i keep getting this warning on the md3200i. I changed the disk group to preferred path as well as all the luns under it but it keeps going back to the other non prefereed path. any idea?
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virtual disk not on preferred path
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Install PowerVault MD3200 Direct Attached Storage on VMware Essentials
Hello, I am having trouble getting my ESXi boxes to see a PowerVault MD3200 Direct Attached Storage array. This does not appear to be a very common setup, as I have had a difficult time finding documentation that is helpful, nor have I found a thread in the forums. So I am hoping someone here can help.
My setup:
- 2 Dell Powervault R710 servers
- 1 Dell Powervault MD3200 SAS storage array
- vSphere Essentials v 5.0.0
- vCenter Server v 5.0.0
Both R710s are running ESXi 5.0.0 and have mutiple VMs on each my vCenter Server is one of the VMs
Here are the steps I took:
- Installed an application server as a VM (2003 Server, fully patched) on one of the ESXi boxes. The application server has no role besides managing the MD vCenter Plug-in.
- Launched the MD vCenter Plug-in installer from the application server, providing my vCenter Server ip and login information as needed.
- Opened vSphere Client and confirmed that the Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in is listed and enabled Added administrative login to the Storage Administrator Role
- Upgraded the SAS SMI-S provider on both ESXi hosts, using the file provided by Dell with the MD vCenter Plug-in
- Rebooted the hosts as requested.
- Powered the R710s down, and installed the SAS Adapters that came with the MD3200 Array, plugged them in, powered up the MD3200 then powered up the R710s.
- Went into the setup on the SAS Adapters on the R710s at boot and confirmed that they can see the array.
- Went back into vSphere Client, right clicked the host, and started the Configure ESX Host to Storage Array for the ESXi hosts.
Everything stops here because the SAS Interfaces are not detected. A few notes:
Running the command esxcli software vib list | grep LSI from the console shows that the SAS Provider installed successfully..
Running the command #esxcfg-scsidevs -a from the console shows that the adapter is there..
vmhba2 mpt2sas link-n/a sas.5848f690ecc2b200 (0:5:0.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter
But the HBAs are not detected when I attempt toe configure the storage array. Hope this makes sense... Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Cannot identify Library Path in Device Manager
I have a PowerVault TL2000 with 2 IBM 3580 LTO3-HH drives. I do NOT have an iscsi-to-SAS module in the back of the TL2000. However, I do have the SAS cable plugged from the back of the TL2000 into the server, and a network cable from the tape drive directly attached to the server. I am able to see a single drive, but using TSM, I need to define a path to the library. Does anyone know what I have to do/install to be able to see the library in the device manager?
Thanks,
Don Hipp
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POWERVAULT MD1000 AND 12TH GENERATION SERVERS
Is the PowerVault MD1000 compatible with 12th generation Dell PowerEdge servers such as the r520?
If so, can I install a Dell perc 6/e controller in a Dell 12th generation server?
Anything else to be aware of?
THANKS.
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MD3000i physical disk-side: channel 2
Hi, I am got two error stating:
Summary
Node ID: MD3000i
Host IP Address:
Host ID: Out-of-Band
Event Error Code: 1209
Event occurred: Aug 17, 2013 6:15:42 AM
Event Message: Physical Disk channel set to Degraded
Component type: Channel
Component location: Physical Disk-side: channel 2
Summary
Node ID: MD3000i
Host IP Address:
Host ID: Out-of-Band
Event Error Code: 1513
Event occurred: Aug 17, 2013 6:15:42 AM
Event Message: Individual physical disk - Degraded path
Component type: Channel
Component location: Physical Disk-side: channel 2
We called support and they looked at the logs and said it didn't appear that anything was wrong, but one of our raid controllers had a lot more errors then the other one. And the thought one of the disks might be going bad. The array is in "not optimal" status. It seemed to be performing just fine but it make me nervous. The array itself is blinking amber on the front left face but everything else, disks, power,controllers are all green lights. I have read in this form that in some cases this is a bug in the firmware and or from a previously failed drive. Support said our logs were pretty big and the alert might have been triggered by that, which doesnt make a lot of sense to me. My tech that i had check out the error said its not a big deal, it still make me nervous since my googleing hasnt found may answers. Has anyone run into this before? What was the fix/resolution? Thanks in advance.
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Moving MD1000 to new server
I have a MD1000 w/ split config.
one volume is connected to a R710 PERC 6/e
The other is connected to a PE 2950 w/ PERC 6.
The 2950 will not boot, possible HW issue
Can I connect the second RAID connection to the 710 with out data loss? Import foriegn config?
Thanks
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Add storage to MD3000
OK I have spent some time looking around for a guide on how to add disks to our SAN and can't really find anything definitive.
We currently have a 10 disk RAID 5 SAN connected to 2 Dell PE servers in a Windows failover cluster. We have 1 Disk group containing 2 virtual disks (1 for Cluster Quorum and one that contains virtual servers). We are currently nearly out of space and I have purchased 5 x new disks to add to the SAN. So I guess I have a few questions;
1. Can I physically install all disks at once? Can this be done live?
2. The Add Free Capacity (Physical Disks) command says "You can use this free capacity to create more virtual disks within the disk group" however I want to expand the virtaul disk that my VHD's are stored on. Can this be done? And can it be done live?
3. Does anyone have a guide? The Dell Users manual for the MD3000 isn't overly descriptive.
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Dell PowerVault 114x - Error Code 6, tape won't eject.
I can't seem to locate a definitive explanation in regards to this issue.
We use a Dell PowerVault 114x for our backup needs. The other day, I swapped the tape over, and once the tape was loaded, it started displaying the error code "6" on the display. When I press the manual eject, nothing happens.
Anyone able to shed any light on what's going on?
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PE-T610 with RD1000 Slow Performance
Hello,
The performance on our RD1000 has degraded significantly. We use the internal RD1000 on our SBS 2011 server to backup using Backup Exec 2010 R3. Assuming the performance issue might be caused by Backup Exec I proceeded to test by just copying files across using Explorer and found that I was getting about avg. 8 MBps.
After some searches I found some documentation that gave instructions to re-install the RD1000 driver/software. I did this and rebooted the server to no avail.
ATA Channel 1 states Ultra DMA Mode 4.
Write Caching is enabled on the drive.
Compression is enabled on the drive.
Has anyone experienced this issue and found a solution?
Thanks!
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Moving current RAID drives *into* MD1000
Good day,
I have a poweredge 2900 that finally has died.
We would like to try and maintain the internal RAID5 (8x750GB) but the system board/chassis is dead.
On idea was to move the disks and the PERC adapter to an MD1000 that we have 8 slots available.
Any idea on if this would be feasible. I.E. physically move drives 1-8 to the MD1000 and move the PERC adapter into the host machine.
Looking at the logs, all was well with the drives and Perc prior to the crash.
Second option would be buy a used PE 2900 and move the drives & controller to that. But this would be as a last resort
Thanks for any insight.
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esxi path selection policy to md3200i
what path selection policy can i use to the md3200i? can i use round robin instead of mru? I see there is only 1 active controller at any one time. Also what is the ownership preferred path mean for the virtual disk?
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Raid conntroller problem
Hi,
when creating a new virtual disk in Dell PowerVault-MD3620f this error:
Return code: Error 1008 - Could not communicate with the RAID controller module in slot 1 to complete this request
When creating a new virtual disk and in advance virtual disk parameters change Prefer Raid Controler module ownership to 0 then everything is ok but later Current owner change to Raid Controler Module in Slot 1 automatically, and all other LUN are there.
Еvento change Preferred Raid Controler in slot 0 after some time Current owner is Raid Controler module in slote 1
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Performance for MD1200 vs local disks on PE R510
Hello,
I have a PowerEdge Server R510 connected to PowerVault MD1200 with SAS Cable 6Gb/s with PERC H800 controller (cache 1Gb NV).
On PE R510 I have 12x HD SAS Near Line 7200 rpm (connected to PERC H700 integrated), RAID 10.
On PV MD1200 I have 12x HD SAS Near Line 7200 rpm (connected to R510 with sas cable 6Gb/s with PERC H800 with 1 Gb cache NV), RAID 10.
On PE R510 I have a ESXi 5.1 U1 (installed on USB pendrive).
There are differences in performance between the two storage?
It's better local storage of server r510 or "outside" storage of MD1200?
Or the performance is equal?
Tnx in advance
Manuel
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Dell Powervault TL2000
Dear All,,
I have a dell Powervault tl2000 that is constantly required a cleaning we cleaned the drive multiple times but the clean required error is still persistant.
Can anyone help me with this challenge?
Regards
Keil
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PowerVault MD1200 Storage Software
Hi Can someone point me to the correct Management tools for the MD1200
Thanks
Mike
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MD3220 will not bring up Service Interface
We have purchased 2 used Powervault MD3220s (and 2 MD1200s as well). I was able to setup one 3220 through the serial cable Service Interface and MDSM. However the other storage arrays will not bring up the Service Interface.
While connected to the serial port with putty, I press Ctrl-<Break> and press "S" and it simply sits there until I hit "Enter". It then gives me a -> prompt.
It also gives me an error for which I was not able to find any documentation.
NOTE: Turning on tray summary fault LED
ERROR: SBB ICID value bad
WARN: Suspending Ctlr: "SBB_Ctlr_Validation_Failed"
NOTE: Flashing tray summary fault LED
WARN: Controller entering ClientErr lockdown state..
If I type help it gives me several options, most of them seem to be very low level commands (tasks, memory settings, etc). Nothing to do with changing the IP address.
I've tried the lemClearLockdown command, which I found elsewhere on this forum, but it doesn't get me out of the shell.
Also, MDSM doesn't find them even though I can ping them.
Any help would be appreciated.
Note: the MD 1200s use the MD36 RAID modules, the MD3220s use the MD32 modules.
Additionally none of the data is important. The hard drives are brand new.
Dan
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Dell PV TL2000 SNMP Community Strings and User Passwords
Has anyone else tried applying a SNMP Community String or User Password to their Dell PV TL2000 via the web management interface only to find out that the firmware (even the most current version which is C.00 / 3.20e) does not understand/accept any special characters in these two fields?
Was working on configuring the SNMP settings today on our tape library which we have had for 8 months now. When I entered our typical READ ONLY community string name in the web interface, the system yelled at me. The error was "Invalid community name! Only alphanumeric characters allowed. Only 31 or less than 31 characters are allowed for the community name." So I checked, and low and behold our community name was only 18 characters. However, it has a special character in it; specifically a "?". When I remove the special character, the system takes the community name just fine.
Same happens with passwords, however, the system doesn't even tell you that it did not accept the new password. In fact, it doesn't tell you anything at all after clicking SUBMIT. But if you use a password with special characters in it, it will now work; NO special characters and it works just fine.
I know this is only a tape library but come on Dell; any network security minded person will tell you that a combination of both upper and lower case, numbers and special characters should comprise your SNMP community strings as well as your passwords. So why does the firmware NOT support it.
Finally, I opened a support case with Dell regarding the issue and was in essence told to blow off and that there was nothing that could be done. OK....so what is the formal process to bring to the attention of Dell a Bug (which to me this is) in their system and that it should be corrected?
Hoping to hear back from a Dell Rep regarding this issue. Thanks in advance for allowing me to vent. Other than this issue though, this tape library with dual LTO6 tape drives in it is head over heels better than the current tape library the company was using when I got here last year; loving the TL 2000.
Sincerely,
Carey D.
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snmp monitoring md3200i
how do i monitor the md 3200i systems with snmp? I dont see an option anywhere to confgiure snmp
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Dell part # for MD1000/MD3000 debug/password reset cable?
I've search the forum but can't see this discussed anywhere. I have a dead MD3000 that is out of warranty. I'd be willing to buy replacement parts EMM, power supply etc but I can't figure out what the problem is. I'm trying to track down the password reset/debug cable, but can't seem to find a part # on Dell's web site. Does anyone know the pin out of the cable or where I can get one?
Would it work to use an old style PS/2 --> serial converter with a null modem cable, or is the debug/reset cable pinout different?
Thanks for any advice. I'll give Dell a call on Monday, but I was hoping to work on this over the weekend if I can make up a cable myself to do some troubleshooting.
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Install PowerVault MD3200 Direct Attached Storage on VMware Essentials
Hello, I am having trouble getting my ESXi boxes to see a PowerVault MD3200 Direct Attached Storage array. This does not appear to be a very common setup, as I have had a difficult time finding documentation that is helpful, nor have I found a thread in the forums. So I am hoping someone here can help.
My setup:
- 2 Dell Powervault R710 servers
- 1 Dell Powervault MD3200 SAS storage array
- vSphere Essentials v 5.0.0
- vCenter Server v 5.0.0
Both R710s are running ESXi 5.0.0 and have mutiple VMs on each my vCenter Server is one of the VMs
Here are the steps I took:
- Installed an application server as a VM (2003 Server, fully patched) on one of the ESXi boxes. The application server has no role besides managing the MD vCenter Plug-in.
- Launched the MD vCenter Plug-in installer from the application server, providing my vCenter Server ip and login information as needed.
- Opened vSphere Client and confirmed that the Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in is listed and enabled Added administrative login to the Storage Administrator Role
- Upgraded the SAS SMI-S provider on both ESXi hosts, using the file provided by Dell with the MD vCenter Plug-in
- Rebooted the hosts as requested.
- Powered the R710s down, and installed the SAS Adapters that came with the MD3200 Array, plugged them in, powered up the MD3200 then powered up the R710s.
- Went into the setup on the SAS Adapters on the R710s at boot and confirmed that they can see the array.
- Went back into vSphere Client, right clicked the host, and started the Configure ESX Host to Storage Array for the ESXi hosts.
Everything stops here because the SAS Interfaces are not detected. A few notes:
Running the command esxcli software vib list | grep LSI from the console shows that the SAS Provider installed successfully..
Running the command #esxcfg-scsidevs -a from the console shows that the adapter is there..
vmhba2 mpt2sas link-n/a sas.5848f690ecc2b200 (0:5:0.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter
But the HBAs are not detected when I attempt toe configure the storage array. Hope this makes sense... Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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