Monthly Archives: December 2015

How to generate a dump for hds support

A lot of times, HDS support (HDS Support numbers are 1-800-446-0744 in US, 1-858-547-4526 outside US) will ask for a detailed or normal dump from the array. This is nothing more then just a collection of logs from the array side that will allow them to gather a better insight to the environment and perform a health check to assist in troubleshooting. The ...

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How to virtualize volumes on USPV

After you login to storage navigator, change the mode to edit then use the Go menu and select Universal Volume Manager-> Volume Operation Select Add volume (auto) -> Default policy Click Port Discovery Select the ports where you zoned the external storage (you can use ctrl or shift to select all the ports at once) The ever loading message Now ...

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How to check the LUN-ID from host side

If you ever wondered how you can check the lunid from the hostside and you don't have the option of installing CCI then you are in the right place. The easiest way to get the lunid is to use the inqraid command that is part of Hitachi CCI (command control interface) package. You don't even need to install CCI on ...

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