Re: How to Reset Lost Passwords on HP MSA2000 Storage
Unfortunately I'm not aware of a way to do this without calling support. I would contact HPE Support, they do have the means at assisting with a password recovery process.
View ArticleMSA 2040 expansion Virtual Pool
Hi.I've got a MSA 2040 with 24 disks, and Virtual Pools: A, BIn Virtual Pool A, I've got 8 disks in one Raid10 Diskgroup, and one virtual volume.In Virtual Pool B, I've got two Virtual Diskgropus in...
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Hello,With pools, or any type of striping, it is best practice to keep the same disk type, RAID type, and set size. The reason is because you can have inconsistent performance without. Whether that...
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ok. Thanks.The disks are all the same. 15k 300GB.The reason I created a Raid 10 diskgroup at the beginng was to have the best perfomance on SQL end Exchange transactions, but I'm not sure if it is...
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Spanning shelves in a disk group is fine. In fact; as soon as the first drive fails, and your spare takes over, then you'll have caused it to span shelves there. I would see if they are willing to buy...
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ok. Thanks for your advices! I'll advise the customer to buy two more disks then, and create one diskgroup now with the 10 disks, and the other diskgroup when we got the disks.Best regardsTore
View ArticleNew GL225R003 Controller Firmware for the MSA 2040/2042/1040
New GL225R003 controller firmware for the MSA 2040/2042/1040 has just been released. You can find the release notes and download links on www.hpe.com/storage/MSAFirmware.HPE recommends upgrading to...
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Hi.I've got a MSA 2040 with 24 disks, and two virtual Pools: A, BPool A consists of one Virtual Diskgroup with 8 disk in Raid 10, and one virtual Volume.Pool B consists of two virtual diskgroups in...
View ArticleHP P2000 G3 MSA, can't login and reset
Hi,We received a HP P2000 G3 MSA with a BK829A controller, which seems, can't be reset. We have had them before and then it was no problem at all, but if you can't login, you can't reset the system. We...
View ArticleMSA 2040 and shared filesystem
hi,I have a MSA 2040 with one large 7TB volume created. I have 12 HP blades that I would like to access this storage in a shared filesystem scenario over fiber channel. (simultaneously accessed by...
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What OS are your blades running? You need a clustered filesystem.
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thanks, they are running Ubuntu server 16. which may be unfortuante as far as supported filesystems. ubuntu 16 is what our openstack deployment tool deploys. ubuntu 16 is Debian based I beleive.
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note I want my IO to be thru the fiberchannel connection not ethernet. this I believe excludes filesystems like glusterfs...
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any ideas anyone? if I was using redhat I guess I would try gfs2....
View ArticleConfigure Raid 1 with 6 HDDs
Hi , I can't able to configure Virtual disk group using Raid 1 with 6 HDDs in HPE MSA 2040 SAN Storage. There is only one option to select two HDDs. Please help.
View ArticleRe: Configure Raid 1 with 6 HDDs
HelloIt's normal it's by design, maximum disk for raid 1 is twoLook at page 88 and page 159 from the "MSA 1040/2040 SMU Reference Guide", you will find all the information you need about the...
View ArticleRe: Configure Raid 1 with 6 HDDs
Yep, that's interesting...the Maximum and Minimum number of disks for a RAID 1 (mirror) is generally always 2...but, from the filesystem (or volume management, for more evoluted filesystems) level...
View Articlewhat the right solutiion in my case
Hello,i have 3 servers dl308 with fiber dual fiber card with trancsevier 16gx2 for each server.i am working with ms hyper-v i want to get msa 2040 to store all vhd files on the new msa.do i have to get...
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Since this MSA can have up to 4 FC ports per controller, you can connect your servers directly, likeserver1 to A1 and B1, server2 to A2 and B2 ...
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i could have more server latter .in this case i should have two switches or one with vlans also i want t have a fast performance for vhd files?thanks.
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