[storage-discuss] mpio on win2003

Hi all, I have Comstar running as an FC and iSCSI target. I'm trying to setup mpio on Win 2003, and I can't seem to find a way. Presented disks are seen as 2 disks in windows. Any thoughs? Thanks, Younes -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[storage-discuss] svc:/network/iscsi/initiator:default fails sometimes

Hi I have a problem with the iscsi initator. I'm using OpenSolaris r...@t61p:~# cat /etc/release OpenSolaris Development snv_130 X86 Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to license terms.

Re: [storage-discuss] mpio on win2003

Thanks for the quick reply. Isn't mpio in the initiator valid only for iscsi? I'm having the problem now in FC. Younes -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org

[storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

As I understand, from the following post: opensolaris.org/pipermail/storage-discuss/2009-December/007767.html the Solaris/OpenSolaris iSCSI Target Daemon currently will not emulate a tape device, correct? If this is correct, does anyone know of an Open Source VTL for the Solaris platform?

Re: [storage-discuss] svc:/network/iscsi/initiator:default fails sometimes

[..] Method start exited with status 255. ] [..] There are no problems with the iscsi LUNS when the service is working. Any hints? No, but I see exactly the same problem. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing

Re: [storage-discuss] mpio on win2003

What FC HBA are you using? I have qlogic 2Gb and 4Gb card. I believe qlogic removed this feature from their driver. Depending on driver used, 2Gb version might be still possible to use MPIO. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[storage-discuss] opensolaris-vmware

Hello All, I hope this makes sense, I have two opensolaris machines with a bunch of hard disks, one acts as a iSCSI SAN, and the other is identical other than the hard disk configuration. The only thing being served are VMWare esxi raw disks, which hold either virtual machines or data that the

Re: [storage-discuss] opensolaris-vmware

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Greg gregory.dur...@gmail.com wrote: we have exchange 2007 virtualized and through its iSCSI initiator we are mounting two LUNs one for the database and another for the Logs, all on different arrays of course. Any how we are then snapshotting this data

Re: [storage-discuss] mpio on win2003

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Younes ynag...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have Comstar running as an FC and iSCSI target. I'm trying to setup mpio on Win 2003, and I can't seem to find a way. Presented disks are seen as 2 disks in windows. Native (Microsoft-provided) FC initiator MPIO

Re: [storage-discuss] opensolaris-vmware

The Exchange DB, I am not too worried about as I am backing it up via bacula from within the server 2008 vm itself, and am backing that up to tape. It is the OS vm's I am worried about, these range from *nix to windows servers. What is the best way to quiesce the vm's, other than shutting them

Re: [storage-discuss] opensolaris-vmware

What is the best way to quiesce the vm's, other than shutting them down to back them up. Coordination of the vmsnapshot with back-end snapshots. routines flush all buffers and ensure consistency of supported operating systems. You can run custom scripts from within the guest or externally from

Re: [storage-discuss] mpio on win2003

Thanks, My HBA is QMH2462. Should I be downgrading my driver? Thanks, Younes -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss