Error 1720 installing EMC Powerpath and PPME.
I was trying to upgrade EMC powerpath from Powerpath v5.3 to v5.5 SP1. I uninstalled 5.3 using the windows utility and was then unable to re-install the latest version. Found… Read more »
Category: Storage (EMC/NetApp)
How to identify the SAN Disk in Windows 2008?
In order to perform a storage testing, one of the server were allocated with two different storage XtremIO and FED. Both the lun were added to server as a drive…. Read more »
Robocopy: How to copy files to a another drive, or server – only if they have changed?
With the robocopy, we can use the below syntax to copy everything from “x:\source” to “\\server\x\dest” including sub-directories: robocopy x:\source \\server\x\dest /e /r:0 /w:0 Robocopy will look for the date… Read more »
How to update HBA BIOS Firmware and Driver (Qlogic)?
To obtain and install the new HBA BIOS Firmware and Driver , follow these steps: 1. Obtain the new BIOS. Locate the iSCSI BIOS on the QLogic Web site (support.qlogic.com)… Read more »
EMC Powerpath license registration
I was supposed to register EMC powerpath in one of the servers and I did not have an proper idea to do so. I did not have the key with… Read more »
EMC PowerPath Powermt Command
If your server has two HBA cards connected to EMC SAN storage device, you can implement load-balancing, and fail-over on the HBA cards using the EMC PowerPath software. Powermt management… Read more »
What is World Wide Name (WWN)
A World Wide Name, or WWN, is a 64-bit address used in fibre channel networks to uniquely identify each element in a Fibre Channel network. Soft Zoning utilizes World Wide… Read more »
HEAT Report Generation (Host Environment Analysis Tool)
The Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT) is a Web-based application that Processes the output of the EMCReports script for the Windows Hosts. In order to generate a HEAT report login… Read more »
EMC Grabs Report Downloads Links
EMC Grabs Reports Latest Version downloads for Windows, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, REliantUNIX, OSF1 and for Heat Reports as well, find below the download link – You need to… Read more »
NAS Vs SAN
NAS – Network Attached Storage: 1. Any machine that can connect to the LAN can use NFS, CIFS or HTTP protocol to connect to a NAS and share files. 2…. Read more »