Volume Type
Can you edit a volume type after a volume is created or do you have to do it during the creation process? I select advance when creating the volume and am not seeing it.
View Article4 out of 8 paths expected paths are up - SC4020
Any ideas for solving this.I had to put in the new Disk Array with only one fibre per controller till i could migrate data, and reuse the fibre from the old array. So the second fibre connection has...
View ArticleSC4020 Create Disk Folder
Hi,Just purchased a new SC4020. Didn't come with any docs but I eventually found a deployment guide online. I've completed the prejoin information via a serial connection and both controllers have...
View ArticleIs the Compellent rejects fragmented packets?
Hii'm trying to figure if it's funny issue on ours SC8000 6.6 OS or by design (and if so, why?).Sending packets (ping -l) bigger than the MTU that configured on the server is returning a...
View ArticleProjecting growth
Hi there,Does Compellent Storage Centre or Enterprise Manager have an easy way for me to look at volumes and see how much they have grown over the last year or so?As I need to project growth for the...
View ArticleDell Compellent connection to AIX and viewing virtual adapters
When I create a new server in Storage Management it wants a HBA for that server. It does not show any virtual adapters the LPAR has created. I think I am missing a step and have never connected to AIX....
View ArticleBackup replicated volume
We have replication working between an SC4020 at Site A and a SC8000 at Site B already but we need to backup for archive reasons from Site B if possible since that is where our CommVault backup...
View ArticleRecover from Disaster recovery
I have Two locations each with a vmware setup using compellent for storage, one side failed and using SRM the critical components were moved to my secondary site.I have fix everything now and am trying...
View ArticleFS8600 ACL
Hi team,Can you help for the below inquiry:- Environment : FS8600, CIFS share- Client machine: Windows 7 & XP- No LDAP/AD or any external user authentication method- Users are created on FS8600...
View ArticleSCv2020 and SC4020 storage capacity
Hi Dell,I would like to know how to calculate the usable capacity to the SCv2020 and SC4020?Regards,Andy\
View ArticleSC40220 - iscsi - 2 * FD - Unable to discover through 2nd portal IP
Hi thereTrying to get multipath and switch fabric resilience working with a dual FD setup on the SC4020. FDs are ISCSI1 and ISCSI2.SAN IP addressesISCSI1 IP address 10.154.167.205/24Controller X p1...
View ArticleSC4020 Build Single Tier
Does anyone have any opinion on building out SC4020 with Single Tier 3.8TB Mainstream Read-Intensive drives (TLC) - 40TB usable.DPACK Info:7000 IOPS at peak, 2500 IOPS at 95%60% / 40% - Read / Write28...
View ArticleCompellent CHA 1 Z Track Cache Card WTB
We have two EOL and non-service-contracted Compellent CT-SC020 that has "CHA 1 Z Track Cache Cards" that show status as "Expired".Write caching is disabled when I go into Properties of Volumes. We're...
View ArticleDCOS 6.7.3 | SC4020 Compression, Performance Hit? | All flash
I have an all flash SC4020 I wish to use compression on. I'm running 6.5.30 right now. I know I'll have to upgrade to 6.7.3 if I wish to use compression effectively.Has anyone used compression on...
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iSCSI Replication delays
Hi Guys,Basically I have a support called raised with compellent support. We have a 1Gb link between two sites, and we replicate some volumes across the link.We have replays that run at 6am and 6pm and...
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Dell MD3220 Virtual Disk - Hot Spare in Use
We have a Dell MD3220. one of the wrong drives was pulled out by a end user trying to swap a failed drive. Then after the correct drive was replaced the old drive was put back into the correct slot....
View ArticleStorage vMotion & Replay Size Growth
On a Compellent, do storage vMotions cause the size of "Replays" to balloon/grow? I know with NetApp, storage vMotioning off causes existing volume snapshots to grow. I'd try it myself but dealing...
View ArticleCITV vSphere Web Client Plugin stuck at first run
Hello everyone.Environment.Data collector 15.1.10.81several sc8000 storage systems connected to data collector.Vsphere 6.0U1CITV Appliance 030000_012AEverything set as described in Compellent...
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Dell EM 2.2 Download - Corrupt ZIP
Hello to everyone,I want to download the latest source "Dell Storage Enterprise Manager - 2015 R2.2 Release (Full Release)" for my SCv2080 and its ok but when I want to extract the zip file with 7zip...
View ArticleCompCU - Command to create volumes from replays for consistency group
Hello,Because of I'm not found command to create volume from replays for consistency group in the Command Utility - Administrator’s Guide for Storage Center version 6.4, What is command to create its...
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