celerra VSA 3.2

Question

Hi Guys,

I am using the excellent celerra VSA v3.2. I have added a second vmdk of 100GB but for the life of me i cant see this additional space within Unisphere.
Am i missing something? As far as i am aware the disk has had a FS placed onto it and been mounted.

Thanks

Dougie

douglas_carson2 · Answer

Managed to figure out the issue. I had to sign the drives with the command server_devconfig server_2 -a -c -s Regards Dougie

paviles1 · Answer

Douglas, so you can add additional storage to the VSA? If I load it under a server that has lets say 1 TB of available space will it be recognize? How does the VSA sees the space, meaning as what type of raid?

Also, what is the diff between the EMC VSA and the Uber version?

Regards,

Paul Aviles

douglas_carson2 · Answer

Hi Paul,

Yes with the VSA you can add additional storage.

If you add an second vmdk it should automatically add the storage. I wasnt seeing the storage being added and it looked like the disks didn't signature.
I found this out by going back through chads video on how to add storage manually. here

The difference between the celerra VSA and celerra VSA uber is just a far more refined, and updated VSA really. Best place to look is here
Nick has done a great job of detailing the changes. I certainly have seen a vast improvement in responsiveness since the earlier versions.

When you add storage it automatically creates the RAID type for you. I cant remember of the top of my head whet levels it places the disks at.

Hope this helps

Dougie

ajain37 · Answer

Hi, I have tried to download Celerra VSA 3.2 but getting doesn't have permission error..its an FTP link.Please help me download this. Regards, Ashish

dynamox · Answer

link to VSA download and performance tweaks https://community.emc.com/thread/127890?tstart=0

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