Nov 9, 2020
Using EMC VPlex Batch Migration
Using EMC VPlex Batch Migration Introduction In a recent project I was tasked to bring a new EMC PowerMAX 2000 system and migrate from an EMC VMAX3 400K storage array. This was a new thing for me since my experience with VPlex was limited to only adding and create vvols (Virtual Volumes) from different arrays and presenting to the target hosts being either Windows, AIX, Linux (RHEL) and ESXi. The task at... read more
Jun 24, 2018
How To Get XtremIO Volume Data Using PowerShell and XtremLib
Introduction In an earlier post we introduced the XtremIO PowerShell modules available for download and use from EMC. We covered a few of the basic cmdlets available. In this post we will look at Using the Get-XtremVolumes cmdlet to create a capacity report for specific volumes. Getting Started If you have followed the post earlier you should have the certs and the XtremLib PowerShell modules installed... read more
Jun 14, 2018
Retrieving SmartQuota Data on Isilon with RestAPI and PowerShell
Introduction Many different tools available for administrators to manage storage devices and create reports and or monitors. With EMC Isilon we have RestAPI available to make calls for information. In this post we will cover how to use PowerShell to make calls to Isilon and get Smartquota data (path, thresholds for advisory & hard) and usage data and convert it from bytes to GB. The basis of the... read more
May 11, 2018
How To Set SNMP Forwarding on EMC Centera
Introduction Recently had the task of enabling SNMP to send alerts to a Solarwinds monitoring server. This was done to enable monitoring to the in-house solution since Solarwinds itself does not support EMC Centera at the current SRM 6.6 release. In this post we will configure the service to send to the server, set a community string and set heartbeat alerts. Version 4.2.2 Open Centera Viewer and... read more
Jun 12, 2017