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[Veritas-bu] Compaq Blade Servers
2005-03-21 14:01:03
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Never heard of this setup before but that doesn't mean it isn't valid.
The first place I would look is at the driver/firmware/fcode for the HBA's.
Make sure you are using the correct version and are up to date on all levels
as I've seen this bite people for other SAN related issue.
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From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of
Chewning.Bruce
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Compaq Blade Servers
We have been using Compaq Blade servers as Media servers in a SSO
environment and believe the integrated HBA's (w/ qlogic chip set) may be the
source of our grief (loosing tape drives, then finding them again with a
different index/path). The Blade servers are running Win2000 and the
NetBackup ver is 4.5. Each HBA has it's own zone in the SAN and can not see
other HBA's and only the tape drives in it's zone. "Persistent Binding" is
set on all the HBA's using a custom SANserfer utility we were provided by HP
that allows us to use persistent binding, but we still have this problem.
We went to Veritas and HP to ask If they had anyone who is using the Compaq
Blade servers as Media servers with SAN attached tape drives. They could not
find any customers using this configuration.
My question is... Is anyone out there using Compaq Blade servers as
NetBackup Media servers or even tested this configuration?
G.Bruce Chewning
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Never heard of this setup before but that
doesn't mean it isn't valid.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The first place I would look is at the
driver/firmware/fcode for the HBA's. Make sure you are using the correct
version and are up to date on all levels as I've seen this bite people
for other SAN related issue.</span></font></p>
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bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Chewning.Bruce<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 21, 2005 10:24
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veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We have been using Compaq Blade
servers as Media servers in a SSO environment and believe the
integrated HBA's (w/ qlogic chip set) may be the source of our grief
(loosing tape drives, then finding them again with a different
index/path). The Blade servers are running Win2000 and the NetBackup ver is
4.5. Each HBA has it's own zone in the SAN and can not see other HBA's and only
the tape drives in it's zone. "Persistent Binding" is set on all the
HBA's using a custom SANserfer utility we were provided by HP that allows us to
use persistent binding, but we still have this problem. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We went to Veritas and HP to ask If
they had anyone who is using the Compaq Blade servers as Media servers with SAN
attached tape drives. They could not find any customers using this
configuration. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My question is... Is anyone out
there using Compaq Blade servers as NetBackup Media servers or even tested this
configuration?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G.Bruce Chewning</span></font></p>
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