Downsizing Disks
I have a DL360 with 36GB Mirrored disks, data size is only approx 9GB.One of the drives has failed, and i was wondering is there any way to replace it with an 18GB then rebuild the data and replace the...
View ArticleProblems Expanding Array
Hi folks!HW setup as followsProliant ML370SA 6402 connected to internal as well as External Storage Works diskcabinettInternal disks2 * 18,2 GB RAID 1 (Array A)external disks7 * 72,8 GB RAID 5 (Array...
View ArticleCan I move a mirrored array from a dead DL360 server to another server?
Hello,Today, one of our older DL360 G4 servers died and the problem seems to be system board related. This server is out of warranty, but the data on the hard drives is very important to us (we have a...
View ArticlePerformance slowdown on Updates and Restore
Hello We have an ML370 R04 Server running SAP used as our QES System in our SAP Landscape. I recently refreshed the system by restoring a copy of our Production DB and doing a Client copy to change the...
View Articleml350 ide or scsi options
I have a ML350 G1 running SBS2003. I am using an ide drive as backup storage since the machine is at a remote site and I don't have anyone to swap tapes. The 40gig drive I started with is running thin...
View Articlecpqissm error ID 9 in event viewer
I have a proliant DL580 with 2 SA5300 controllers and 2 4354 drive enclosures. It's our company's Outlook server. The day before yesterday the System event log started filling up with this error [which...
View Articleadding new hard drives
Hi,I have purchased a ML370 FD71. At ppresent it contains 4 x 9g hard drives (all BD0096349A - which I presume is ultra scsi 2).Is it ok to add ultra scsi 3to this system?ThanksAntony
View ArticleWaiting for rebuild - Smart Array 5300
Hi,I've a Smart Array 5300 running in a Proliant ML530G2. A few days ago i've changed a bad hard disk with a new one, present in a Raid 5 logical drive. But the problem is that the rebuilding process...
View ArticleML370 disk mirroring
We recently bought an hp ml370 g4 server to use with windows 2003. The machine comes with 2 146 hard drives on hp ultra4 dual channel scsi. Can I do disk mirroring? And how?
View ArticleDrive expansion succeeded Windows directory size shows unchanged
We have 2 Proliant servers in a Cluster configuration attached to an MSA1000, We swapped all the 72 gig drives with 145 gig drives on at a time and let them rebuild, next we did an expansion and then...
View ArticleTime Estimate - Service Release 5.6 on DL Prol 100 G1
Has anybody run the Service Release 5.6 DVD on a Proliant DL100 G1 (or any DL100)?My manager has requested a time estimate on how long this takes. Since I have never run this disc, I have no...
View Articlediskpart.exe align=? for Exchange 2003
Hardware is DL380 using SA6400 with 4 - 73Gb SCSI drive setup in a RAID1+0. Does anyone know what the "recommended" number is for the align=?? switch for DiskPart.exe is?I'm building an exchange server...
View ArticleMirrored Drive Problem
I have a Proliant DL 360 with two 72.8 GB hot swap drives. The drives are mirrored. I have ordered a new drive but in the mean time the server periodically fails and reboots. It can't get all the way...
View ArticleExpand DL380 G7
Hello everybody, we currently use a ProLiant DL380 G7 with 2x 300GB SAS (6G DP 10K) HP Part: 507284-0016x 1TB SATA MDL (3G 7.2K) HP Part: 626162-001 as a destination for Veeam Backup. Right now we are...
View ArticleUpgrade DL 360 G9 Processor
Hi, I try to upgrade my HP 360 G9 processor from an E5-2620v3 to a non HP E5-2695v3 ES At boot a get the following error message : 275-Unsupported Processor Detected - Processor stepping not...
View ArticleHP SA P400 Cache Upgrade
im running the raid-card with the standart 256mb cache module, but im having 2 512mb caches laying around and wanting to upgrade the card with one.and the all hell breaks loose... the card gives the...
View ArticleHP HDD BackPane kit
PartNo: 445985-B21ManualRev: Sept 2007 (First Edition)Im running a DL160G5 server with the hdd backplane described as above.But is was wondering what use part: 450219-001/SpareNo: 452337-001 is for?i...
View ArticleHelp: Expand DL380 G7 Disk Space
Hello everybody, we currently use a ProLiant DL380 G7 with 2x 300GB SAS (6G DP 10K) HP Part: 507284-0016x 1TB SATA MDL (3G 7.2K) HP Part: 626162-001 as a destination for Veeam Backup. Right now we are...
View Articledriver HP Dynamic Smart Array B320i/512 MB FBWC Controller for RHEL 6.4
Dear Hp Expert, I want to install RHEL 6.4 to DL 380e Gen8, but i can't install driver HP Dynamic Smart Array B320i/512 MB FBWC Controller for RHEL 6.4.In HP support website, i downloaded lastest...
View ArticleTuning the Smart Array
Hi all,I manage a Proliant 350ML (win 2k3) with a Smart Array 6402 with 5 ultra 320 15k disks. Disks are divided into two arrays: a RAID 1 (2 disks, OS files) and a RAID 5 (3 disks, file server and...
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