Re: MSA 1040 - Adding disks to RAID10 Linear pool
I understand you have linear vdisk configured in RAID10 and you want to expand this with 5 more disks.My suggestion would be not to try this because once vdisk expansion started then you can't stop it...
View ArticleRe: MSA 1040 - Adding disks to RAID10 Linear pool
Thank you for the information. I forgot to provide some details - 1.2TB 15K drives are in the system - Currently 6 of them with 1 spare in RAID10. System is very full, though not often at high...
View ArticleRe: MSA 1040 - Adding disks to RAID10 Linear pool
If you are aware of the consequences of vdisk expansion and you don't have option but to go for vdisk expansion only then you can refer same best practice guide and page no 40 having the table which...
View ArticleRe: MSA P2000 iSCSI volume is not initialized (not in the VMWare, not in...
Solution is to log in to console of p2000, then type:show unwritable-cacheIf percent > 0 then run:clear cacheIt helps for me
View ArticleRe: P2000 G3: adding a new disk as spare fails
The problem is solved now.After a complete restart of the Storage (all controllers and all attached boxes), the VDisk acceoted the new Spare Disk without any error. Thanks all for their replies. kind...
View ArticleCan't move master volume to standard volume in MSA -2040
Hi All, I have created snapshot from a linear volume as per customer demand.. It's automatically created snap-pool which consumed space from disk-pool.Finally I have deleted snapshot. But when I...
View ArticleRe: Can't move master volume to standard volume in MSA -2040
Try below commands,# show master-volumes# show snapshots master-volume <master_volume_name># delete snapshot force <snapshot_name># convert master-to-std <Volume_name># delete...
View ArticleMSA2050 unable to add disk group
Hello,I'm unable to create a new ssd diskgroup, i get the followinf error message :"a performance tier cannot be added to a virtual pool that contains a read cache"i have currently 4 diskgroups:1 dga01...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
You can't have Performance Tier and read cache in same Pool. You can have either Performance tier or read cache.This is as per design.So you can delete read cache for one Pool and create new VDG with...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
Thank's SubhajitIs it possible to juste delete the read cache SSD diskgroup without impact (other than performance) of the working system?if yes , i will delete the read cache diskgroup in one pool,...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
Yes you can delete read cahe anytime.No impact to production. Even if there is any data in read cache doesn't matter at all because actual data will be at the drive. Please note this is only help for...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
I see , so there is no way to dedicate a new volume to the new SSD's
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
if create a new volume in the pool with a different type of disk group (SSD and SAS), this volume will automaticaticaly spread across the different disk groups ? no way to limit the volume on the SSD's ?
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
No that's not possible because MSA 2050 fully virtualized array.Earlier we had concept of linear array where dedicated vdisk concept was there which got created with dedicated drives. Later we used to...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
I'm very happy with your quick and clear answers Subhajit.many thank'sGérard
View ArticleRe: Can't move master volume to standard volume in MSA -2040
Hi Subhajit,Thanks for your valuable info.My issue is solved now.
View ArticleMSA 1050, 2050, and 2052 Storage Systems - Storage Controller Firmware...
This post announces the release of controller firmware VE270P003-01 for HPE MSA 1050 Storage systems and VL270P003-01 for HPE MSA 2050 and 2052 Storage systems.This is a general availability (GA) patch...
View ArticleOnly LUN0 visible on Server(s)
Hi All,We have purchased 2 x DL380 40 core servers both with HPE E208e-P SR dual port 12gbps SAS controllers.We purchased an Infortrend GSa2024RT SAN with dual 12Gbps SAS controllers.Currently I've got...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
One more question Subhajit if you read this :is there a way to move disk groups between pool's ( without remove/recreate ...) thank'sGérard
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 unable to add disk group
Virtual DIsk Group can't move from one Pool to another Pool.There is one option called Volume Copy feature where it can copy volume from one Pool to another Pool. You can check this option. Hope this...
View Article