Restoring a file from a replicated MD3 when in a read only state
Hi,I have a pair of MD3 storage solutions A being the primary and B being the secondary, the replication works fine but if i try to browse into the secondary SAN (B) to restore a deleted file from the...
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View ArticleMD1200 software
Hi , We have dell R730 with H800 and powervault MD1200. On the server we have vmware and some windows machines.What I need is a software that can control the powervault from windows. Open manage...
View ArticlePower down/ restart a MD3200i with 1 failed drive ok?
Hi. We have 1 bad drive, and we need to shut down the array and move it to our new office location. Does this propose a problem to shut down and restart with 1 bad drive? The array is working fine,...
View ArticlePerformance issues on MD3800i
Hi all!Recently my IT department bought a new powervault md3800i with 2 controllers 4GB and 12 NL-SAS 8TB HDDs. It's connected to one server (r730xd) with 2x10GB ethernet NICs (one per controller).I...
View ArticleMD1200, A Raid card for a non Dell Server?
Hi,We purchased a package about 3 years ago which was an HPZ820, equipped with a Perc 800 raid card and MD1200 with 12 x 1Tb drives.The deal was good because Dell head office had an enterprise...
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View ArticlePowervault TL2000 not displaying Media Changer in Windows server 2012
HiI know this post has been covered in the past but none of the solutions have worked for me. I had trouble installing the latest A14 device drivers where it continually failed to install for the...
View ArticlePower edge R910 question
Hi,We have a Poweredge R910 and we want to install the Administror Management software on this server, but when run the setup we see a page that says: Loading prerequisite information. Please...
View ArticleMD3000/MD1000 EMM Failure in Unknown
Hello,I have an MD3000 (enclosure 0) with a MD1000 expansion shelf (enclosure 1). Intermittently the fans will spin up for anywhere from 5 seconds to a couple of minutes. On the MD1000 the status...
View ArticleSAS 5 E card not detecting
Hello All,We have an MD3000 storage server connected to a PE2950 server, which was working fine for alst 7.5 years. But 2 days back it seems we are unable to see the volumes in the PE2950 server. When...
View ArticleMD3400 and NTP
Hi,I'm trying to setup NTP on the 2 RAID controllers in a MD3400.According to the documentation i could find, my CLI command line should look like this:smcli 10.0.0.10 -c "set storagearray...
View ArticleNewbie question
Hi,we have a power edge r910 with PREC H700 that has 2 Connectors, Connector 0 and Connector 1.In the Storage manager I can see that all of the 10 physical Disks are connected to the Connector 0 and...
View Articleoperation cannot complete because of an incorrect parameter
I am trying to set a static IP for the RAID Controller and receiving the following error, can you help me set my IP's?ThanksJames DenneyOPERATING ENVIRONMENT DATAClient system name:...
View ArticleMD3600i replication over 1Gb WAN
Hi, I have a 1Gb WAN that connects 2 sites (20mi appart). At each site I have a MD3600i with several VMs.Is there a simple way that I can transfer the VM images from on MD to the other? And/or can I...
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View ArticleTrouble With 2012 R2 Failover Cluster
Hello,I have 2 PowerEdge R530 servers connected via SAS to an MD1420.My goal is to set up a failover cluster in Windows 2012 R2 using the MD1420 as the shared storage. However, I cannot seem to get the...
View ArticlePowerVault Critical Error message
I have recently noticed that one of my PowerVaults has an Amber Light flashing on the front LED display. I have checked OpenManage Essentials and when I go into Dashboard it shows the PowerVault with a...
View ArticleConeccting 2 MD3600i over a 1Gb private connection
Hi,I have a 1Gb line between 2 locations (about 20mi apart).Its been a few years since I mannaged MD3xxxi.Could I connect the MDs over the 1Gb line and be able to replicate night the VMs?What would be...
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