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Manually upgrading your HP StoreVirtual environment
Automation is a great thing and can save you a lot of time if used correctly. Some times a manual approach is preferred tho, and that’s probably the reason why you are viewing this article. The instruction described in this article will enable you to upgrade your HP StoreVirtual nodes one-by-one instead of by Management Group.
HP StoreVirtual VSA: Should I stay or should I go?
During my career, I have been using LeftHand/StoreVirtual hardware very often and really liked the stability and flexibility of the product line. I would like to share my experiences with the virtual version of this iSCSI SAN solution as it can prove to be a valuable tool during your IT operations.
Bandwidth allocation using HP FlexFabric and VMware vSphere
Who is surprised to see server hardware with multiple 1 or 10Gbit NICs nowadays? Hardware keeps evolving, allowing higher capacities of compute power, network and storage. How do you coop with that and what possibilities do you have?
VMware and HP Software-Defined Enterprise Roadshow
Today the enterprise roadshow by VMware and HP was held at Park Plaza Airport in Lijnden, the Netherlands. This post sums up the highlights of this day.
Deploying HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter
This post is dedicated to the deployment of HP Insight Control for vCenter, an addon for VMware vSphere and storage administrators that need more insight in their systems or more control using a single tool.
HP LeftHand OS 11.0 delayed
It seems HP has delayed their release of LeftHand OS to the 30th of November, as stated on their StoreVirtual page:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=StoreVirtualSW
So, some more days to wait. I want vSphere 5.5 support! =]
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Deploying #VMware #vSphere on #HP BladeSystem best practices
Hey everyone,
I had a really nice read on this page about implementing VMware vSphere on a HP BladeSystem solution.
The article describes the various information systems supplied by HP to ensure you are running a supported configuration. Whether you are deploying a greenfield environment or upgrading your existing environment, make sure you follow the guidelines mentioned by HP.
#HP LeftHand OS 11.0 available NOW!
Today I noticed that LeftHand OS 11.0 has been released!
Strangely, I have not received an e-mail notifying the new version or see any tweets coming by about this subject. Maybe I missed it, or I am among the first ones to notice the available downloads.
Check out the following page for the available downloads at hp.com:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=StoreVirtualSW
Some notes from that page:
- LeftHand OS 11.0 and the Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) version 11.0 for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0.1 and 5.1 is not yet VMware certified. Once certified, the SRA 11.0 will support LeftHand OS 10.0 and higher. The certification status will be reflected on the StoreVirtual Compatibility Matrix and VMware Compatibility Guide.
- When using HP Insight Control for vCenter Server, Insight Control for vCenter 7.2.3 is required for LeftHand OS 11.0 support.
- When using HP Insight Remote Support, Insight Remote Support 7.0.8 Content Level Update 1 (CLU 1) is required for LeftHand OS 11.0 support. CLU 1 will be available in December 2013.
Please see my other articles for a feature overview and things you need to prepare before upgrading. Note that the upgrade article is based on LHOS 10.5. I don’t think many things changed in the upgrade path. If so, I will update the article with the changes.
Update: There are some changes in the upgrade process indeed. Something called Online Upgrades is a new way to upgrade your existing storage nodes to LeftHand OS 11.0. This method will be available around 11th of November. Using this method, you don’t need to download the software separately anymore. You can still upgrade using the traditional way.
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#VMware vSphere 5.1 Host Profile Compliance Error with #HP Blades
Hi there!
I have spent time solving an issue with host profiles on several environments running on vSphere 5.1 and HP BL460c G6 blades, to be specific. These blades have two local SAS drives in a RAID-1 configuration. This logical drive is used for installing ESXi and provides in a VMFS datastore.
