Dell Powervault TL2000
Dear All,,I have a dell Powervault tl2000 that is constantly required a cleaning we cleaned the drive multiple times but the clean required error is still persistant. Can anyone help me with this...
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neshsurf,Can I have you pull a support bundle from the MDSM (Modular Disk Storage Manager) so we can see what is going on in the back ground that can cause this issue. I will be sending you a direct...
View ArticleRe: Performance for MD1200 vs local disks on PE R510
Your RAID array that is internal to the server will have better performance then your array that is attached via SAS. The reason is when it is writing to the internal drives it is one less step then...
View ArticlePowerVault MD1200 Storage Software
Hi Can someone point me to the correct Management tools for the MD1200ThanksMike
View ArticleRe: Dell Powervault TL2000
How old is your cleaning tape? You may need to try a new one and see if error persists. Also how old is the media you are trying to write to? Old media will give excessive soft write errors that will...
View ArticleRe: PowerVault MD1200 Storage Software
Is the MD1200 connected directly to a Dell Server? If it is then you would use the Open Manage Server Administrator that you use to manage the server. You will have a Storage section where you will...
View ArticleRe: Dell Powervault TL2000
We have used multiple cleaning tapes, brand new ones at that, the media we are writing to are about 1 month old tapes and brand new tapes as well all our backup software drivers are up to date as...
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Correction...The backup media and cleaning tapes are new January 2013 and has been in a 4 week rotation from January 2013.
View ArticleRe: Dell Powervault TL2000
Then I would like for you to pull the drive logs so we can take a deeper look. I will send you a direct email that you can reply to and send me the log files. Once I get them I will take a look and see...
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After looking at the drive dump file I see the Tape Drive firmware is a little out of date. I would start by getting that updated to the latest version. I also see you are using HP LTO 5 media. I have...
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Kenny, Many thanks can you point me in the direction on where I can download the drivers to update the firmware, and how to do it ?
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Kenny,I am also not usng any LTO 5 tapes I am using HP LTO 3 tapes... so I am not understanding
View ArticleDell PV TL2000 SNMP Community Strings and User Passwords
Has anyone else tried applying a SNMP Community String or User Password to their Dell PV TL2000 via the web management interface only to find out that the firmware (even the most current version which...
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I miss read that in the log but that could be part of the issue as using LTO3 media in a LTO 5 drive. Can you try some LTO 5 drives and see if the issue continues. I am checking into a couple things on...
View ArticleRe: PowerVault MD1200 Storage Software
To add to Kenny; if the MD1200 is connected to a non-Dell raid controller, or it is connected to a Dell raid controller (PERC) that has been put in a non-Dell server, you may have to configure the raid...
View ArticleRe: MD3220 will not bring up Service Interface
These are out of warranty from Dell. We decided to go back our vendor and see if we can't get a solution or replacements. Thanks for everyone's help.
View Articlesnmp monitoring md3200i
how do i monitor the md 3200i systems with snmp? I dont see an option anywhere to confgiure snmp
View ArticleRe: Cache policy for performance optimization
The defaults in OMSA are typically the best choice. For very specific situations other settings may be better.
View ArticleRe: Dell PV TL2000 SNMP Community Strings and User Passwords
These were the design limitations set forth by the manufacturer and ok’ed by Dell. Both limitations and/or requirements, depending on how you want to look at the concerns, are documented within the...
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