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How to change / replace a failed "system" disk on EMC Clariion CX500?

On the first DAE, the first 5 disks are considered "special" because they host the OS of the storage array. One of those 5 disks is faulty : what is the procedure to change it? By the way, what kind of RAID configuration is set up on those?
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EMC ESRS stops working when it is VMotioned

EMC is on site and told me: The ESRS SAN monitoring solution will cease to function if that host is VMotioned In case anyone doesn't know, the ESRS is a dial home solution that works over IP. An EMC SecureID is required to add or modify the list…
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Clariion CX300: Removing system disks from a RAID group?

I have a raid group that includes every disk my DPE2. I want to remove the system disks (0-4) from this RAID group. From what I read I should i put them in their own RAID group and avoid storing user data on them if possible. Will destroying this…
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Using EMC DAEs standalone

I've got a number of EMC DAEs filled with drives, for free. I'd love to use them, as they total to around 30TB, with possibly more available from the same recycling facility. As of right now I can run individual drives just fine, after formatting…
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RAID 10 or RAID 50 on 16x 900 GB 10K SFF disks

What type of RAID would you recommend for a single storage segment across 16 of 900 GB 10K SAS SFF disks on an EMC VNX 5100 storage unit? Disk 17 is a hot-spare. RAID 10, RAID 50 or something else? Unformatted capacity is 14.4 TB, but we will not be…
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Directly connected HP server and CX4 with fibre

I have direcly connected (with fibre) a HP ProLiant BL460c G7 with a EMC CX4. I installed VMWare Esxi 5.0. The problem is that cx4 cannot connect to the blade. It seems that there is no connectivity problem, because the server can be connected to…
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VM NetWorker server loses hard drive every night

Running EMC NetWorker server on a Server 2008 R2 w/ sp1 VM running on ESXi host. The VMDK is stored on a VNXe machine along with the VMDKs for all the other VM servers our organization runs. None of the other VMs have this issue: Each night for the…
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Where are the Kerberos time outs in Windows 2008R2?

We have a DFS share that redirects users to a EMC CIFS share. Several end users are unable to access it and get the following Kerberos Security warning: The System Detected an attempt to compromise security I believe it's because the Kerberos…
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Maximum size of VMDK to support large NTFS filesystem in guest

I have a need to support an 8TB filesystem within a Win2k8 guest system running on VMWare. From what I've read online, the maximum size VMDK I can create is 2T, is this still the case? Will I need to create some kind of dynamic disk methodology…
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EMC-branded DS24-M2 McData: Where get and what firmware?

I (will) get a EMC Symmetrix DS24-M2 FC Switch which is a branded McData 4500. I'm unsure how/if it's possible to update the box to the latest firmware without an official service contract anymore. (Officialy you can only get FW from EMC via valid…
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Exchange Management Console Missing Tabs

I am trying to set up exchange 2010, I want to configure the incoming mail but all the information I can find about says there should be tabs on the middle pane when I select hub transport.. I get none :-( anyone have any ideas what I am doing…
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Exchange 2010 EMC connects to wrong server

I have an Exchange 2010 organization installed at two sites with one server at each site. I set up my local site first. Exchange Management Console always chooses to connect to the remote server instead of a local one. I can open the properties…
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How do I find the date/time set on an EMC Symmetrix?

I'd like to find out what date and time (and possibly time zone) a Symmetrix (DMX-4 and VMAX) is set to. I've checked Powerlink as well as the man pages for symcli, but nothing pops out.
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What could be the best practice while allocating so that I/O performance is high

I have a question on planning. Recently, I got a request to create 2 625GB Luns (clariion cx-240), FC Connected, to ESX server 4.0 (four new hosts). I don't know the application they would be running. However, I only had option to carve luns from…
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EMC Celerra - cliff's notes for dummies?

I just bought my first EMC Celerra NX4. I'm starting to configure it and have a few questions: What is Celerra Network Server? What are the Celerra iscsi utilities? Is there a very basic "how to" guide online somewhere? I can figure it out long…
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