Question:
Hi everyone, I’m looking for the pinouts for the CX500 SPS sense cable. I tried using CX300 sense cables but these don’t work. It’s a cable that looks like an RJ45 connector at one end and RJ11 at the other, and I’d like to make one myself to use on a CX500 SAN I’ve inherited.
Thanks
Solution:
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We are currently using Acronis True Image and have about 20 different image files on a network share drive that we use to re-image different models of PCs. The PCs are mostly Dell, range from Inspiron laptops, to Dimension, to Optiplex Gx240s to 960s. We may have 2 different images for some of models, as [...]
Question:
Hi there;
How can I understand whether the disk is RAID or not through BIOS? I mean does BIOS have any menuitem that points to RAID always?
Regards.
Solution:
It depends on your O/S, and whether you have internal or external RAID controller cards or subsystems, but this is a good rule-of-thumb trick ..
Look at whatever mechanism your O/S [...]
Question:
In the past 2 weeks, BU Exec 12 stopped talking ‘nicely’ to my external SCSI Sony SDX-1100.
Back-up still works. It just won’t perform things like inventory or label – I get either E00081D9 or E0008821 errors.
If I re-start the BUExec Device & Media Service, the tape gets inventoried.
I’m unning this on a Windows Enterprise Server [...]
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I’m trying to expand a RAID array by one drive and apparently I can’t use the GUI ACU provided by HP because on incompatibilities with IE8. I tried downgrading to IE7 but that didn’t work either. It was suggested I use the ACU CLI version but in checking into the documentation it appears I need [...]
Question:
I’ve got about 20 titles that would cost me a few thousand dollars to replace if The Big One hit. I could put them in a safety deposit box, but that’s not real handy if I have to re-load mid-day.
Any suggestions on how to make copies of them?
Thanks!
Solution:
make ISOs of them and keep the ISOs [...]
Question:
When I bootup my HP Proliant DL360 the scsi drive on port flashes red on a message says to replace the drive. I just did and I get the same thing. Anyone know a diagnostic tool for this server running win2003?
Solution:
Have you launched the array configuration utility to look for messages there? That should tell [...]
Question:
Hi guys.
I am advocating to my manager to get a SAN to begin clustering our SQL services for redundancy. We work in a small business and so I don’t have the cash to be able to “test” a SAN prior to its introduction to our network.
I have a few questions I hope someone can help [...]
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hey guys need some help with picking out an effiecient back up tool for my organization. i have heard of symantec backup exec and acronis as well as arcserve. Is there any other backup tools that you can recommend that is easy to use , efficent and reliable.
I need one that can notify me a [...]
Question:
Hi Experts,
I have 2 EXACT servers: HP Proliant ML350G4 with the same hardware and all with 3 SCSCI disks.
On server A, there is a RAID 1+0 with 1 spare disk
On server B, there is a RAID 5
Server A (the production server) has died.
The question is: Can I safety move the 3 disks of server A [...]