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Scripts – HDS Generate Horcm Entries

DISCLAIMER: This script is as is. I give no warranty it will work as you expected on your system. You are running it at your own risk. If something goes wrong because of this script, I bear no responsibility. Language: perl Platform: server# cat /etc/release                        Solaris 10 11/06 s10s_u3wos_10 SPARC            Copyright 2006 Sun […]

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HDS – Status of controller while upgrading the microcode

A question always come up before deciding to upgrade the microcode – “Will my servers have access to storage during the upgrade?”. The answer I’ve received from HDS engineers on this is summarised as below: As long as you have 2 working paths to every connected device (1 from each controller/cluster), then there should be […]

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HDS – Understanding Microcode definition

Those who know, it might seem very trivial what is the meaning of terms used by HDS to refer to various microcode releases. But when I tried to look up the meaning of them, mighty google failed, and had to ask our HDS support engineer to for more explanation. And here is how I understand […]

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HDS – TrueCopy Replication Commands

Hds TrueCopy is equivalent of EMC SRDF Synchronous. It can be managed 2 ways – either by using Storage Navigator or by using CCI command line. Below is the list of few useful commands that I’ve used to manage truecopy relationship. Assumption: Primary Array serial number: 1111 Secondary Array serial number: 2222 Primary HORCM server […]

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HDS – URLs to access various applications

URLs for HDS Applicatons (Command Suite) Device Manager (DvM): http://servername:23015/DeviceManager/login.do Tuning Manager (TnM): http://servername:23015/TuningManager/ Tiered Storage Manager (TSM): http://servername:23015/TieredStorageManager/ Storage Navigator Modular 2 (SNM2): http://servername:23015/StorageNavigatorModular/Login Hi-Track Modular: http://servername:6696/CGI-LOGON

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HDS – Dial home and HiTrack

Each USP/USPV/VSP has a small Windows workstation housed within actual array frame known as Service Processor or SVP for short. It is Windows XP for USP, Windows Vista Business for USPV/VSP. Depending on maintenance contract and relationship with HDS engineers, you might or might not be allowed to login to SVP. SVP runs monitoring application […]

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