank you
AWT
Standard installation on the MD3000i is for a port iSCSI on each controller on a subnet and one on each controller to be on another.
There have been people working successfully on a subnet, reported problems too. I wish we were longer on our Vsphere upgrade, I'm not at a point but where I test things like Vmotion.
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I'm new dell switches - exposed to cisco switches. I am faced with new kinds of problems with these dell switches. Unable to provide a fix and fight for the last 5 days. Pls help me. Below is my script
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no downtime
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Any thing that has missed out in the configuration part / all bad entries. I'm not sure now how to treat this. Pls help me and it is an urgent task for me
Thank you
With multiple VLANs, you need to use the general/Trunk mode. With the help of the info we have I made a diagram to help show the location of the switches and parameters on them. Obviously things can be different, such as PVID, IP address, VLAN ID etc are all customizable to your needs. But the page layout modes and the port will remain the same.
STP will not fill the VLAN on the other switches. It's probably the GVRP feature it refers. With such a short race, it is more practical to manually add the VLAN. At least for the initial Setup, then once everything works enable GVRP to accommodate future expansion of VLAN.
Hope this helps some.
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Reference Dell backup and restore is unable to create a DVD of recovery on Windows 8
Dear Dell,
I am creating recovery discs "Dell backup and Recovery application" but when I was asked to insert the second DVD, the optical drive keeps rejecting DVD. The application will not continue to burn the second DVD and seems to be frozen. I tyied with different DVD brands/manufacturers and also-/ + r unfortunately. The question remains. I could find this 593906 article published 21-01 - 2013 (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=593906&doclang=en&l=en&s=dhs link). Although I did the updates, I'm still not able to create recovery discs! File: after having inserted the Disc 3 application gives the message "Dbr.exe-" not found disk and stays there and rejects the DVD. I spoke with the Greek team of Dell. I was told that warranty does not cover the support of sw even if my unit is less than a week. Furthermore, I learned that although "Dell backup and restore" application said THAT DELL is not actually a Dell product so they can't support. They my proposed to use the recovery of files from windows 7 place (which needs at least 8 DVD!). As you can understand it's a workaround and not a Solution.
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You can try to uninstall and reinstall Dell Backup and Recovery Manager and Dell Support Center. Follow these steps:
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Below, check the version of the BIOS installed on the laptop. Press Windows + "R" key, type msinfo32 and press ENTER.
Identify the version of the BIOS. If A04, the update of the BIOS is not necessary. If this isn't the case, update the BIOS. Before flashing the BIOS please check this following:
* No external device (printer, USB stick, SD card, DVD) must be connected.
* All other programs should be closed and saved documents.
* The power adapter and the battery must be connected during this process. The battery must be 10% or more than 10% of charge.Here is the link for the update to the BIOS: http://dell.to/VBwSAh. The laptop restarts after this update.
Visit this link: http://dell.to/VBz1fr and click Dell Support Center. Download and install the application.
Once done, visit this link: http://bit.ly/UUjIs0 and install Dell Backup and Recovery Manager. Restart the computer and check if you are able to create the recovery media.Please, try the following steps and share status.
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I was able to create a backup bootable (hot spare), and I can create a backup of data on my external hard drive. However, whenever I try to create a backup on my external hard drive system, after about three seconds in the process, he returned: "an error occurred during the creation of the backup of the system.
How can I create a backup of the system? Why I get this error?
Thanks for all the info. My situation sounds very similar to yours.
I removed using Add/REMOVE programs in the control panel DBR and he removed cleanly.
V1.7.1.2 downloaded and executed new facility.
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However, backup system immediately stopped with disconnected, missing target location or full. Tried several times...
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Hello...
I have a problem with the Dell backup and backup (version1.8.1.70). Everything works fine except for the "merge system backups. When I click it, nothing happens. I would like to know what I can do to get it working again? Thank you.
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This software was preinstalled on my newly purchased Dell Inspiron 3646... can't make heads tails ov er it.
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Reference Dell backup and restore (Premium Edition) 1.7.5.63
Since upgrading my software Dell backup and restore to version 1.7.5.63, I now have problems to make it past the "Dell backup and recovery Please Wait" screen.
I'm not leaving this option to run for more than 8 hours, but found that this process is not always successful. The only way I could find to block this process to run is to click on the? at the top right of the screen, then select "activity log". At this time, I clicked on the home button to take back me to the Dell Backup and Recovery Premium Edition home page and close the application. However, when I tried to re - open the application again, it brings back me to the screen "Dell backup and recovery Please Wait".
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Then I had re-installed all the 100 + updates of Windows for upgrade to Windows Pro 8.1 by the Windows store. From there, I upgraded my software "Dell backup and restore (Premium Edition)" at 1.7.5.63 and had the same problem again.
In any case to have a fix for this or tell me how I can raise an incident with Dell, because this is so ignorant and frustrating.
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Any help or advice, you would be extremely grateful.
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Reference Dell backup and restore will not be updated
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When I checked the notifications told me that Dell backup and restore was inconsistent and I needed to re - install. Before all else, I checked the Dell website and it is advisable to update the program by opening and clicking Update.
Unfortunately, when I click on control upgrade tells me that my request is updated according to the picture below.
Is there another way to update the application?
Go to www.dellbackupandrecovery.com
Uninstall the old version and install new then.
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I'm relatively new to VMware on Dell hardware. The closest thing that I believe to a custom image is 'VMware ESXi 5.1 update 1 Image Recovery"(http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/driverdetails?driverid=RD5JN). I assumed it to be ESXi 5.1 update 1 with favorite Dell specifc driver packages. I had planned to use this new installs feeling that it would include the latest drivers for my Dell M620 and M820s and would be preferable to base VMware image.
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I installed with it as a test and it looks good, but I'm uncomfortable with the description. I would be grateful for any additional information or insight to those who support ESXi in Dell stores.
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Reference Dell MD3000i add secondary RAID controller
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I have a MD300i in the operation that runs in mode simplex with a controller. I would like to add a second controller and change the duplex mode for redundancy configuration, and I don't know how to properly go to this topic. I found some documents that says to slide partially the 2nd controller and run a SMcli command to switch to the duplex mode, followed by:
' Add a new connection from management to the MDSM with the following command:
SMcli 192.168.128.102-c ' setting ethernetPort [1] ipAddress = 10.37.121.54.
gatewayIPAddress 10.37.112.1 = subnetMask = 255.255.240.0 ";
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What happens if I do not know the address on the new controller?
I would be grateful any documentation or the help that could lead me to my solution. Thank you for your time.
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Hello Chris,
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I just bought and set up a 3847 Inspiron with Windows 8.1 and I tried to create the backup of the plant and the DVD of restoration but the regime ended with a mistake twice. It seems to happen at the end (ie. left 2 seconds) and then gives me an error indication. It seems that he should try to check the DVD but it never does at this stage. Does anyone know what gives? The whole DVD is bad?
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