Monthly Archives: November 2011

SVC and Storwize V7000 Release 6.3: Configuring LDAP

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Once your SVC or Storwize V7000 is upgraded to version 6.3 you can start using LDAP for authentication.   This means that when you logon, you authenticate with your domain user-id and password rather than a locally created user-id and … Continue reading →

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Storwize V7000 and SVC Code release 6.3 is now available

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

The latest release of SVC and Storwize V7000 firmware is now available for download.   The major new features that are added with this release are: Global Mirror with Change Volumes Native LDAP Authentication Extended distance split clusters (for SVC) … Continue reading →

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WWPN Determination for IBM Storage version 6.4 is online

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

For some time I have maintained a document that details how to determine a WWPN for most common examples of  Fibre Channel storage sold by IBM.  This document is really useful when you’re staring at a WWPN being reported by … Continue reading →

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Google isn’t helping! What went wrong?

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

WordPress as a blogging platform has some very nice features.    One of them is that you can find out what search terms led people to your blog.   I have noticed that searches like these have become very common: … Continue reading →

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Why consider IBM Network Advisor?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Many of the preventable issues that occur in a SAN fabric can be avoided by using the right management and monitoring software.   One way to get this software is to create or adapt open source packages.  While I really like … Continue reading →

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IBM XIV GUI version 3.01 now available

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

IBM XIV GUI version 3.01 is now available for download from here. Fixes in this release include: An increased timeout value to prevent disconnects in slow network environments. Some compatibility fixes for using the GUI with XIVs on older firmware levels (10.2.1 … Continue reading →

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Stuff IBMers say

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

On Friday November 18, 2011, IBMers around the world engaged in the worlds first group therapy session held entirely in Twitter! (well maybe not the first, and not really group therapy, but it sounds more dramatic when I put it … Continue reading →

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IBM XIV VASA Provider for vSphere 5 is now available

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

VMware vSphere 5.0 brought in a considerable number of storage related improvements.   One of these is VASA, which stands for VMware APIs for Storage Awareness – in which VMware yet again manages to place an acronym (API) inside an acronym (someone needs … Continue reading →

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Any colour you like…

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Henry Ford has long been quoted as having said: “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.” While there is some debate on what Mr Ford exactly said, it’s clear … Continue reading →

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Australian IBM Tivoli User Group – Melbourne

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

If you’re in Melbourne (that’s Melbourne Australia, not Melbourne Florida) why not come along to the next Australian IBM Tivoli User Group meeting.  The subject?   Tivoli Storage! The time and date:    10am to 1pm on Friday Nov 25th, 2011 … Continue reading →

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