How to Change FA Ports on an Existing VMAX PortGroup
Introduction You have a situation on your VMAX where the port utilization is up and you would like to move the FA ports assigned to a PortGroup moved to a lesser utilized set on you switch. In this...
View ArticleUsing EMC PowerPath with Oracle ASM
Introduction This post explains how to configure and use EMC PowerPath with Oracle ASM for clustered Oracle RAC servers running on RHEL 6.4 or higher servers. Oracle ASM ensures consistent naming of...
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How to Collect Clariion VNX SPCollects via Unisphere
Overview As a storage administrator there are times in which EMC support asks for SP Collects. As a new administrator this maybe a new request, no worries here are the steps to collect the information....
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Using PowerShell for EMC XtremIO
Introduction EMC have released XIOS version 4.1.10-33 and XMS version 4.2 recently and with this release they have added PowerShell support. Being a PowerShell guy this is a good thing for automation...
View ArticleUsing EMC OpenReplicator for Array based migration from VMAX to XtremIO
Introduction As a Storage Administrator we are always involved in storage migrations to new hardware. They are time consuming and depending on the migration type can be difficult. EMC offers several...
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Creating SSH Keys for User Accounts on RecoverPoint
Introduction Automation can be a thing of beauty to an admin, as well as a curse. In the case of SSH Keys it is a must for running reports and commands without having to type a password. Such is the...
View ArticleHow To Set SNMP Forwarding on EMC Centera
Introduction Recently had the task of enabling SNMP to send alerts to a Solarwinds monitoring server. This was done to enable monitoring to the in-house solution since Solarwinds itself does not...
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Retrieving SmartQuota Data on Isilon with RestAPI and PowerShell
Introduction Many different tools available for administrators to manage storage devices and create reports and or monitors. With EMC Isilon we have RestAPI available to make calls for information. In...
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How To Get XtremIO Volume Data Using PowerShell and XtremLib
Introduction In an earlier post we introduced the XtremIO PowerShell modules available for download and use from EMC. We covered a few of the basic cmdlets available. In this post we will look at Using...
View ArticleUsing EMC VPlex Batch Migration
Introduction In a recent project I was tasked to bring a new EMC PowerMAX 2000 system and migrate from an EMC VMAX3 400K storage array. This was a new thing for me since my experience with VPlex was...
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