Category: Storage

Use svcmon to monitor V7000 SAN


I managed to set up the svcmon to monitor the V7000. Here is my how to: 1) Create passwordless SSH user svcmon Use ssh-keygen to generate a key pair, then create a new user named svcmon (in the admin group) in V7000 and grant the public key. 2) Install the svcmon, I wrote a bash … Continue reading Use svcmon to monitor V7000 SAN →

Install IBM V7000 Storage Management Pack in SCOM


1) Create a AD group (e.g IBM_V7000_Monitor) and add the SCOM service account in. Then link the AD group in the V7000 remote LDAP access.2) Download the IBM Storage MP from IBM fix central then install it on the SCOM server. Choose custom installation to remove the unnecessary components. In my case, I only install … Continue reading Install IBM V7000 Storage Management Pack in SCOM →

EVA Max IO Transfer Size


The HP EVA storage is optimized to perform at 128KB Max IO transfer size or less. If the host operating system uses large block size, it may reduce the storage performance. For example, ESXi use 32MB by default. To tune the value, you can go to host software advanced settings. Reference: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/mostViewedDisplay/?javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.prp_efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Dmmr_kc-0101662-8%257CdocLocale%253Dzh_HK&javax.portlet.tpst=efb5c0793523e51970c8fa22b053ce01&sp4ts.oid=436460&ac.admitted=1385425196533.876444892.199480143 http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c02518189-4%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003469