Open Source Storage Solutions
Storage solutions can generally be grouped into four categories: SoHo NAS systems, Cloud-based/object solutions, Enterprise NAS and SAN solutions, and Microsoft Storage Server solutions. Enterprise NAS...
View ArticleScripting a VNX/Celerra to Isilon Data Migration with EMCOPY and Perl
Below is a collection of perl scripts that make data migration from VNX/Celerra file systems to an Isilon system much easier. I’ve already outlined the process of using isi_vol_copy_vnx in a prior...
View ArticleMachine Learning, Cognitive Computing, and the Storage Industry
In context with my recent posts about object storage and software defined storage, this is another topic that simply interested me enough to want to do a bit of research about the topic in general, as...
View ArticleIsilon Mitrend Data Gathering Procedure
Mitrend is an extremely useful IT Infrastructure analysis service. They provide excellent health, growth and workload profiling assessments. The service can process input source data from EMC and many...
View ArticleConfiguring a Powershell to Isilon Connection with SSL
PowerShell allows an easy method to access the Isilon ReST API, but in my environment I need to use true SSL validation. If you are using the default self-signed certificate of the Isilon, your...
View ArticleXtremIO Manual Log File Collection Procedure
If you have a need to gather XtremIO logs for EMC to analyze and they are unable to connect via ESRS, there is a method to gather them manually. Below are the steps on how to do it. 1. Log in to the...
View ArticleThe Future of Storage Administration
What is the future of enterprise storage administration? Will the job of enterprise storage administrator still be necessary in 10 years? A friend in IT storage management recently asked me a question...
View ArticleIsilon Port Usage
Below is a table of Isilon port usage and the OneFS services that use them. Additional detail is available in the Isilon Security Configuration guide on Dell EMC’s support site. Affected Services...
View ArticleNetApp Solidfire CLI Command Line Reference
Note that this CLI guide is meant to be a short “cheat sheet” reference to the Solidfire CLI. For complete details on the options for each command you’ll want to log in to NetApp’s support site and...
View ArticleAdding, modifying and viewing an ACL in the Isilon OneFS CLI
This is an overview and reference for the commands and syntax needed for adding and modifying an ACL on Isilon OneFS files and directories from the CLI. Access Control Entries for the ACL Note that a...
View ArticleStorage Center OS 7.x CLI Reference Guide (SCOS)
Dell Storage Center OS 7 Command Line Reference Guide This guide is meant to be a quick reference for SCOS commands, if you need to dive into the details of the available options for each command I’d...
View ArticleAdding a Celerra to a Clariion storage domain from the CLI
If you’re having trouble joining your Celerra to the storage domain from Unisphere, there is an EMC service Workaround for Joining it from the Navisphere CLI. When attempting it from Unisphere, it...
View ArticleFrequent 0x622 and 0x606 errors in the SP Event Logs
During some routine checking of the SP Event logs on our NS-40 I was noticing a large number of alerts. Every few seconds I was seeing these three alerts pop in: 0x60a Internal Information Only. A...
View ArticleCollecting info on active shares, clients, protocols, and authentication on...
This is a reference guide for listing and counting shares, clients, protocol and authentication information, and virus scan information. All of this information could be used for a full VNX audit...
View ArticleClose requests fail on data mover when using Riverbed Steelhead appliance
We recently had a problem with one of our corporate applications having file close requests fail, resulting in 200,000+ open files on our production data mover. This was causing numerous issues within...
View ArticlePowerpath Install / Upgrade Issues
I recently had several issues when attempting to upgrade a Windows 2008 server from Powerpath v5.3 to v5.5 SP1. I uninstalled 5.3 using the windows utility, rebooted, then reinstalled v5.5 SP1. After...
View ArticleRelocating Celerra Checkpoints
On our NS-960 Celerra we have multiple storage pools defined and one of them that is specifically defined for checkpoint storage. Out Of the 100 or so file systems that we run a checkpoint schedule on,...
View ArticleMagic Quadrant for Storage Vendors
I was reading over the Gartner report today that dives into specifics on the strengths and weaknesses of the big players in the storage market. The original Gartner article can be viewed here:...
View ArticleFirst day at EMC World 2013
It’s been a great first day at EMC World 2013 so far. I’ve been to three breakout sessions, two of which were very informative and useful. I focused my day today on learning more about best practices...
View ArticleBrocade Switch Type Matrix
I recently performed an inventory of all of our Brocade switches and stumbled upon this list of switch types that allows you to identify the Brocade model number. Simply go to http:///SwitchInfo.html,...
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