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Concurrent admin sessions with MD3600f
Hello!
Can at least two different administrators connect to a single MD3600f array in configuration mode concurrently? Or, altenatively, is there an ability to force sign-out an admin when a second admin tries to connect in config mode?
I do not have an array myself to try it out, and in the documentation they mention only monitor session limit: "A maximum of eight storage management stations can concurrently monitor an out-of-band managed storage array".
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Kaspars
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January 30th, 2012 08:00
Hello Kaspars,
Yes you can have 2 different administrators connected to the MDSM. It is not recommend as by doing so can cause corruption to the Array. Also there isn’t a way to setup an alert to notify you that the other admin is logged in or to do a force sign out. You can also set the alerts using SNMP to monitor the alerts and you can set that up by following the steps on page 87.
support.dell.com/.../OM.pdf
Let us know how it goes
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January 30th, 2012 09:00
Kaspars,
Yes if 2 people make changes at the same time in the Array you can cause corruption depending on the changes& when they are committed to the array.
Let us know how it goes
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January 30th, 2012 09:00
>> It is not recommend as by doing so can cause corruption to the Array
WOW, you're kidding, right? If you're not, it's good to be aware of this. I did not see any warning about possible array corruption in the documentation while I was researching this subject.
Thanks for your quick reply.
Kaspars
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February 3rd, 2012 18:00
Kaspars - the reason for this is MDSM is a single instance application. I think when installing the managment stations it advises you of the services being configured as "auto" or "manual" to avoid this issue.