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ISCSI Multipathing with Clariion CX3-10c and VMware ESX 3.5
I recently did a VMware project using an EMC Clariion CX3-10c and VMware 3.5 update 2. The plan was to use the ISCSI front end ports on the CX3-10 for VMware ISCSI storage connectivity. The design...
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Using navicli to Create Raid Groups and LUNs on EMC Clariion Arrays
I recently was involved in a SAN project implementing two EMC Clariion CX4 arrays. In the past I have used Navispere to create the Raid Groups and LUNs but this time I decided to use the command line...
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Windows 2008 Partitioning Alignment
The partitioning alignment “bug” in Windows 2003 and earlier has been fixed in Windows 2008. You no longer have to use diskpart.exe to align new partitions in Windows 2008....
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CIFS Shares and EMC Celerra Replicator Switchover
I recently setup Celerra Repliator v2 between an old NS to a new NS to migrate CIFS shares and VDM configuration. The replication worked great and replicated 3 TB of data in about 30 hours. Once...
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How to install EMC Navisphere Host Agent on Citrix XenServer 5
If you are integrating Citrix XenServer with EMC Clariion storage the Navisphere Host Agent (naviagent) can be installed in the Linux management OS (domain 0) so that the host registers with...
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Windows 2008 Failover Clustering on vSphere with EMC PowerPath VE
VMware/Microsoft doesn’t support third-party multipathing or the Round Robin path policy for VMs setup in a Microsoft Failover Cluster. This fact is stated in the “Setup for Failover Clustering and...
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Cisco UCS Palo and EMC PowerPath VE Incompatibility
******UPDATE****** There is a new VMware driver out that corrects this incompatibility. You can download it here – http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esx40_cisco_cna_v110110a/ZHcqYmRwKmViZHdlZQ I...
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Creating NFS Exports on Virtual Data Movers on EMC Celerra
I learned something new about NFS exports on a recent EMC NS480 project. The client I was working with wanted some CIFS shares that could be accessed by both Windows and NFS clients at the same time. I...
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Custom ESXi 5 ISO for UCS, Nexus 1000v and PowerPath VE
With ESXi 5 VMware made it very easy to create custom installation ISOs. I have been doing a lot of upgrades from ESXi 4.1 in our customer sites that have UCS, Nexus 1000v and PowerPath VE so I decided...
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Creating NFS Exports on Virtual Data Movers on EMC Celerra
I learned something new about NFS exports on a recent EMC NS480 project. The client I was working with wanted some CIFS shares that could be accessed by both Windows and NFS clients at the same time. I...
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Custom ESXi 5 ISO for UCS, Nexus 1000v and PowerPath VE
With ESXi 5 VMware made it very easy to create custom installation ISOs. I have been doing a lot of upgrades from ESXi 4.1 in our customer sites that have UCS, Nexus 1000v and PowerPath VE so I decided...
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