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EMC – Next-Generation VNX – MCx
EMC have also breathlessly announced the introduction of “Multi-Core Everything” or MCx as an Operating Environment replacement for FLARE. I thought I’d spend a little time going through what that...
View ArticleEMC – DIY Heatmaps – Updated Version
I’ve patched the DIY Heatmaps script, fixing a problem with the table names generated in the database files. You can download it from the Utilities page. Thanks Mat.
View ArticleEMC – Some new scripts
Mat has come up with a few new scripts – FlipFASTTiering and ReplicationCapacity. They’re PERL scripts that you can use to list / modify FAST Tiering scheduling and report on MirrorView replication...
View ArticleStormons Professional Edition Available
Disclaimer: I don’t work for Stormons, and I’ve not been compensated for this post. I just think it’s a cool product that is worth checking out. Didier from Stormons recently got in touch to let me...
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EMC – VNX / CX4 LUN Allocation Owner and Default Owner
Mat’s been doing some useful scripting again. This time it’s a small PERL script that identifies the allocation owner and default owner of a pool LUN on a CX4 or VNX and lets you know whether the LUN...
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EMC – VNX: USM reports an error “Assistance needed for upgrade”
If you’re trying to do an OE upgrade on a VNX you might get the following error after you’ve run through the “Prepare for Installation” phase. Turns out you just need to upgrade USM to the latest...
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EMC – Go home Unisphere, you’re drunk
Mat forwarded this one through to me this morning. Seems one of his CX4s is feeling a bit odd :)
View ArticleEMC – VNX Pool LUN Allocation vs Default Owner
I had a question about this come up this week and thought I’d already posted something about it. Seems I was lazy and didn’t. If you have access, have a look at Primus article emc311319 on EMC’s...
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EMC – Basics – Accessing RemotelyAnywhere on VNX with MCx
Many moons ago I wrote a brief article about accessing RemotelyAnywhere on the CX4. This was prompted by changes in Release 29 of FLARE that changed the access mechanism for remote console access on...
View ArticleEMC – Using naviseccli to configure a VNX domain
The concept of domains have been with CLARiiON and (later) VNX arrays since the early part of the 21st Century. The configuration is fairly simple, and, in keeping with the idea that you can do...
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