P4000 / Lefthand – v9.5 feature list

The 9.5 release is a comprehensive release that includes enhancements in the following areas:
  • Application managed snapshots for VMware ESX Server and Microsoft Hyper-V Server
  • SAN Status Home Page — the SAN Status home page is the new home page for the CMC and presents key information for all management groups in the storage environment in a single view.
  • Zero to VSA automated installation and deployment — Single installer can install VSA, FOM and CMC. Go from “zero” to a fully functional virtual SAN in just a few easy steps. Scriptable install tool allows ROBO customers to script install once and deploy VSA quickly at multiple remote locations.
  • Peer Motion data mobility with cluster swap — Cluster swap allows users to replace or upgrade P4000 clusters. Edit cluster menu guides decisions about adding, removing, or exchanging storage systems. Easily migrate data online between tiers.
  • Remote Copy performance improvements — Improvements to remote copy times, the time required to scan volumes, ability to support more frequent snapshots, reduction of RPOs for DR solutions.
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Vsphere Site Recovery Manager 5.x — Supports automated failback and is included on the HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack
  • Best Practice configuration wizards — Configuration wizards guide towards highest availability configurations: add Failover Manager for 2–node configuration, configure disk RAID 6 for single-node configurations, recommends volume replication when expanding clusters to more than one storage system

solaris – storage server

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Setup iSCSI target using comstar —
pkg install -v storage-server
pkg install pkg:/SUNWiscsit
svcadm enable stmf
svcadm enable svc:/network/iscsi/target:default
itadm create-target

reboot — -r

Create the iSCSI store —
zfs create -V 100G DataPool/TestDatastore1
sbdadm create-lu /dev/zvol/rdsk/DataPool/TestDatastore1
stmfadm create-hg ESX4-group
stmfadm add-hg-member -g ESX4-group wwn.2100001b329711bd wwn.2101001b32b711bd
stmfadm add-view -h ESX4-group -n 0 600144F03EBEC50000004BA86E460001
stmfadm list-lu -v

enable TRIM in windows 7

This command will confirm if TRIM has been auto-enabled by windows 7

fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

If you would like to force it on;

fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0