Replace disk with Read Errors. How
We have a MSA which is showing a disk with Read Erros, however the disk is not failed yet.We have a spare disk avaialble for replacement, and the config has a spare assigned to the dg.How can safely...
View ArticleRe: How to change retion priority on MSA2040 snapshots
From the details looks to me snapshot creation controlled by VSS provider which is outside of MSA and must be from some Windows System.Coming to your query, you need to first change the limit-policy...
View ArticleRe: Replace disk with Read Errors. How
If you have any drive which is in predictive failure state then you need to force fail the drive by physically pulling it out from the slot. You no need to worry about data and vdisk because that will...
View ArticleRe: Replace disk with Read Errors. How
you cannot corrupt data that way, because the write would not be acknowledged by the disk and the controller will take care.you probably need to make the new disk a spare.
View ArticleRe: How to change retion priority on MSA2040 snapshots
Thanks for the answerWe will issue the commands and delete the snapshots afterwards.
View ArticleRe: Replace disk with Read Errors. How
The disk state is RUN. It has reported some read errors, but not a predictive failure state
View ArticleRe: Replace disk with Read Errors. How
I don't know what is RUN state of drive. Never seen this.Coming to your issue, if few read error and disk going on good state then you may no need to replace the drive.Still if you want to replace any...
View Articlemsa 2052 and vmware vasa
Dear All,I found this doc (HPE MSA Storage Configuration and Best Practices for VMware vSphere) on the hpe site (from the hpe site), which claims the following:-page 5: Msa has vSphere support VAAI,...
View ArticleRe: msa 2052 and vmware vasa
Hello,First, be aware that the MSA array does not support VMware's VVols. Don't confuse vvols with virtual volumes on the MSA array as they are two separate concepts.vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness...
View ArticleRe: msa 2052 and vmware vasa
Hi,We are in the process of updating the white paper you have referred to as it mixes Gen4 and Gen5 at numerous points; in this case, the support for VASA. As Shawn says, the MSA does not support...
View ArticleRe: msa 2052 and vmware vasa
Dear Shawn_K and Benjamin, Thank you for your answers. I'm interested in offload snapshots, to get rid of as many network traffic as possible. As I read:"Through VASA, vSphere and the underlying...
View ArticleRe: msa 2052 and vmware vasa
I understand, it's a confusing landscape. To answer the basic question about snapshots, no that's not possible.The MSA supports the following through VAAI:* Full Copy or Hardware Assisted Move* Block...
View ArticleVDisk Rebuild issue MSA G2 2321FC
Hi, I've been attempting to assist someone rebuild a failed RAID5 VDISK in a 2 enclosure MSA 2321FC system. Sadly when a new drive is inserted the rebuild runs for some time and eventually fails....
View ArticleRe: VDisk Rebuild issue MSA G2 2321FC
"Unwritable cache data exists for a volume" - this means new writes came to Controller cache but not yet written to backend drives because Vdisk is not available at that point. It could be vdisk was...
View ArticleRe: MSA 1050 SAS connected to VMware 6.7 U1
Hello,I write from Italy and I have a problem similar with MSA 1050 SAS and 2 DL 380 Gen10 servers and same cables but with VMWare vSphere 6.7 U2.Configure MSA storage with Pool, Disk Group, Volume and...
View ArticleRe: VDisk Rebuild issue MSA G2 2321FC
Thanks for the very detailed response. Your thoughts with regard to the likely reason for the rebuild failure are pretty much the same as mine. The main issue I face is trying to identify the other...
View ArticleRe: VDisk Rebuild issue MSA G2 2321FC
I am not sure how much you can decode the store.logs file. You can try unzip the file and open with Notepad++ then take a look for all drives serial number which are currently present in the system....
View ArticleConfigure MSA 1050 SAS and 2 DL 380 Gen10 servers to VMWare vSphere 6.7 U2
Hello,I write from Italy and I have a problem similar with MSA 1050 SAS and 2 DL 380 Gen10 servers and same cables but with VMWare vSphere 6.7 U2.Configure MSA storage with Pool, Disk Group, Volume and...
View ArticleRe: VDisk Rebuild issue MSA G2 2321FC
thanks. I'll do a search of the log. Sadly being so old I don't think HPE support G2 anymore. The device is currently on a hardware only breakfix contract with a 3rd party as a result. Have encouraged...
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