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Install Nexenta-Collector
SSH as root and run: # !bash # y # wget http://www.nexenta.com/nexenta-collector_latest_solaris-i386.deb # dpkg -i nexenta-collector_latest_solaris-i386.deb # nexenta-collector --no-upload Once it’s finished, it’ll display the name and location of ...
Auto-Sync Troubleshooting
Disable the auto-sync runner as it is sometimes known to cause issues: $ setup trigger autosync-check disable Check for locks on both the source and destination: $ show appliance nms locks –v (no output means no locks) If there are locks, restart ...
Failed Boot Mirror HDD Replacement Instructions
From NMV: Settings > Disks Click blink on the far right for the faulted LUN Ignore the warning, it will not cause issues In this example, we will use c3t1d0 This will do a DD read blink on the drive. From NMC: # setup volume syspool offline-lun # ...
Disk mapping for failed drives
How to identify failing drives When monitoring for drive failures in Nexenta and other ZFS-based storage appliances, not all failures will manifest as taking the drive offline completely. If a user or the technician suspects that a failing drive is ...
Failed HDD Replacement Instructions
From Nexenta Management Console (NMC) check the status of your pools $ zpool status Find the faulted HDD and record the worldwide number (WWN) of the HDD, and the name of the pool it resides in. You will use the WWN to identify this HDD later An ...
Heartbeat HDD Replacement Instructions
1. Replace the drive with the following instructions located here. Be sure to note the WWN of the failed HDD, as as well as the replacement HDD. 2. Open the cluster configuration file with your favorite editor (we will use vim in this example) # vim ...
ZeusRAM C023 Firmware Update Instructions
1. From Nexenta Management Console (NMC) check the status of your pools $ zpool status <pool_name> 2. Find your log device and record the Worldwide SAS ID (WWSID). You will use the Worldwide SAS ID to identify this device later. Write it down. For an ...
How to replace a failed HDD using sas2ircu
1. Run as root: # zpool offline data2 <BAD WWN> 2. Remove the failed disk, then insert the replacement. Wait at least 20 seconds for the drive to initialize. 3. Run as root: # devfsadm -Cv This rescans and removes old dangling device links from the ...
Sparta Performance Gathering Tool
Please download it and run it on your system (whichever are having the issues). For most general purposes, you can run the install.sh script and follow the prompts: # cd /tmp # wget https://github.com/jasonba/sparta/raw/master/sparta.tar.gz # tar ...
How to manually add the HA cluster license .deb package
The Nexenta HA plugin is licensed on a per machine basis. Licenses come in two forms, a temporary one that expires after 45 days, and a permanent one that never expires. Licenses are delivered in a packaged .deb file. Normally this .deb file is ...
How to replace a 10GbE Emulex Card
1. Remove the host name for the aggregate (we will use aggr0 in this example). # cd /etc # rm hostname.aggr0 2. Delete device links # devfsadm -Cv 3. Touch reconfigure to rescan on boot # cd / # touch reconfigure 4. Reboot once you have physical or ...
SMTP "phone home" Mailer Settings
Note: If you have a HA Cluster (StorCore 104), you only need to perform this process on one head-node, as it will mirror the email configuration to the second head-node; however, you should double check this. Navigate to the Nexenta Management ...
Management Service Restart
The management interface occasionally gets stuck opening a socket or dbus timeouts. The recommendation is to restart the interface. This will not have any impact on the storage or shares, it just restarts the management interface. Run the command: ...
Standard Upgrade Procedure (Nexenta)
Check the Release Notes for any special requirements for the upgraded version Verify access to the package repository $setup appliance upgrade -t this is a dry run, that does not make any changes Clean up the device links, on both nodes: nmc$ lunsync ...