Tag Archives: IBM

IBM Scripting Tools for SVC and Storwize has been updated

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

The Rebalance script for IBM SVC has been updated.  This is the first update I have seen since 2010.     This release of the SVCTools package will now work on the Storwize family of products without modification and it can … Continue reading →

Posted in IBM, IBM Storage, SAN, Storwize V3700, Storwize V7000, SVC | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Murphys Law in Action

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

A friend of mine recently had a problem while installing a new SAN24B-4 (an IBM 2498B24, which is a rebadged Brocade 300 Fibre Channel switch). The problem was simple:   It was dead. The switch would not power up.  Swapping … Continue reading →

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Enhancement requests for IBM SVC and Storwize V7000

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

If you have ever wanted to suggest ways to enhance IBM products you should check out the IBM RFE Page here:     http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/ I was blissful unaware of this page so found it rather fascinating to check out some of the … Continue reading →

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Storwize V3700 – First impressions

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

The IBM Storwize V7000 has a new stable mate:  IBM’s hot new seller, the Storwize V3700.   I recently got a chance to try one out and I liked what I saw.  I have always tried to share useful information on … Continue reading →

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The evolution of IBM SVC connection choices

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) has offered Fibre Channel Storage Virtualization since June 2003.   Two SVC nodes communicate with each other via fibre channel to form a high availability I/O group.  They then communicate with the storage that they virtualize via Fibre … Continue reading →

Posted in Brocade, Cisco, SAN, Storwize V7000, SVC | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

VMware VAAI corruption issue with DS3500

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

IBM recently released a flash for DS3500 and DCS3700 entitled: RETAIN tip H206954: Data corruption issue using XCOPY in VAAI   The contents of the flash are shown at the bottom of this post, so if you are a DS3500 user, … Continue reading →

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Is this the most annoying sticker in IT?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

Anyone who reads this blog knows I am a big fan of Brocade SAN switches. But I am reduced to a Friday rant about the crummy sticker they insist on putting over the power inlet when you install them.   … Continue reading →

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Brocade Barbie Dolls?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

My first ever job was working in the toy department at Target.   Having never played with Barbie Dolls, I was fairly stunned to not only discover how popular they were, but how the clothing sets for Barbie cost way … Continue reading →

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How to reprogram an ex-IBMer?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

Way way back, a lot longer than I want to remember, I had a job interview at IBM. Actually in total I had four! After the third one they sent me off for a medical. When a friend asked me … Continue reading →

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Hard drive retention

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

It’s a story that has been repeated many times:   You buy a shiny new storage system….. and it is beautiful. Then…  a disk fails, which takes just the tiniest bit of shine off. No problem you declare!  You place … Continue reading →

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