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Removing Veeam-added Nimble iSCSI Initiator Groups

I’m having difficulty getting a Veeam Backup & Replication v11 instance working with an HPE Nimble storage array to do storage-based backups. I’ve deployed some linux-based proxies, they aren’t working Continue Reading…

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Adding a CA-signed SSL to Nimble OS

Yes this is great fun; go buy yourself a multi-hundred-thousand dollar storage array and then try to figure out how to add a real SSL cert to it so your Continue Reading…

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Fix for EMC XtremIO complete failure due to Eaton BBU / UPS issues

Oh yes, you know the drill, EMC (now Dell/EMC) never overlooks a chance to create a dependency from a multi-hundred-thousand dollar disk array on a $1000 battery backup, or a Continue Reading…

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Installing/Upgrading EMC PowerPath/VE 6.2 for vSphere 6.5 support

Wow, four years have gone by since my article about upgrading PowerPath to 5.9 for vSphere 5.5 support.  VMware is up to 6.5 on vSphere/vCenter, the web-based interface continues to Continue Reading…

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VMware vSphere error “Cannot change the host configuration” adding storage

Ever run into this error trying to add storage to an ESXi host?  “Cannot change the host configuration”.  In my case it was occurring when trying to add a LUN Continue Reading…

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Holy Jesus EMC, can you pay for a faster internet connection?

Yes, the same company that charges $300k+ for an XtremIO brick, apparently runs their customer support and software download network on a T1 from 1994.  Okay, it’s not quite that Continue Reading…

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Grow XFS on LVM on GPT on vmware vSphere

Good times…  I’ve got an XFS file system that I need more space on, and fortunately the partition in question is the last on the disk, and the partition in Continue Reading…

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EMC XtremIO Initial Impressions

Got the chance to deploy an XtremIO v3 (v3.0.1 OS) recently, to replace a VNX5500.  Both running iSCSI, both handling VMware load exclusively, PowerPath/VE in use on the VMware side Continue Reading…

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Installing the EMC VSI vCenter web client plugin

EMC must be taking a page from VMware’s play book of giving customers exactly what they don’t want.  vSphere/vCenter 5.1, things are stable, managed by the Windows fat client (aka Continue Reading…

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EMC and endless stupid passwords

Just installed an EMC XtremIO v3 box, and yes, between it and the EMC VSI for VMware web client plugin, since they’ve screwed people who use the thick client, we Continue Reading…

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