Re: MSA 1040 FW update
Hello,As mentioned please upgrade to GL225P002-02 using the HPE SMart Component. Check and confirm your upgrade completed successfully.Once the upgrade is complete be sure to clear all cache and...
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Thanks for your response, I will schedule the update and I will share with you the final status.
View ArticleReplication Volume error
Hi I have 2 hp msa2040 with firmware version GL210R004 that should be replicated with each other.these two storages have connected with 4 fiber cable by a san switch. I have 10 Volumes on first msa2040...
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As per the screenshot it seems 10 replication set already created.Try to initiate replication where you got error. Don't try to re-create replication set again.If still it's failing then it require...
View ArticleRe: MSA2050 sparing question
I purshased two Hard disk for MSA 2050.I want to make one Hard Disk to expand the existing Array and the Second one to Make as a Spare Disk for the Array.How it possible,as i heard MSA 2050 is not...
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I purshased two Hard disk for MSA 2050.I want to make one Hard Disk to expand the existing Array and the Second one to Make as a Spare Disk for the Array.How it possible,as i heard MSA 2050 is not...
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Yes in MSA 2050 you can't expand existing Virtual Disk Group (VDG). Here concept is to increase size of the Pool. So you need more and more VDG to the pool. So if you want to add any new drive, only...
View ArticleMSA 2040 disk compatible
Hi.In our office, we are using SAN MSA 2040.To service this device, we periodically buy HDDs to replace those that have failed.It turned out that one of the hard drives was bought incorrectly by...
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As per MSA drive matrix spare part number 872738-001 doesn't show so ideally you shouldn't use it for MSA.https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04315770As per HPE Partsurfer it...
View ArticleHow reduce space reserved? HP MSA 2040
how to reduce the reserved space since in constitute 1/3 of the storage https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F2OrPK3d0ey4qkWc5l8Q09Uv6EgVQLvr/view?usp=sharingTaking into account that the configuration is...
View ArticleRe: How reduce space reserved? HP MSA 2040
We can't reduce Linear pool reserved space as this is reserved for RAID parity and metadata.In RAID5 we always get 75% space for data and 25% space getting use for parity.RAID 5 results in the loss of...
View ArticleUnable to access SAN thru browser
Dear Subjith,San switch (SAN MSA 2050) not accessible from browser and not able to update license received from HP. Could not login via browser. Login is possible via cli , but license cannot be...
View ArticleRe: Unable to access SAN thru browser
You can check page no 172 of SMU guide and get the FTP method of how to install license file through Command line,https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00017707en_usAlso refer page no...
View ArticleP2000 G3 FC MSA Unable to create Vdisk with Sata SSD's
So i got myself a P2000 G3 FC and trying to get it work. I added 4 128GB Sata SSD's in it and it detect them corect and creating a vdisk with NRAID works just fine.But when i try to create a RAID 5...
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Hello,Please be aware the P2000 is an End of Life (EOL) array that went EOL on September 30, 2014. Prior to the P2000 going EOL, the array was never tested or qualified for use with SATA SSDs or SAS...
View ArticleMSA Volume Affinity
Volume Affinity If I have one disk group of SSD, pool A, and enough SAS drives to create 6 disk groups split across pool A and pool B. How can I create a volume that lives only on SSD disk group? Would...
View ArticleRemove drive from disk group
Hiwe have an MSA 1040 SAS with 2 DGs , one made of 15x600GB drive and one with 9x1TB disk drivesAs the 1040 is full and we are expecting an increasing of space demand we'd like to know if ,and how , we...
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