Moving Host to another Host Group
Hello Guys,I have two Host groups, one is linked to VMware server and another to Windows server.I need to move the Windows server host to be under the VMware host group so I can access it from...
View ArticlePowerEdge r710 idrac firmware update fails.
I'm attempting to update a r710's idrac6 firmware. The firmware is currently on version 1.20.01. Attempting to update to anything newer via the idrac firmware update tool fails after progress gets to...
View ArticleQuestion about how MD1200 works with PowerEdge Server
I have a PowerEdge T630 with PERC H730 controller and a 12Gbs HBA SAS Storage adapter. I'm are looking to add more storage for backup/archiving purposes. I'm looking at using the MD1200 or MD1220 to...
View ArticleMD3000i Controller Issues - Non Optimal Array
Recently my duel controller MD3000i become non-optional, what seems to be to a battery issue in the controller in Slot 1. I took the controller offline, pulled the controller and replaced the battery....
View ArticleSlow performance of MD3420?
Hi all,We recently bought an R730+MD3420+Md1220. The MD3420 connects to R730 through an 12GB HBA. All disks in MD3420+MD1220 formed a large RAID10 virtual disk, running RedHat Enterprise Linux 7....
View ArticlePV124T On Board Management
Also unable to log onto the PV124T web portal. Logging number is **33522**
View ArticleFirmware update to MD3220i
Hi Guys.Just about to do a firmware update to the latest version 8.20.24.60 but here is my worry.The MDSM is on a virtual server that comes off one of my hosts.Do i need to install the latest MDSM on a...
View ArticleAccess MD3200 Service Interface via Putty
Hi All, I recently acquired a MD3200 and I cant work out what the controller IP addresses are.After a bit of hunting around, I found some instructions on how to connect to it via COM port.However, when...
View Articleerror 6 in power volt 114t
I already did all that, but nothing happened. Do yoy have other alternatives ?
View ArticleDell MD3000i Active/Active
Hey guys,I have a PowerVault 3000i storage array and I'm setting up iSCSI MPIO. I''m pulling my hair out why I'm seeing in VMware ESXi 6.5 that the MPIO is showing up as Active/Passive instead of...
View ArticleTL-2000 multiple drive failures
I have a TL-2000 with dual LTO5 iSCSI drives. In June we began getting CRC errors on jobs written to Drive 2. Cleaning the drive did not help. We disabled the drive, forcing all jobs to use Drive 1....
View ArticleGetting unreadable sectors detected
Had drive in slot 7 fail when the box tried to use the hot spare it was also bad so it went into degraded modethere are also 2 drives in impending failurefirst thing I did was replace the drive in slot...
View ArticleMD 14000 query
Hi There,So work are buying a MD1400 but from what I gather its a JBOD, so it would need connecting to an external SAS RAID Controller? Or does it have an inbuilt RAID controller for configuring the...
View ArticleExpanding an MD3660 to an MD3060e
The MD3660 is fully populated with 3Tb drives, so I need to expand to an MD3060e. With the 3Tb drives being EOL, any issue populating the expansion with 4Tb drives. I would assume since these will be...
View ArticleTL-4000 Cleaning Tape Woes
I'm having issues with replacing the cleaning tape. As many already know here, dell ships their branded cleaning tapes with the CLNU00L1 label.I've already tried to export the tape, inventory and...
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