Performing filesystem destroy on an EMC DataDomain
Attempting to reset a DD2500 to factory defaults including filesystem destruction, but it wasn’t letting me do so as the sysadmin user. First it sends you to CLI, but once 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…
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…
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…
My CLARiiON won’t delete a raid group
I was recently revamping the storage layout on a CX4 and needed to delete all the raid groups. I had already removed the LUNs from all storage pools and deleted Continue Reading…
Installing/Upgrading EMC PowerPath/VE 5.9 for vSphere 5.5 support
This is actually fairly easy as far as upgrades go. If you already have a working install of some prior version of PowerPath/VE, you should not encounter any issues as Continue Reading…
Fixing a broken EMC ‘Storage Viewer’ vCenter plugin in vSphere/VMware
I recently had an issue where my “EMC VSI” tab disappeared in my vSphere Client on my vCenter server. I went to Home -> Solutions & Applications -> EMC and Continue Reading…
Connecting EMC NaviCLI to a Clariion CX4
This probably works from Unix too but in any case, I had to do the following to finally get navicli working from a Windows XP box (old due to EMC Continue Reading…