CloudIQ, the free, cloud based monitoring and management application provided by Dell EMC is a very useful tool. You can get the low-down onit https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us/cloudiq-a-web-based-fitness-tracker-for-your-storage/ Jon @ Fast Storage also give some excellent details here: https://faststorage.eu/cloudiq-is-looking-out-for-your-storage-systems-health/ Recently the notification/updates showed , a mobile version was released, and it’s very useful. Once installed, Continue Reading
Brett Sinclair
Azure AD Connect Synch Error- Target Attribute Value length exceeds max allowed size.
Like most admins, (So I’m told!), I’ve found the Azure Active Directory Synch tool spit out some rather random quirky errors from time to time. The synch engine has a long pedigree from Gal synch, FIm etc. Solid, but temperamental. The dreaded notice in the Office 365 Dashboard; Today’s verbose Continue Reading
Dell EMC Unity – Fix for “Domain Controller servers configured for the SMB server are not reachable”. Check Network Connectivity
My workplace has a number of All Flash Unity Arrays in Production, typically used as the “swiss army knife” for storage needs. They have proven to be very solid, well performing units as both block and nas hosts, but there has been a peculiar occurrence of alerts displayed periodically, regarding Continue Reading
Dell EMC Unity – Bulk create Filesystems & NFS/SMB Shares
I’ve been quite impressed by the new UI for the new Unity arrays. The pains of JAVA/Flash annoyances are a thing of the past with the new sleek, smooth interface on board. There are still some things missing however. One of the tasks I had before me was to create Continue Reading
Dell EMC Unity – Bulk create Filesystems & NFS/SMB Shares
I’ve been quite impressed by the new UI for the new Unity arrays. The pains of JAVA/Flash annoyances are a thing of the past with the new sleek, smooth interface on board. There are still some things missing however. One of the tasks I had before me was to create Continue Reading
Useful Search utility – Everything
I’ve often been underwhelmed by the performance of the built-in Windows Search utilities, particularly for simple searches like finding filenames containing a specific string. That led me to search for something better. Years ago I found one that suits my need perfectly, “Everything” by voidtools http://voidtools.com/ After install, it creates Continue Reading
CommVault 11 and VMware – ‘Virtualize Me’ Restores
Virtualize Me is a really useful feature that I’ve not had the requirement to use until recently. For any number of reasons, most companies still have actual Physical Hosts running normal workloads. They may not have been virtualized for a similar number of reasons. That’s life. I found myself with Continue Reading
CommVault and VMware – VSA Backup Filtering options
There’s always been a number of ways to apply filters to VM’s and disks. It could be done at the Backup-Set or Sub-client level. This is a little bit clunky and can lead to unnecessary VM’s being backed up. If you’re using a Capacity based licence, this is Continue Reading
CommVault – Software Updates via HTTP/HTTPS
This is an early release feature that was slipped in without much fanfare. If you installed your CommCell using or after Version 11 SP5, you’ll be quietly downloading CommVault updates over HTTPS. For many of us though, our CommCells have evolved over various upgrades and downloads would be using FTP. Continue Reading
[Another] Cisco UCS Quick fix – ECC:Sensor Threshold Crossed
Another UCS issue that came up a while ago, again with an easy fix; ECC:Sensor Threshold Crossed Having a skim through the tech support bundle showed they were the good ECC errors, of the “correctable” kind, so replacement of parts was not a likely requirement. To clear these out, login Continue Reading