Hi,

We are setting up a new Exchange 2010 infrastructure with two Exchange 2010 consolidated servers in two of our locations. The servers are setup in a DAG group and each replicate databases with one another. The server on our remote site has all local storage and the server at our main site has local storage for it's C: drive and connects to two iSCSI LUN's from our Equallogic SAN for the Exchange Logs and Database's.

I have installed the Auto-Snapshot Manager Version 3.4.1.0 on our server here and I want to be able to take smart copies via ASM on this server. When I attempt to create a smart copy set I get the following error:

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Multiple Writer Error:
This Smart Copy Set includes components that use different writers. Volumes must be grouped in separate Smart Copy Sets such that each set only uses one writer.
Microsoft Exchange Replica Writer components:
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Microsoft Exchange Writer components:
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I have tried to create a collection that includes only components from one writer, but it will not let me do that as all components are checked or unchecked when I try to click any individual component.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Hi,

I've been receiving conflicting information regarding MD3000 support in a vSphere environment. We currently have two R710's setup in a vSphere cluster with two MD3000's that are each direct-attached to both R710's to provide HA / VMotion. Our IT team is saying this configuration works in our dev/test environment but that it is not supported by Dell or VMWare. This would prevent us from using it in a production environment. However, I've found the following links that seem to indicate otherwise:

1) http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/VS/docs/compat/CompMatx.pdf - this Dell guide lists MD3000 supporting up to 4 hosts and HA/VMotion with ESX 4.x
2) http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?device_cat=san&device_id=4924 - VMWare listing MD3000 as supported and implying that v4.x supports HA/VMotion since 3.x says Active/Passive only but 4.x does not
3) http://communities.vmware.com/thread/213154?start=30&tstart=0 - this post on VMWare communities with the same setup / support question, including a July 2nd, 2009 post that says Jeff Sullivan (SANPenguin) says the MD3000 is fully supported including support for VMotion / HA.

The above 3 items seem pretty clear-cut to me, but my IT guys are insistent that they have been told by Dell Gold support that MD3000's are not supported in our desired configuration. I can't understand why Dell support would tell us that this configuration is unsupported when the guides on the web indicate otherwise.

Can someone provide clear guidelines on how we could setup two MD3000's in a 2-host vSphere cluster in such a fashion that it would be supported? We need to make a decision on our production setup in the next couple of days, and I want us to have all available options on the table.

Thank you,

- tim

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Hello.I have problem adding a raid 5 with 2,5 T space in windows 2008.I make rescan disk but nothing appears.Is there anything i can check?
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hello,
how can i see the first video dell MD3200i with esx

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Hello Everyone,

Is there any preferred appliance used as NAS file services gateway to equallogic’s arrays, besides windows storage server?

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Guillermo

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Hello,

in an other thread you stated that the XenServer Dell edition is not a current product. Well we bought recently one for a customer.
But i cannot register the reveiced license keys on the www.citrix.com/xenserver/dell website. I get a message that it cannot be processed.
The client is also a citrix client. And i as a Citrix service provider can add the licenses on our account but not on the clients account.
Where can i get the help to get it registered?

thx

Dirk

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Hi there,

I am upgrading to 4.1 from 4.0 U1, and I am wondering if using hardware iscsi is better or equal to using the software iscsi solution. Here is some background we have 6 x R610 Servers (2 processors, 32GB ram and 4 x broadcom 5709 1GB iscsi nic) and we have a PS4000X. I have read during the initial setup in 4.0 that I should be using jumbo frames for maximum performance. During the setup of 4.1 the hardware hba's for the 5709 nics I found that it won't accept the jumbo frame configuration and doesn't mount the data stores.

Could we confirm this is correct and that the 5709 doesn't support hardware hba and jumbo frames?
Secondly can anyone tell me if the hardware hba at a MTU of 1500 will keep up to the software hba with a MTU of 9000?

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My laptop model is latitude E4300. My laptop graphic lags after i upgrade to window 7..i think its my graphic card problem..so does expert can tell me whether dell latitude E4300 can install NEW graphic card or not?the original graphic card is lousy...i just wanna whether i can install a better graphic card or not..pls

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Hello !

I installed DSDP successfully. But I can't import driver packages, when i choose the appropriate driver package then i click on finish i have the following error
"The dell driver package import wizard completed with errors" with no details...

This is my _Installer.log file :

02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Configuring the Installed Components XML file
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: The Imported Packages XML file was not found: _PackagesImported.xml. Creating a new file
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Package is not present it is a new Package
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Selectedpackage.xml found at E:\SCCM\AdminUI\XmlStorage\Extensions\bin\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\setup
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: PE1900-Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2PE1900-Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: System.Xml.XPathNodeList1
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Success
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Exception occcured while untar details:
Access to the path 'Drivers\Dell\PowerEdge\OM6.3.0' is denied. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, DirectorySecurity dirSecurity)
at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path, DirectorySecurity directorySecurity)
at Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.OemDeployment.DellDriverPackageImport.FinishPage.Untar_Drivers_from_DVD(String dellSystemManagementDvd, BackgroundWorker worker)
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Failed while untarring the drivers.tar from DVD
02/09/2010 11:01:12 :: Return value from the thread: Error

Do you know why it does not work ?

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If you are not a very experienced admin you might give one of the commercial solutions available a try. I found the fsmt a bit difficult to use and therefore used Sys-Manage Copyright2. You can download a 30-day trial from their web site: http://www.sys-manage.com/PRODUCTS/CopyRight/tabid/64/Default.aspx and check it.

Gordon

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