Re: MSA 2000 , extend vdisk
Hello,The array allows you to extend the vdisk size by adding a drive and using the extend feature. There is no way through the firmware to decrease a vdisk size.If you no longer want the vdisk to have...
View ArticleNeed help with msa p2000 g3 mpio iscsi
Hi, We have an oldish HP MSA p2000 g3 iscsi as a backup target.Yesterday I enabled MPIO to get more troughput since our backups are gettin quite big.I ran in to problems. First, my archive backups vere...
View ArticleRe: HP SAN MSA 2312i : Vdisk reconstruct failed. Command failed. (error code:...
There are couple of things missing like you haven't mentioned total how many drives present in the system and how many vdisk present in the system.I see you have mentioned " 1 disk failed. I replaced...
View ArticleRe: Need help with msa p2000 g3 mpio iscsi
Hello,It is not recommended to have the management ports and the host ports on the same network. As a best practice the host ports should be in a seperate vlan.You need to be careful on your MPIO...
View ArticleRe: Need help with msa p2000 g3 mpio iscsi
HI Shawn, thank you for your reply.Do you mean, that each of iSCSI port (from A1 to B4) should be in it's own vlan/subnet?A1 10.10.1.1. A2 10.10.2.1, A3 10.10.3.1, A4 10.10.4.1, B1 10.10.5.1, B2...
View ArticleHP MSA 2040 unable to access Controller A via web
I have an MSA 2040 SAN with two controllers and I'm able to access controller A via the web management page. I can ping and access it via telnet and am looking to restart the management controller...
View ArticleRe: HP MSA 2040 unable to access Controller A via web
No impact in production if you restart management controller. However you should plan if you have repliacation configured before you go for management controller restart.You shouldn't restart Storage...
View ArticleRe: HP SAN MSA 2312i : Vdisk reconstruct failed. Command failed. (error code:...
Hello Narjis, Good Day. As I understand the issue here, It seems to be multiple HDDs failed during the first HDD rebuilding. So it would be easier if you could share the Store. logs from SMU. using the...
View ArticleRe: Need help with msa p2000 g3 mpio iscsi
Hello,The issues you are having are host based issues / configuration problems.From the host side there are considerations.If you have two NICs configured on two different subnets how are you handling...
View ArticleRe: Need help with msa p2000 g3 mpio iscsi
Ok, let’s forget esxi, veeam and other stuff.What is the best practice to configure iscsi with mpio to msa p2000 g3, from physical Windows 2012r2 server with two nics? P2000 has two vdisks.
View ArticleHP MSA 1510i iSCSI config
Hi ! I have an MSA 1510i with 2 controller and I want to setup the iSCSI params.I found an step by step guide and my final configuration is working with 1 pc for the tests.But I can't found some...
View ArticleRe: HP MSA 1510i iSCSI config
Hello,I first have to caution you on the age of this product. The MSA1510i went End of Support Life 21 December 2015. Additionally, the MSA1510i only supported ESXi 3.5. Newer versions of ESXi which...
View ArticleRe: HP MSA 1510i iSCSI config
Thanks for reply, I planed to use this san for education and tests only and I have get it at lowest price, so the end of support is not important for me.Okay, the portal maping is more sense like as...
View ArticleNew MSA 2050/2052/1050 Controller Firmware
Announcing New MSA 2050/2052/1050 Controller firmware!!!Yesterday we published new controller firmware for the MSA 2050/2052/1050. The new firmware and release notes are now available on the MSA...
View ArticleMSA 2040 SAS connectivity WORKS 6 GB\s no 12 GB\s
Hi, I have a HP MSA 2040 with a SAS connection on HP DL380 G9 servers running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and the connectivity between the Windows server and the MSA 2040 is only 6 GB \ s while it...
View ArticleRe: New MSA Storage Web Page for MSA Firmware and Release Notes
Where can I find firmware for older products like MSA2000 or MSA2000G2.
View ArticleRe: New MSA Storage Web Page for MSA Firmware and Release Notes
http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc
View ArticleMSA 2050 linear config
Hi guys, How are you?I´m configuring a new MSA 2050 but I´m having problems creating the pools. It´s simple, I have 2 x SSD disks and 6 x 1.2 TB SAS. The objective is to create 2 RAIDs: Raid 1 with SSD...
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Remove the un-used SSD half of the slot and then try to create the Virtual DIsk Group with SAS drives as you want in Pool. It's possible that Controller is thinking SSD drive available in system...
View ArticleRe: MSA 2050 linear config
Hi!Thanks for your quick response; I did all this steps: 1. Remove all pools.2. Extract SSD disks. 3. Create a new Pool with all SAS DIsks (Raid5)4. Connect 2 SSD disks. 5. Try to create a Raid 1 pool...
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