Free SAN and Storage Performance & Capacity Monitoring Tool – STOR2RRD

Every Infratire has backend as a different storage system and key challenges we face, especially in larger environments is managing systems from multiple vendors. Every organization has the same situation, and monitoring all of the different systems and keeping track of their performance and health are challenging because every vendor has its own set of […]

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Upgrade Brocade SAN Switch Firmware

In this post will share you the process to update a Brocade Fibre Channel switch firmware.ANd it is recommended to confirm with OEM before you proceed for an upgrade of the firmware. Prerequisite FTP server accessible from SAN Switch Supported Firmware Pre-upgrade Process Take Complete Backup of Switch Configuration and License details Check the current […]

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How to Install or Update the License on 3PAR Storage System

There are two Ways you can apply the license to 3PAR Storage one is from GUI and other is from CLI . Before proceeding the steps make sure you have proper license file or license detils .You can obtain the license file from HP reseller or HP Portal or Hp Account Manager In this post […]

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3 PAR Multipathing Best Practice with vSphere 6.5

Why Multipathing ? To maintain a constant connection between a host and its storage, ESXi supports multipathing. Multipathing is a technique that lets you use more than one physical path that transfers data between the host and an external storage device. In case of a failure of any element in the SAN network, such as […]

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HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Nodes Configuration

This post contains a series of Configuration Steps as mentioned below . • Find the VSA and FOM from CMC Console • Create New Management Group with FOM • Create and Configure Cluster • NTP and E-mail Notification Configuration • Configure the Shared Volume 1. Open HPE StoreVirtual Centralized Management Console

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Deployment of FOM (Failover Manager)

Use the Same file which used for Deployment of VSA Applianace HPE_StoreVirtual_VSA_2014_and_StoreVirtual_FOM_Installer_for_VMware_vSphere_TA688-10544.exe Ran this file as Administrator, it is a self-extracting one. After the extraction a CMD will comes up asking, if you want to use the GUI or CLI interface. Chose the GUI wizard. On the welcome page simply click “Next”. Accept the License Agreement […]

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HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Installtion & Configuration – PART 1

Installing the CMC Install the CMC on the computer or virtual machine that you use to administer the HP StoreVirtual Storage. You administer the entire network of StoreVirtual VSAs from this CMC. To obtain the CMC, download the CMC installer from the following website The CMC installation requires 63 MB disk space and 64 MB […]

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