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How exactly should SmartQuotas be treated in SyncIQ enabled Cluster pairs? From what I read, one should only have SmartQuotas enabled on the SyncIQ source cluster, right? It is strongly recommended to not have any SmartQuotas enabled on the target cluster that point to SyncIQ target directories. D

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hello from IOCA check, i'll have to upgrade Node Firmware Package 10.3.5 Release Notes: https://dl.dell.com/content/docu69984 and in this docuemnt page3 i need to know the ePOST firmware on cluster Isilon . someone know which command can give me the ePOST firmware on my cluster. i have thos

Hi, Is there really a limit of "number of hardlinks" we can create on a cluster ? I ask the question because I've found in this document https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/collaterals/unauth/white-papers/products/storage/h16857-wp-onefs-best-practices.pdf   that there is a limit of 65k i

Hi I'm scripting the whole virtual volume creation path as I had it for V1 API version, but to create a new extent, device and virtual_volume, a string (URI) payload is required, I cannot find any information about how that URI should look like For extend creation, the payload required is storage_

Hi We are planning on implementing SyncIQ policy execution based on "Whenver a snapshot of the source directory is taken", and this got me thinking: If I have a repeated snapshot schedule for, lets say every 5, 10 or 15 minutes, with an expiration set to 2 hours. What happens if, for some reason,

Hi, On our Isilon OneFS, we have a local Administrators group. I would like to change the owner of the directory to this local Administrators group. #chown -s :Administrators test10  The cli will not change anything. # chown Administrators test10 chown: Administrators: illegal user name

hello all we currently have 2 sites each with a H500, that are working great, now we have purchased an A200 for each site. Whilst we will be purchasing Pro installation support, I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good doc that explains the storage pools. I am just trying to do some rea

Hi, I have a question about the SSH failed on simulator 8.2 I have a 4 nodes cluster, the original configured as only one node at pool0 for the cluster manage port on System zone. Then I moved one of the data node to the pool0 manage port, I can access the cluster WEBUI from this node but not SSH

Another day, another question Rather special scenario in our install environment: Our two clusters are initialized in Compliance mode and apparently this still gives the option to create Enterprise mode SmartLock directories, so thats cool and would come in handy helpful in a few of our scenarios

Hi, Following the install guide at https://dl.dell.com/content/docu102182_InsightIQ_Install_Guide_4.1.4.pdf , i get this: sudo yum upgrade --releasever=7.8Loaded plugins: fastestmirrorDetermining fastest mirrors One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),and yum doesn't have enough ca

Hi If I have /ifs/MyDir with a SnapshotIQ policy, and if I move data from /ifs/MyDir/SubDir-A to /ifs/MyDir/SubDir-B, will this affect filesystem space consumption for as long as snapshots exist with said data "still present" in /ifs/MyDir/SubDir-A? Copy the data to destination would not be "visib

Hello All, as first, I apologize for the long post...The purpose of this post is to discuss some Isilon concepts/best practicesand to document it for myself, and maybe for some other people who are newto Isilon and find this helpful. This post will be based on the externalnetwork configuration, as

Hi, The context: two files is related to the same inode (hardlink) on primary server, and one of them is matching a file pool policy (going to be smartlinked), not the other one. What's the behavior when file pool policy is applied ? What the behavior with inode and data blocks (stay on primary ser

I am relatively new to performing OneFS code and firmware updates. I have reviewed the various support docs and I am able to successfully install OneFS Code Upgrades, Roll UP Patchs (RUPs), Healthcheck patches, and Drive Firmware. However, I am having trouble finding or figuring out the correct proc

Hi guys i want to know about Powerflex information Do i get information about vRO Plug-in for Powerflex? or how can I develop it in another way? thanks Regards

Hello just upgraded to 9.1.0.4 and trying to get CAVA configured and I have hit a slight bump in the road so to speak... I am getting the message Something went wrong. CAVA not enabled: IP Pool is not set or is invalid. A valid IP Pool must be configured before CAVA can work. The De

Hi Everyone, Our vulnerability tool reports below list for NFS exported shares . Tool used here Qualys and ID is listed below. we have similar issue in VNX exported file shares and I am aware about the fix of changing (forceFullShowmount parameter on datamover ) do we have any similar fix for Isi

Hi, We are migrating from vplex api v1 to vplex ansible modules. I have not found any library in ansible to forget an unreachable LUN. Anyone can confirm ? So, I looked in the api v2 docs and i found the "Forgets logicalUnits in an array" section but this documentation is a little bit short and

Dear experts,  What does "Isilon ICH-NORM" stand for? I know there are Isilon A200 H500 H400 etc.. but I cannot find any information about "Isilon ICH-NORM"