Oracle Solaris 11.4 ZFS Device Removal Example One of the new features in the recent Solaris 11.4 release(that rely rocks), is, ZFS Device Removal. Below I am going to demonstrated one example, on how you can use ZFS Device Removal. The example below show how migrated a pool from raidz1 => mirrored pool. First, lets …
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I am always exploring the latest Storage landscape which keeps on changing. Below is a brief history of the storage market and what to expect in the future. First lets start with brief history of the storage market. What has changed in the storage market? The Enterprise Storage market used to be solely controlled by …
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Contents 1 Cofiguring Multipathing 1.1 Install Multipath Package. 1.2 Enable The Multipathing Service. 1.3 List Multipath Disks 2 Zoning FC On Linux 2.1 Find the WWN for the Ports 2.2 Issuing a LIP on the HBA 2.3 Fibre Channel Commands 3 Disk Configuration. 3.1 About Device Names And Paths In A Multipath Configuration 3.1.1 Physical …
After mirroring the device or zfs send install the bootblock installboot -F zfs /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/zfs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0 First we need to get the lun paths, just run the below to get that {0} ok show-disks a) /pci@500/pci@0/pci@c/SUNW,qlc@0,1/fp@0,0/disk b) /pci@500/pci@0/pci@c/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/disk c) /iscsi-hba/disk q) NO SELECTION Next get the disk id’s, just run the below to get that. …
curl –user root:password -k https://zfssa.domain.com:215/api/storage/v1/pools/HP-pool/projects|python -m json.tool curl –user root:password -k -i https://zfssa.domain.com:215/api/system/v1/version OpenStack scripts https://blogs.oracle.com/yappri/entry/zfssa_cinder_driver
How to match Oracle ZFS appliance(ZFSSA) with VSP block size The example below uses a 1Tb lun size Starting Base block size for a 1Tb lun on Oracle ZFS Appliance(ZFSSA). 1099511627776 To match this with the VSP block size, this is what was used, it was 6291456 more. 1099517919232 = 1099511627776+6291456 (768*8192) On the VSP …
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SSD Arrays and using 4k blocks Some SSD arrays will perform badly or not work at all when used for Database files. The example below was used with a Violin Memory Array, but the same is can be any of the new SSD vendors. Note: The solution below will only work on Linux with asmlib …
Modify Brocade Zones With The CLI Creating a new alias(s). alicreate “cloud4_global_FAA”,”50:01:39:71:00:53:21:57″ alicreate “cloud4_global_FAB”,”50:01:39:71:00:53:21:58″ alicreate “hds_vsp_7a”,”50:06:0e:80:16:06:ac:60″ Creating new zones, and adding to active zone set zonecreate “cloud4_global_FA”,”hds_vsp_7a” zoneadd “cloud4_global_FA”,”cloud4_global_FAA” zonecreate “cloud4_global_FB”,”hds_vsp_7a” zoneadd “cloud4_global_FB”,”cloud4_global_FAB” Finally, Adding to the configuration, and enabling the config. cfgadd “Active_zone_set”,”cloud4_global_FA” cfgadd “Active_zone_set”,”cloud4_global_FB” cfgenable Active_zone_set Example 2 Creating a new alias(s) alicreate …
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How to Power off an HDS 9985 Push the door where it says push To power off press Enable + Off at the same time. To power on press Enable + On at the same time.