MSA 2070 Nightmare - Constant Crashing
We have had an overall good experience deploying MSA SAN's over the years but the 2070 has been a nightmare. We see controller A crash almost daily and sometimes multiple times in a day. Over the past...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2070 Nightmare - Constant Crashing
Hello @BulletlynnIT,Sorry you’re dealing with that. That sounds awful and not acceptable for production storage.A few things I’d push for right away: ask HPE for a formal escalation and an...
View ArticleQuery: MSA 2062 / 2052 Remote Snap - Suspending at 37% regardless of what I do
Hello, Let us know if you were able to resolve the issue.If you are satisfied with the answers then kindly click the "Accept As Solution" button for the most helpful response so that it is beneficial...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2070 Nightmare - Constant Crashing
Thanks for the reply. We had the crash happen during the Super Bowl and the only way to get it back online this time was to boot with only the B side controller in and remove the disk from quarantine....
View ArticleRe: MSA2070 FC Single or Dual Pool config
@FRin Agree with the recommendation of a single Pool using MSA-DP+ but if you read through the documents provided I hope you saw that MSA-DP+ does not use spare drives. All spare capacity is within...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2070 Nightmare - Constant Crashing
@BulletlynnIT Thanks for keeping me updated. Do let me know what comes next. I will wait for your response here.
View ArticleHow to map volume on msa 2060 to all initiators on a port
Hello all,I am trying to map port A3 and B3 on MSA 2060 to All/Any initiators which might try to connect. In the old GUI, this was easy, however in the new one I only see the option to add unmapped...
View ArticleRe: How to map volume on msa 2060 to all initiators on a port
@unsichtbarre1 This is a very dangerous use case which can lead to unintended data loss. It was removed from the initial release of MSA Gen6.In the latest firmware version, IN210P002, you can "live...
View ArticleDL380 Gen11, fibre channel 16GB compatibility
I have a professional CCTV system with a DL380 Gen10 Plus server. This server is back-to-back connected to MSA2060 FC 16GB using a SN1200E 16GB HBA.This year I will replace the current server to a new...
View ArticleRe: DL380 Gen11, fibre channel 16GB compatibility
Hi @Reverton Yes. A 32 Gb HPE SN1610Q Fibre Channel HBA is backward-compatible with 16 Gb FC storage (including the MSA2060)— it will auto-negotiate down to 16 Gb FC
View ArticleRe: DL380 Gen11, fibre channel 16GB compatibility
Hello@Reverton,You may refer to the HPE SPOCK page for information on compatible FC HBA card firmware/drivers, etc., from the link below.https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/ Click on the Configuration...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2062 / 2052 Remote Snap - Suspending at 37% regardless of what I do
Hello ArunKKR!Thank you very much for your recommendations.Back at office today I tried ideas 1 to 3 without success.For idea 4 I have just gracefully powerered down the destination MSA 2052 without...
View ArticleRe: DL380 Gen11, fibre channel 16GB compatibility
Hello@Reverton,Let us know if you were able to resolve the issue. If you have no further query and you are satisfied with the answer, then kindly mark the topic as Solvedso that it is helpful for all...
View ArticleRe: Serial Number on MSAP2000 G3
Hello @Dineshdd,We are glad to hear that. Thank you for your response.
View ArticleRe: MSA 2062 / 2052 Remote Snap - Suspending at 37% regardless of what I do
Hello ArunKKR!The very last idea - the gracful powerdown of the souce system - was the solution.Now the replications are working as expected Thank you very much for the support.Best regards Mad S
View ArticleRe: MSA 2062 / 2052 Remote Snap - Suspending at 37% regardless of what I do
Hi,Glad to know that the issue has been resolved.Thank you for letting us know the step which resolved the issue eventually.
View ArticleRe: MSA 2060 capacity planning
you can reduce the overhead alias spare capacity to 1 or 0 disk space if needed. but for sure is has negative impact for redundancy.
View ArticleRe: MSA 2060 capacity planning
@DataCenterOperator Reducing the Target/Actual spare capacity if not recommended for HDDs (see Best Practices for HDD and SSD best practices)Reducing to 0 spare capacity will only be slightly better,...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2040 - Delete Virtual Disk Group (Stauts QTOF)
@Cali MSA 2040 - Delete Virtual Disk Group (Status QTOF) I have the same issue. Can you give me the trick to fix plz
View Article