PE2950 Upgrade system backup
Hi all,I want to update my backup system by adding an additional external drive LTO4.Currently the system is composed of:Dell PowerEdge 2950Dual CPU: Intel Xeon CPU E5440 @ 2.83GHzRAM: 8GBController...
View ArticlePowerVault LTO-5-140 compression ratio
Hi All!We have different compression ratio with same data set on diffrent tapes.The capacity is near full for tape.How we can look why this difference happens?
View ArticlePowerVault LTO-5-140 compression ratio
Hi All!We get different compression ratio with the same data set on different tapes. Size of data set is near full tape.How we can get inforamtion why this happens?Thanks a lot!
View Articlewho knows how to clear Dell PowerVault NX3610 logging file to free space. Thanks
There is warningi info about the used space of local file system partition /var/log on NAS controller 1 is high (100%) and the used space of local file system partition /var/log on NAS controller 0 is...
View ArticleDisk group MD3420
Hi,I have to upgrade a MD3420 with 9 HDD SAS 1TB, the system is used for only for simple VMWare VM (No Exchange, no SQL and no Filesrv).Regardless of Raid chosen, should put more mechanical (then hard...
View ArticleDR4100 CIFS access
Can't get into CIFS share on DR4100.I have OST and CIFS containers on a DR4100. I'm backing up using BE from a Windows 2008 R2 server and connecting to the cifs share from the same server. Yesterday, I...
View ArticleHost Group Question
HiI have a PV MD3420 connected to one PE R720 via SAS, I have created a Server 2012R2 Failover Cluster for my storage. I want to now add the second node to the cluster but have made an administrative...
View Articlenfs storage not responding
Hi,I am facing this frequent outage issue in storage where NFS clients can’t access exported folders for 20-30 minutes and then connect back again. Configuration:- 2 windows servers...
View ArticleHow to determine the number of logical libraries
We have a PV TL4000 with 4 half height drives. I hope expert here give me guide on how many logical libraries I should configure the TL4k.Hardware and software setup:TL4000 w 4 physical drives;each...
View ArticleMigrate data between to MD3200i
We are going to replace our MD3200i and are thinking of buying a MD3800i. We 100TB of data that we wont to move to the new storage platform.We are thinking of using the replication license to do this...
View ArticleWill LTO 7 will be the Last Product or there is another call for more LTO's...
I have seen that it took a long to bring LTO 7 after in unveiling LTO 6 in 2012, do you feel this to have a good move in LTO technology or its just a simple up-gradation in speed and transfer rate?
View ArticleDell Enterprise Hardware & Software Updates for April 18 - 22, 2016
Popular Downloads Dell Server E-Support Tool (DSET) 3.7Dell Support Live Image (SLI) 2.2OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 8.2OpenManage Essentials (OME) 2.1.0Servers & StoragePERC...
View ArticleDell PowerVault TL2000 tape label issue
Hello everyone,I have a weird issue with the deviceIn inventory/magazine, for some slots, the tape is detected but the label is displayed as unknownIf the same tape is placed on another slot, its label...
View ArticleNX3100 internal RAID1 OS disk exchange
Hi all,We have this NX3100 + PV MD1200 configured as NFS server running Debian. OS is installed on 2x 2.5" 136GB SAS internal disks configured in RAID1. One of the OS disk is having media errors and we...
View ArticlePowerVault LTO 6 tape drivers
Hi Guys,Need some urgent help from you guys,Do you guys know the link to get for the PowerVault LTO6 tape drivers for window 2012r2 server.I have tried to get it from dell website by searching...
View ArticlePowervault 124T LTO3 operate without picker
Hello,my PV124T is throwing an over temperature error 0C. Trying to find the faulty part (power supply, drive, picker...) I was using cooling spray in several places but the error stayed.Is it possible...
View ArticleMD3200 in-band management
I have a PowerVault MD3200 connected to two R710 servers.Note, this is the MD3200 --- THERE IS NO LETTER "i" at the end. This is NOT iSCSI. This is direct attach.Sorry to be so direct, but every time...
View ArticleMD3460 SMART DATA Query - Critical Error
I have 2 X Dell R730 servers connected to a MD3460 array ( dual controllers ) with 2 Dell 12 Gbps HBA in each server. The servers are running Windows 2012 R2 and they are clustered. I have installed...
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Can't Access to virtual drive.
Recently an update to Storage Manager of My MD3200i was applied and after the restart I can not Access to my Virtual Drive.How can rebuild or recover the info?Thanks
View ArticleDNS entry in DELL NAS NX3230
Hello,I just bought Dell Storage NX3230 . and i configured with our network and it not connected with internet.just for local network. I have only 1 router connected with switch and then 3 servers....
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