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RE: virtual tape
by Bui, Marcus 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

Alfred, Yes, I'm looking for Disk to Disk to Tape solution. Currently, Veritas uses the R200 as a storage media for incremental backups. The full and Filer backup goes directly to tape since I don't have enough disk space to dump all the fulls to the R200. For the Filers, Veritas can't backup NDMP device to disk. So far from what I read, FalconStor has a pretty nice VLT solution. Cheers, Marcus Bui AIM Investments IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-821-9524 email: marcus.bui(a)aiminvestments.com pager: 8773450839(a)archwireless.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Alfred Lim Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:20 AM To: Bui, Marcus; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: virtual tape Hi Marcus, Are you trying to do Disk to Disk to Tape? I do know that there is such a product Atempo that can use Netapp as a virtual Tape drive. Can tell me more abt this incremental backup going to R200 and full NDMP goes to tape? Cheers.. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bui, Marcus <mailto:Marcus.Bui@aiminvestments.com> To: toasters(a)mathworks.com <mailto:toasters@mathworks.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:09 PM Subject: virtual tape Hi Toasters, This is a bit off topic. I'm looking for a disk backup solution to complement our current tape backup environment. Currently, we are using Veritas DataCenter v4.5, on Solaris, and Quantum P6000/7000 library using SDLT. A lot of incremental backup are already going to the R200 but full and NDMP still goes to tape. Interested in something like a virtual tape solution that presents virtual tapes to Veritas and backup to the disk backend, R200. Also, if the virtual tape supports NDMP for the Filer backup that will be great. Appreciate any suggestions. Cheers, Marcus Bui AIM Investments IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-821-9524 email: marcus.bui(a)aiminvestments.com pager: 8773450839(a)archwireless.net _____ Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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virtual tape
by Bui, Marcus 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

Hi Toasters, This is a bit off topic. I'm looking for a disk backup solution to complement our current tape backup environment. Currently, we are using Veritas DataCenter v4.5, on Solaris, and Quantum P6000/7000 library using SDLT. A lot of incremental backup are already going to the R200 but full and NDMP still goes to tape. Interested in something like a virtual tape solution that presents virtual tapes to Veritas and backup to the disk backend, R200. Also, if the virtual tape supports NDMP for the Filer backup that will be great. Appreciate any suggestions. Cheers, Marcus Bui AIM Investments IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-821-9524 email: marcus.bui(a)aiminvestments.com pager: 8773450839(a)archwireless.net ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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RE: virtual tape
by Ashi Sheth 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

We use a device from Data Domain (the DD200 Restorer) which appears to NetBackup as a tape device and can be used with the Filers via NDMP. The appliance uses a lot of the same ideas as OnTap (apparently one of the first engineers at Data Domain was a former NetApp engineer) in how they perform data compression. As an example, even though the physical specs of the box are ~3TB storage, we're seeing data availability of up to 20-25TB (we can maintain about 6 weeks worth of full and incremental backups of our GroupWise and Filer on this appliance). Data Domain also has a new upgrade which will do multi-site mirroring of DD200 data (much like SnapMirror) If anyone is interested in more info on the box and what we're seeing out of it, let me know. Ashi Sheth Systems Engineering Manager University of the Pacific - OIT ashi.sheth(a)pacific.edu 209-946-3986 _____ From: Bui, Marcus [mailto:Marcus.Bui@aiminvestments.com] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 8:10 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: virtual tape Hi Toasters, This is a bit off topic. I'm looking for a disk backup solution to complement our current tape backup environment. Currently, we are using Veritas DataCenter v4.5, on Solaris, and Quantum P6000/7000 library using SDLT. A lot of incremental backup are already going to the R200 but full and NDMP still goes to tape. Interested in something like a virtual tape solution that presents virtual tapes to Veritas and backup to the disk backend, R200. Also, if the virtual tape supports NDMP for the Filer backup that will be great. Appreciate any suggestions. Cheers, Marcus Bui AIM Investments IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-821-9524 email: marcus.bui(a)aiminvestments.com pager: 8773450839(a)archwireless.net _____ Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this message, and any attachments, may contain confidential and/or privileged material. It is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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RE: rsh to filer
by Michael Christian 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Why is that safer? Seems to me that if you've got the root vol mounted, you might as well have rsh access. -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Jim Harm Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:17 AM To: Derek Lai Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: rsh to filer It can be a little safer if you run the script from a safe machine that has the filer:/vol/root/etc mounted, so that you can put the safe machine name in .rhosts, run the script, then remove .rhosts. At 9:51 AM -0700 9/15/04, Derek Lai wrote: >Sure. We have all kinds of script to take snapshots, delete older snapshots, >record statistics, etc. > > >Derek > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alfred Lim [mailto:just4alf@hotmail.com] >Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:13 AM >To: toasters(a)mathworks.com >Subject: rsh to filer > > >Hello frenz, > >Is anyone out there using a script to rsh to the Netapp Filer and with that >script to manage the filer without telneting to it. > >Thanks and Regards, >Alfred -- }}}===============>> LLNL James E. Harm (Jim); jharm(a)llnl.gov System Administrator, ICCD Clusters (925) 422-4018 Page: 423-7705x57152

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RE: rsh to filer
by Derek Lai 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Sure. We have all kinds of script to take snapshots, delete older snapshots, record statistics, etc. Derek -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Lim [mailto:just4alf@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:13 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: rsh to filer Hello frenz, Is anyone out there using a script to rsh to the Netapp Filer and with that script to manage the filer without telneting to it. Thanks and Regards, Alfred

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16 Sep '04

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RE: Replacement disk problem
by Alan Biren 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

It depends on which version of ONTAP you are running. Before 6.5 you could destroy the volume from FilerView without first taking it offline. BE CAREFUL. There of course is the warning message. After the vol0(1) volume is destroyed, I would execute disk zero spares. -----Original Message----- From: jeff.mery(a)ni.com [mailto:jeff.mery@ni.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:34 PM To: Steve.Strange(a)netapp.com; johnkiniston(a)gmail.com; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: Replacement disk problem Sender: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com Precedence: bulk I agree 100%, but there is also a safety measure built in. "vol destroy" will only work against offline volumes. If you try to "vol destroy" the online volume, the command will puke and die with a message about the volume needing to be offline first. From what's below, Vol0(1), the foreign volume with disk 8a.13, will be offline. It can't be brought online because it's both incomplete and foreign. Vol0, the real and active root volume, will be online. This can easily be confirmed with a "vol status" command. Happy deleting =) Jeff Mery, MCP National Instruments ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Allow me to extol the virtues of the Net Fairy, and of all the fantastic dorks that make the nice packets go from here to there. Amen." TB - Penny Arcade ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Strange, Steve Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:53 PM To: John Kiniston; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: Replacement disk problem Destroy the partial volume "vol0(1)" with "vol destroy vol0(1)". That will turn the disk into a spare. Obviously, be very careful when using the "vol destroy" command to make sure you get the right one. And make sure you really don't care about the data still on disk 8a.13! Steve -----Original Message----- From: John Kiniston [mailto:johnkiniston@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:32 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Replacement disk problem Howdy everyone, We put a used disk in our filer when we had a disk failure a number of months ago instead of a new fresh disk and I dont believe the new disk got added correctly. This is the output from the web interface where I noticed the problem: Foreign volume vol0(1) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- data 8a.13 8a 1 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 Raid group is missing 5 disks. Volume vol0 (root) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- parity 8a.1 8a 0 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.2 8a 0 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.3 8a 0 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.4 8a 0 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.5 8a 0 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.8 8a 1 0 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.9 8a 1 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.10 8a 1 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.12 8a 1 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.0 8a 0 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.14 8a 1 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783112 data 8a.11 8a 1 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 How can I get the replacement disk set to be a spare for vol0(root) ***************************************************************************************************** If you have received this email in error please notify the the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclosed the to anyone or make copies. ** eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals or malicious content ** ** To find out eSafe(TM) and other Aladdin Security Products, contact AMC Corporation at (212) 620-0700 *****************************************************************************************************

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RE: OnTap 6.5.2/6.5.2P6/6.5.2R1 ?
by Simon Ferrett 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Thanks - I generally run updates like this past the support folks to make sure I'm not digging a grave for myself before I jump on in - they recommended going to the latest 6.4 after updating the firmware to 4.3 before going to 6.5.2R1 - I probably need to wait until the WAFL updates are finished before doing the 6.4->6.5.2R1 update though. The nearstores are already on 6.5.2, so the update to 6.5.2R1 should be pretty boring... (at least I hope so) In the future I will probably keep a little more on top of keeping up with the GA releases as they come out to save pain when updating in the future (keep the version jumps to a minimum). It's just I also kind of subscribe to the "not-broke/dont-fix" philosophy as well. For example, I had a really old F880 in production which was running some ancient 6.0 version and had an uptime of some ridiculous uptime (~2 years) which I recently updated to 6.4.4R1 that I also needed to do in a couple of steps. Since it was a production box and not causing any issues I never updated it until finally a problem came up and support recommended (aka: insisted) I update it so they could better diagnose it. Cheers, Simon. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Frank [mailto:jfrank@fastrieve.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:35 PM To: Simon Ferrett Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: OnTap 6.5.2/6.5.2P6/6.5.2R1 ? Keep in mind that you'll need to install at least one intermediate release for the DOT 6.1R1 box, and possibly for your Nearstores also. I think you have to be on 6.4.2P6 or above to upgrade to 6.5. You'll want to confirm that though my mind is soft today. Jason --- This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or his/her representative, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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RE: Fiber San
by ilya.birman＠abnamro.com 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

NDMP backup is the by far the best choice. You can ether use Veritas or IBM TSM. TSM has more advance features then NetBAckup, but it is more complicated to setup initially I would strongly encourage you consider new line of Cisco SAN switches (MDS). I think the it rather impressive .Among many advances, It will allow you to segregator backup in different fabric/VSAN. "Bui, Marcus" <Marcus.Bui(a)aiminvestments.com> Sent by: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com 09/15/2004 01:11 PM To: "'SKIP HOFMANN'" <SKIP.HOFMANN(a)ttisg.com>, toasters(a)mathworks.com cc: RAYMUND SANTOS <RAYMUND.SANTOS(a)ttisg.com> Subject: RE: Fiber San Skip, We are using Netbackup Datacenter, running on Solaris, with the Brocade Silkworm 3800 and Quantum P6000 and P7000 SDLT. All the HBAs on Windows server, connecting to another SAN, uses QLogic 24xx. The 3800 is use primarily for Filer backup since our QLogic switch was not certify with Netapp at the time. So far the QLogic, 3800, and Netbackup works great. You will need to the NDMP option with Netbackup to backup the Filer without using CIFS shares. NDMP will likely increase your backup performance. Good Luck! Marcus Bui AIM Investments IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-821-9524 email: marcus.bui(a)aiminvestments.com pager: 8773450839(a)archwireless.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of SKIP HOFMANN Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:37 PM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Cc: RAYMUND SANTOS Subject: Fiber San Hi all We currently have an R200 that holds around 2 TB's of data. We have been backing this up using Cifs shares with Veritas backup exec, needles to say this has been a very painful and slow process. We are now looking into the idea of building a fiber SAN. Our Backup tape device is a Scalar 24 the drive is an IBM ULTRIUM-TD2, the server that will be running netback up is a windows 2003 server, and this along with the R200 will be plugged into the Fiber SAN. What I would like some advice on here is what type of fiber switch would you all recommend? I was looking at the 3200 also any recommendations on fiber nic cards for my 2003 box? http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp Thanks for any comments on this Skip Hofmann Senior Network Administrator TetraTech Skip.Hofmann(a)ttisg.com 949 500 5286 cell 949 608 5801 office --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: OnTap 6.5.2/6.5.2P6/6.5.2R1 ?
by Simon Ferrett 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Thanks for the info - looks like 6.5.2R1 is on the NOW site, uh, now - so I'll snag that and update the nearstores to it along with my ancient 6.1R1 F840 Cheers, Simon. -----Original Message----- From: Hill, Aaron [mailto:aaron.hill@cba.com.au] Subject: RE: OnTap 6.5.2/6.5.2P6/6.5.2R1 ? ... Once 6.5.2R1 is released, I would move those Nearstores to it immediately, if only to avoid that Rapid Raid Recovery (or disk copy) bug (Bug#139525) that punished one of my systems using 6.5.2 last week. 6.5.2P6 was released to address it and other issues, however you can work around it specifically by temporarily disabling the raid.disk.copy.auto.enable option. Go R1 and then switch it back on. ... --- This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or his/her representative, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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RE: Fiber San
by Timothy Sesow 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

The Brocade 3200 is a solid box and I have used Brocade for about 7 years with almost no real problems. However, I have started using the QLogic 5200 recently due to its REALLY lower price and have not had any problems with it either. But the QLogic isn't on the compatibility matrix. I have also used the CISCO 9216, which I like better than Brocade but it is also pricey. Keep in mind that in this case, you are not doing FCP so the compatibility matrix for FCP does not directly apply. For the Windows 2003 box, I have used Emulex, QLogic, LSI and JNI (now AMCC) Host Bus Adapters (Fibre Channel NICs) and I really prefer the QLogic 2340 (or 2342 for a dual port). It is the only card I have used that NEVER had a problem. Tim Sesow VP Engineering 303-948-3360 cell 303-809-8070 -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of SKIP HOFMANN Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:37 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Cc: RAYMUND SANTOS Subject: Fiber San Hi all We currently have an R200 that holds around 2 TB's of data. We have been backing this up using Cifs shares with Veritas backup exec, needles to say this has been a very painful and slow process. We are now looking into the idea of building a fiber SAN. Our Backup tape device is a Scalar 24 the drive is an IBM ULTRIUM-TD2, the server that will be running netback up is a windows 2003 server, and this along with the R200 will be plugged into the Fiber SAN. What I would like some advice on here is what type of fiber switch would you all recommend? I was looking at the 3200 also any recommendations on fiber nic cards for my 2003 box? http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp Thanks for any comments on this Skip Hofmann Senior Network Administrator TetraTech Skip.Hofmann(a)ttisg.com 949 500 5286 cell 949 608 5801 office

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RE: Fiber San
by Bui, Marcus 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Skip, We are using Netbackup Datacenter, running on Solaris, with the Brocade Silkworm 3800 and Quantum P6000 and P7000 SDLT. All the HBAs on Windows server, connecting to another SAN, uses QLogic 24xx. The 3800 is use primarily for Filer backup since our QLogic switch was not certify with Netapp at the time. So far the QLogic, 3800, and Netbackup works great. You will need to the NDMP option with Netbackup to backup the Filer without using CIFS shares. NDMP will likely increase your backup performance. Good Luck! Marcus Bui AIM Investments IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-821-9524 email: marcus.bui(a)aiminvestments.com pager: 8773450839(a)archwireless.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of SKIP HOFMANN Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:37 PM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Cc: RAYMUND SANTOS Subject: Fiber San Hi all We currently have an R200 that holds around 2 TB's of data. We have been backing this up using Cifs shares with Veritas backup exec, needles to say this has been a very painful and slow process. We are now looking into the idea of building a fiber SAN. Our Backup tape device is a Scalar 24 the drive is an IBM ULTRIUM-TD2, the server that will be running netback up is a windows 2003 server, and this along with the R200 will be plugged into the Fiber SAN. What I would like some advice on here is what type of fiber switch would you all recommend? I was looking at the 3200 also any recommendations on fiber nic cards for my 2003 box? http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp <http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp> Thanks for any comments on this Skip Hofmann Senior Network Administrator TetraTech Skip.Hofmann(a)ttisg.com <mailto:Skip.Hofmann@ttisg.com> 949 500 5286 cell 949 608 5801 office

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RE: Fiber San
by Maxwell Reid 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Heya Skip, hmm.. I have a setup similar to the one you're proposing, and I've found that there is a better option. In lieu of conitinuing to use veritas products, and building out a SAN, I would suggest changing your backup software vendor. www.bakbone.com <http://www.bakbone.com> 's netvault line is pretty impressive. Generally less expensive, full NDMP support, neat-o filer options. Topology wise, plug the backup tape unit directly to the R200. You can then use the netvault software running on the windows 2003 server to backup ALL your windows servers to the tape library through the R200 using NDMP (over GbE), plus you can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to backup the R200. If people are dead set on using FC, definately get either Emulex or Qlogic Cards. I personally perfer Emulex. Regards, Max -----Original Message----- From: SKIP HOFMANN [mailto:SKIP.HOFMANN@ttisg.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:37 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Cc: RAYMUND SANTOS Subject: Fiber San Hi all We currently have an R200 that holds around 2 TB's of data. We have been backing this up using Cifs shares with Veritas backup exec, needles to say this has been a very painful and slow process. We are now looking into the idea of building a fiber SAN. Our Backup tape device is a Scalar 24 the drive is an IBM ULTRIUM-TD2, the server that will be running netback up is a windows 2003 server, and this along with the R200 will be plugged into the Fiber SAN. What I would like some advice on here is what type of fiber switch would you all recommend? I was looking at the 3200 also any recommendations on fiber nic cards for my 2003 box? http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp <http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp> Thanks for any comments on this Skip Hofmann Senior Network Administrator TetraTech Skip.Hofmann(a)ttisg.com <mailto:Skip.Hofmann@ttisg.com> 949 500 5286 cell 949 608 5801 office This electronic message, along with any attachments, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any proprietary information or intellectual property contained in this transmission remains the sole and exclusive property of Marshall & Swift or Marshall & Swift/Boeckh. No right to use any products or services described in this transmission is valid without an executed and paid license agreement. If you received this in error, please reply to advise the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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Fiber San
by SKIP HOFMANN 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Hi all We currently have an R200 that holds around 2 TB's of data. We have been backing this up using Cifs shares with Veritas backup exec, needles to say this has been a very painful and slow process. We are now looking into the idea of building a fiber SAN. Our Backup tape device is a Scalar 24 the drive is an IBM ULTRIUM-TD2, the server that will be running netback up is a windows 2003 server, and this along with the R200 will be plugged into the Fiber SAN. What I would like some advice on here is what type of fiber switch would you all recommend? I was looking at the 3200 also any recommendations on fiber nic cards for my 2003 box? http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp <http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm/silkworm_3200/sw_3200.jsp> Thanks for any comments on this Skip Hofmann Senior Network Administrator TetraTech Skip.Hofmann(a)ttisg.com <mailto:Skip.Hofmann@ttisg.com> 949 500 5286 cell 949 608 5801 office

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RE: Replacement disk problem
by jeff.mery＠ni.com 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

I agree 100%, but there is also a safety measure built in. "vol destroy" will only work against offline volumes. If you try to "vol destroy" the online volume, the command will puke and die with a message about the volume needing to be offline first. From what's below, Vol0(1), the foreign volume with disk 8a.13, will be offline. It can't be brought online because it's both incomplete and foreign. Vol0, the real and active root volume, will be online. This can easily be confirmed with a "vol status" command. Happy deleting =) Jeff Mery, MCP National Instruments ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Allow me to extol the virtues of the Net Fairy, and of all the fantastic dorks that make the nice packets go from here to there. Amen." TB - Penny Arcade ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Strange, Steve Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 5:53 PM To: John Kiniston; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: Replacement disk problem Destroy the partial volume "vol0(1)" with "vol destroy vol0(1)". That will turn the disk into a spare. Obviously, be very careful when using the "vol destroy" command to make sure you get the right one. And make sure you really don't care about the data still on disk 8a.13! Steve -----Original Message----- From: John Kiniston [mailto:johnkiniston@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:32 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Replacement disk problem Howdy everyone, We put a used disk in our filer when we had a disk failure a number of months ago instead of a new fresh disk and I dont believe the new disk got added correctly. This is the output from the web interface where I noticed the problem: Foreign volume vol0(1) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- data 8a.13 8a 1 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 Raid group is missing 5 disks. Volume vol0 (root) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- parity 8a.1 8a 0 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.2 8a 0 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.3 8a 0 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.4 8a 0 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.5 8a 0 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.8 8a 1 0 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.9 8a 1 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.10 8a 1 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.12 8a 1 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.0 8a 0 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.14 8a 1 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783112 data 8a.11 8a 1 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 How can I get the replacement disk set to be a spare for vol0(root)

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RE: Replacement disk problem
by Strange, Steve 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Destroy the partial volume "vol0(1)" with "vol destroy vol0(1)". That will turn the disk into a spare. Obviously, be very careful when using the "vol destroy" command to make sure you get the right one. And make sure you really don't care about the data still on disk 8a.13! Steve -----Original Message----- From: John Kiniston [mailto:johnkiniston@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:32 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Replacement disk problem Howdy everyone, We put a used disk in our filer when we had a disk failure a number of months ago instead of a new fresh disk and I dont believe the new disk got added correctly. This is the output from the web interface where I noticed the problem: Foreign volume vol0(1) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- data 8a.13 8a 1 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 Raid group is missing 5 disks. Volume vol0 (root) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- parity 8a.1 8a 0 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.2 8a 0 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.3 8a 0 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.4 8a 0 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.5 8a 0 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.8 8a 1 0 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.9 8a 1 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.10 8a 1 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.12 8a 1 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.0 8a 0 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.14 8a 1 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783112 data 8a.11 8a 1 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 How can I get the replacement disk set to be a spare for vol0(root)

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RE: Replacement disk problem
by John Clear 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

`vol destroy vol0(1)` will remove it from vol0(1) and make it a spare disk. John -----Original Message----- From: John Kiniston [mailto:johnkiniston@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:32 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Replacement disk problem Howdy everyone, We put a used disk in our filer when we had a disk failure a number of months ago instead of a new fresh disk and I dont believe the new disk got added correctly. This is the output from the web interface where I noticed the problem: Foreign volume vol0(1) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- data 8a.13 8a 1 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 Raid group is missing 5 disks. Volume vol0 (root) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- parity 8a.1 8a 0 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.2 8a 0 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.3 8a 0 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.4 8a 0 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.5 8a 0 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.8 8a 1 0 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.9 8a 1 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.10 8a 1 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.12 8a 1 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.0 8a 0 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.14 8a 1 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783112 data 8a.11 8a 1 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 How can I get the replacement disk set to be a spare for vol0(root)

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Replacement disk problem
by John Kiniston 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Howdy everyone, We put a used disk in our filer when we had a disk failure a number of months ago instead of a new fresh disk and I dont believe the new disk got added correctly. This is the output from the web interface where I noticed the problem: Foreign volume vol0(1) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- data 8a.13 8a 1 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 Raid group is missing 5 disks. Volume vol0 (root) RAID group 0 RAID Disk HA.ID HA SHELF BAY CHAN Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks) --------- ----- ------------ ---- -------------- -------------- parity 8a.1 8a 0 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.2 8a 0 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.3 8a 0 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.4 8a 0 5 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.5 8a 0 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.8 8a 1 0 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.9 8a 1 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.10 8a 1 2 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.12 8a 1 4 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.0 8a 0 1 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 data 8a.14 8a 1 6 8600/17612800 8683/17783112 data 8a.11 8a 1 3 8600/17612800 8683/17783240 How can I get the replacement disk set to be a spare for vol0(root)

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Fwd: FW: migrating from 740
by Paul Galjan 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Actually, there is a copper FC HBA on the back of the 250 for doing NDMP or regular dumps directly to tape. If you need to use an non-FC library/tape drive, most library vendors will sell a converter for not too much money. Alternatively, you can backup from CIFS/NFS shares. --paul -----Original Message----- From: Tim Longo [mailto:tlongo@avaya.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:17 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: migrating from 740 Greetings, I am currently running a F740 with about 1 terabyte of raw storage at about 50% utilization. I'm beginning to look into an replacemnt, perhaps an FAS250 or FAS270. At this point, I have a HVD SCSI connection going from my filer to a tape library for backups. The FAS250 etc, don't have a SCSI connectors, so I've been told I would need a converter from Ethernet to SCSI. Anyone using a converter for this purpose? How are people with the FAS250 backing up their systems? Any other thoughts or suggestions also welcome. Thanks.

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AW: migrating from 740
by Rene Koehnen-Wiesemes 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Hi Tim, in our FAS270 environment we use a native FC-Tape drive connected to the FC-HBA (see sysconfig -v): slot 0: FC Host Adapter 0b (Dual-channel, QLogic 2312 rev. 2, 32-bit, L-port, <UP>) Firmware rev: 3.2.17 Host Loop Id: 7 FC Node Name: 5:00a:098000:000972 Cacheline size: 8 FC Packet size: 2048 SRAM parity: Yes External GBIC: No Link Data Rate: 1 Gbit 20: NETAPP X274_HJURE146F10 NA09 136.0GB (284820800 520B/sect) 21: NETAPP X274_HJURE146F10 NA09 136.0GB (284820800 520B/sect) [snip] Shelf 1: EFH (DS14-Mk2-FC Based Filer) Shelf 2: LRC Firmware rev. LRC A: 11 LRC B: 11 slot 0: FC Host Adapter 0c (QLogic 2312 rev. 2, 32-bit, L-port, <UP>) Firmware rev: 3.2.17 Host Loop Id: 7 FC Node Name: 5:00a:098100:000972 Cacheline size: 8 FC Packet size: 2048 SRAM parity: Yes External GBIC: No Link Data Rate: 1 Gbit 0: Tape: HP Ultrium 2-SCSI F5AH If you do not want to buy new tapes, you could use an additional FC/SCSI converter. Rene > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Tim Longo [mailto:tlongo@avaya.com] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. September 2004 15:17 > An: toasters(a)mathworks.com > Betreff: migrating from 740 > > > Greetings, > > I am currently running a F740 with about 1 terabyte of raw storage at > about 50% utilization. I'm beginning to look into an > replacemnt, perhaps > an FAS250 or FAS270. > > At this point, I have a HVD SCSI connection going from my filer to a > tape library for backups. The FAS250 etc, don't have a SCSI > connectors, > so I've been told I would need a converter from Ethernet to SCSI. > > Anyone using a converter for this purpose? How are people with the > FAS250 backing up their systems? Any other thoughts or > suggestions also > welcome. > > Thanks. >

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migrating from 740
by Tim Longo 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Greetings, I am currently running a F740 with about 1 terabyte of raw storage at about 50% utilization. I'm beginning to look into an replacemnt, perhaps an FAS250 or FAS270. At this point, I have a HVD SCSI connection going from my filer to a tape library for backups. The FAS250 etc, don't have a SCSI connectors, so I've been told I would need a converter from Ethernet to SCSI. Anyone using a converter for this purpose? How are people with the FAS250 backing up their systems? Any other thoughts or suggestions also welcome. Thanks.

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RE: Command to show ECC MEMORY SCRUBBER STATS?
by Michael Schipp 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Thanks for letting us know - I looked and could not find it :( -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Chris Thompson Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2004 8:36 PM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: Command to show ECC MEMORY SCRUBBER STATS? To commit the solecism of following up to my own posting: > The autosupport message cointains a section like this: > > ===== ECC MEMORY SCRUBBER STATS ===== > > Main memory > ----------- > Scrub range: 100000 --> 20000000 > Current scrub is 0% complete > Last full scrub completed at: Sat Sep 11 23:49:55 BST 2004 > Main memory ECC errors since last reboot: 0d > > NVRAM > ----- > Scrub range: e0000000 --> e8000000 > Current scrub is 92% complete > Last full scrub completed at: Sat Sep 11 01:27:16 BST 2004 > NVRAM memory ECC errors since last reboot: 0 > > Is there a console/telnet/rsh/ssh command to display this data > at any time? I can't find any documentation about one. The answer is yes, but it is an undocumented "advanced" mode command, "mem_scrub_stats". Chris Thompson Email: cet1(a)cam.ac.uk

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Command to show ECC MEMORY SCRUBBER STATS?
by Chris Thompson 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

The autosupport message cointains a section like this: ===== ECC MEMORY SCRUBBER STATS ===== Main memory ----------- Scrub range: 100000 --> 20000000 Current scrub is 0% complete Last full scrub completed at: Sat Sep 11 23:49:55 BST 2004 Main memory ECC errors since last reboot: 0d NVRAM ----- Scrub range: e0000000 --> e8000000 Current scrub is 92% complete Last full scrub completed at: Sat Sep 11 01:27:16 BST 2004 NVRAM memory ECC errors since last reboot: 0 Is there a console/telnet/rsh/ssh command to display this data at any time? I can't find any documentation about one. Chris Thompson Email: cet1(a)cam.ac.uk

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RE: Raid reconstruct speed & simultaneous reconstructs
by jeff.mery＠ni.com 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Ran across this looking for something else today. Thought I'd pass it on. http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=79418 Jeff Mery, MCP National Instruments ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Allow me to extol the virtues of the Net Fairy, and of all the fantastic dorks that make the nice packets go from here to there. Amen." TB - Penny Arcade ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Derek.Lai(a)onyxco.com Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 6:48 PM To: simon(a)musicmatch.com; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: Raid reconstruct speed & simultaneous reconstructs Simon, You should definitely set it to high on the command line to increase the speed of reconstruction. That is provided that your system is not being used very heavily. If there are lots of other disk traffic and you set it to high it will probably slows down the other activities. I did not know that filerview sets it to the inverse so that's good to know. Derek -----Original Message----- From: Simon Ferrett [mailto:simon@musicmatch.com] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:25 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: Raid reconstruct speed & simultaneous reconstructs Interesting you mention the raid.reconstruct.perf_impact setting - I was a little confused about its real meaning... I thought (as you mentioned) that setting it to 'high' would increase the reconstruct speed. I then used the filerview web interface to go in and change the raid reconstruct speed to 'high' and it actually set this value to 'low' - the web tool seems to set it to the inverse of what you'd expect. (setting 'low' on the web interface sets this option to 'high' etc.) So I was a little curious as to if the setting had a different meaning than the one you (and I) initially thought it meant. (eg: perhaps it's meaning impact on reconstruct speed rather than system performance, so 'low' means the least affect on reconstruct speed and therefore the most impact on system performance) I left it at 'low' since I figured the web interface probably knew the meaning of the option a little more than I did... Simon. -----Original Message----- From: Hill, Aaron [mailto:aaron.hill@cba.com.au] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:53 AM To: Simon Ferrett; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: New Simplified Monitoring Tool Simon, I don't know if you can directly increase the no. of simultaneous reconstructs. However, you may be able to improve the speed marginally by using the raid.reconstruct.perf_impact option and setting to high. However, if your cpu's are already maxxed it probably won't make a lick of difference. --- This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or his/her representative, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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