They gave us root for our two DL210 EDL's. I don't see why they wouldn't. You
bought them, no?
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> On Behalf Of Curtis Preston
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:24 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] EDL with Embedded Networker Storage Node
>
> So EMC won't give you the root password to the system that you bought. That
> just sounds seriously screwed up to me.
>
> I've needed convincing that an embedded storage node is a good idea. This
> isn't
> helping. In fact, it would be a show stopper for me.
>
> Curtis Preston | VP Data Protection
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On Behalf Of brerrabbit
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:06 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] EDL with Embedded Networker Storage Node
>
> Bruce Breidall wrote:
> > There is a web based java gui to manage the CDL/EDL. Should have been
> > installed with the units. Very good application.
> >
>
>
> I agree, there is a very good GUI application to manage the EDL, but what's
> missing is a good way to manage the embedded storage node. For example, if I
> want to run an inquire command to get a listing of the scsi devices, serial
> numbers,
> etc visible to the storage node, or if I'm troubleshooting drive behavior
> with mt, I
> have to have EMC support open an ssh session and have *them* login as root, as
> they will not hand out that password. I've heard, and we are trying to get
> this set
> up at our site, that if you ask your TC nicely, he/she can have someone from
> EMC
> set up a non-root linux user that has permission to run some of the commands
> like
> inquire from the linux environment/embedded storage node.
>
> This is one of the few medium grade annoyances I have with the EDL. Another
> one
> is that, while there is a command-line interface to generate reports about
> the EDL
> utilization, you have to log in to the GUI to get them. In a large
> environment I
> want to script and schedule that and can't because of a design oversite.
>
> One other comment about using the embedded storage node and cloning.
> Assuming that a) your environment uses a shared-storage node to backup up to
> the VTL and b) your budget allows for the licenses, I strongly recommend that
> you
> zone the shared storage node to also see the physical tape library, i.e. the
> embedded storage can see the VTL and the physical library and so can the
> shared
> storage node. The reason for this is that, in the event that you have a
> connectivity
> problem between the ESN and the PTL, you can clone from the shared storage
> node. Clones from the shared storage node may not happen as quickly, but the
> added flexibility is well worth the minor cost. (Yes, we learned this the hard
> way!)......
>
> HTH
> -brerrabbit
>
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