UCSM 2.1 Local disk configuration policy and raid volumes

Hi!
If i use Any configuration as local disk configuration policy and do the raid settings directly to the RAID-cards, am i able to have two raid volumes on C-series under UCSM management?
What i would like to do with C240M3 with 6 local disks: 2 disk raid1 and 4 disk raid0
So i would use:
"Any Configuration—For a server configuration that carries forward the local disk configuration without any changes."
As UCS servers Raid guide indicates:
"Maximum of One RAID Volume and One RAID Controller in Integrated Rack-Mount Servers
A rack-mount server that has been integrated with Cisco UCS Manager can have a maximum of one RAID volume irrespective of how many hard drives are present on the server. "
Is this paragraph limitation of GUI not able to set several volumes or hard fact without "Any configuration" workaround?

I did some testing about this issue:
Changed Local Disk Configuration to "Any Configuration"
Two virtual disks can be created from Raid card's WebBIOS
These disks are visible to RedHat Installation.
UCSM shows Any configuration for the Storage Local Disk policy
Actual Disk Configuration has faulty information - WebBios is the only place to check the RAID status?
Next step: I'll do the same for the production

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Also, as far as recommended isolated drives for exports (& trimmed projects I'm thinking) … should I go as fast and large as I can afford? Or larger rather that faster according to budget, so more room for storage?
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Thanks, Harm. I was reading more on RPM vs Gb/s ... and from my understanding RPMs wins as better for system drives.
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4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0
5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0
6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0
7 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0
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I wonder why there is some many wanting to do this and are having problems.... I mean if it is such a straight forward thing to do..... It must be down right "intuitive".
You maybe speaking of a RAID "BIOS" but you obviously think you're not. Some motherboards have integrated RAID abilities. Intel RST comes to mind... BUT this isn't a feature of a MOTHERBOARD BIOS.
I've got some $50,000 servers that will not break a single hard drive up into multiple logical drives..... Now, I haven't worked on a "Stinkpad" for many years. Don't want to. However, I have never seen one that would do what you're saying you're doing.
You maybe trying to help.... but you're leading people down a wrong path.
Its just as easy to run virtual box and use the virtual box templates for Oracle VM. In fact, its more practical if you want to run Oracle VM on a laptop for testing purposes than blowing everything away and attempting to setup different LUNS on a single hard drive.
For your review...
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/configure-vm-templates-1656261.html
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Trying to optimize eSATA and internal disk configurations

I'm trying to optimize the HD setup on my dual 2.5GHz G5 with 4.5GB RAM
major considerations.
- massive itunes library (260GB), and big iphoto lib (25GB) as well
- lots of video editing in Final Cut with large capture files and many video exports
- regular podcasting and other media creation with all my music and photos
- need for regular COMPLETE backups
- speed
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2. internal 250GB disk (maps simply to a COMMONS volume for Democracy player files, torrent downloads etc)
then on my 4-port eSATA controller card
4x 500GB SATA drives from Western Digital for a total of 2TB eSATA disk space
they are in 2 eSATA enclosures from FirmTek
I'm managing the disks with SoftRAID
Before I get into the problem, how would YOU use this incredible amount of disk space, considering the goals I have? (video, media storage, backup).
Now, The problem
I've been disappointed with the speed of my system and suspect its my HD configuration. I have enough RAM right!?
I've got some raid stripes going on
2 of the 500GB disks (disk2 and disk3) support two "active" volumes
a) a striped ATLAS volume of 800GB (holds itunes, documents, iphoto, basically all media files)
b) a striped VIDEO SCRATCH volumn of 200GB (for working files in FCP, imovie, etc)
the other 2 of the 500GB disks (disk0 and disk1) support two "clone" volumes
a) a mirror MACHDCLONE volume on both disk0 and disk1 (to protect the system drive. I run Super Duper 3x per week)
b) a striped ATLAS_CLONE volume to backup the active ATLAS volume
the COMMONS volume is not backed up in any way. figure i can live without my Democracy files and torrents, etc.
My ideas:
based on my performance observations, my setup above is just wrong, and I don't know where to turn for the best advice. Google is very poor at dealing with such complexity in search results. There are some video advice sites, but they only cover part of my problems. I have a few theories of how I should be using these drives
1. use the eSATA drives strictly for performance benefits, not for backup. consider a USB2.0 drive for backups and use Mozy for offsite backup
2. simplify the disk allocation. No single disk should support more than one volume
3. the video scratch SHOULD be striped in order to benefit from speed. and should be on its own physical disk(s) separate from ANY other function
So I'm thinking
a) stripe two of the eSATAs into a single 1 TB array for my media or ATLAS volume
- this solves me running out of space on the volume (getting closer with the iTunes video downloads every day)
- it's also just physically easier to deal with. I can SEE what drives make up ATLAS alone
- will be easier for me to eventually replace the G5 with an MBP running its own eSATA pc card with easy access to the same ATLAS volume
this still leaves two 500GB eSATA disks around
b1) I could extend the ATLAS volume to an array including a 3rd eSATA disk for a 1.5TB volume. this would allow me to bring COMMONS files onto ATLAS
b2) the remaining 500GB eSATA disk can be video scratch
OR
c1) dedicate 1 500GB disk to VIDEO SCRATCH
and
c2) partition the other 500GB disk as a clone of both COMMONS and the internal System drive
see how CONFUSING THIS IS ?
there are too many permutations of things.
I know I like keeping the system drive simple and internal. Ideally, the second internal disk would mirror this volume, but they do not match in size or brand
part of me wants to stripe all FOUR eSATA drives into a blazing 2TB masterpiece, but it seems like a bad idea to put VIDEO SCRATCH on the same array as ATLAS
Other questions:
should the itunes library get it's own disk altogether? is striping of benefit here?
are there some sites that explain HD management well?
PowerMac G5 2.5GHz 4.5GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9) also own a blacbook

Thanks so much for that awesome feedback.
A few points.
I have the dual processor G5, not the quad core. Purchased in Jan 2005.
My RAM pageouts are fine (didn't know what that was until you mentioned it)
Love the idea of moving COMMONS "outside the box"
I used to have my system volume boot from an external RAID, but didn't notice a big improvement, and it meant my G5 would ONLY boot if the eSATAs were powered up. I just didn't like that feel. I want the tower to work in a self-contained fashion, even if I don't have access to all media. I want access to the OS and apps.
I'm unlikely to buy more SATA controllers and enclosers or too many new disks. I'm on a serious budget and want to work with as much of what I have as possible. That said, i just checked out the Drobo and am drooling. I'll wait to see how well it performs for data access (and video) and not just storage.
It sounds dreamy to stripe all four of the eSATAs into a 1.8TB storage megaplex. I imagine they would scream in an ATLAS_BADASS volume, but then I've got nothing left for VIDEO SCRATCH used to capture and render.
The VIDEO_SCRATCH doesn't need to be large, and I think that's where I'm having a conflict. My eSATA drives are way too big to use even ONE as a video scratch, much less striping two of those bad boys just for that purpose
Purchasing a 10K drive for video scratch (or system volume) is not really in the cards yet.
So here's where I sit now:
1. My Media Storage
++ the 4 eSATA drives (2.0TB raw)
I go with the badass steroid injected ATLAS volume striped across all four.
this is my media array and holds all the contents of ATLAS and COMMONS (iTunes, iPhoto, Documents, FCP training videos, ripped DVDs, the works)
2. My System Volume
++ the 250GB internal SATA
move COMMONS out
migrate system volume to this disk
better storage-to-free space ratio
3. My Scratch Disk
a) use the now-spare 160GB internal Maxtor (probably weak and slow)
b) get an external FW800 RAID disk from OWC
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/hard-drives/EliteAL/StripedRAID
I'd go with the 160GB or 320GB
4. Backup Plan - level 1 - local
++ use my spare external Maxtor 250GB FW drive
clone the system volume regularly
++ get an external FW drive (like the 1TB My Book Premium II from WD)
clone ATLAS_BADASS regularly
the WD is just $400
i know it's capacity is lower than my super striped RAID, but i don't know of any cheap way to clone ATLAS_BADASS to a 1.5TB drive
5. Backup Plan - level 2 - remote
pay for a Mozy storage account which has unlimited capacity
upload system and ATLAS_BADASS every few weeks
any new thoughts? and thanks again!

I just installed iTunes on my computer, where I already have all my music. I went to Edit Preferences Advanced, and changed the iTunes Media Folder Location to where I have all my music, in the "Local Disk." But iTunes wont import all my music. Help?

I just installed iTunes on my computer, where I already have all my music. I went to Edit > Preferences > Advanced, and changed the iTunes Media Folder Location to where I have all my music, in the "Local Disk." But iTunes wont import all my music. Help?

Have you looked in the Music App on your iPhone? On the iPhone music is played by the Music App not iTunes.

Want to open a new browser window and display the html file in locale disk.

Hi,
I want to open a new browser window and display the html file in local drive. The below html applet work in local system successfully. But i deploy the same in web server (Tomcat) and try the same in client machine it does not work. Please help.
Note:
The class below fileopen.FileOpen.class i make it as a jar and put it in jre\ext folder at the client machine.
------------------------------------FileOpen.html(Tomcat)-----------------------------------------------------
<html>
<body >
<applet code="OpenFile.class" archive="loadfile.jar" width="100" height="100">
<param name="path" value="file://c:/open.html" />
</applet>
</body>
</html>
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public class OpenFile extends Applet implements ActionListener{
String path = "";
fileopen.FileOpen open = null;
Button b = null;
public void init(){
path = getParameter("path");
b = new Button("Open");
b.addActionListener(this);
add(b);
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try
open = new fileopen.FileOpen(this,path);
catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
-------------------------------------------FileOpen.java /Client JRE/ext----------------------------------------------------
package fileopen;
public class FileOpen
AppletContext context = null;
URL url = null;
public FileOpen(Applet applet,String path)
try
if(null != applet){
context = applet.getAppletContext();
if (null != path)
url = new URL(path);
context.showDocument(url, "_blank");
}catch(Exception ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
Please help to solve this issue very urgent.
Thanks in advance.
By,
Saravanan.K.

zzsara wrote:
I want to open a new browser window and display the html file in local drive. ...Did you ever pause to consider how ridiculous that is?
The best audience for applets is people off the internet. 'People off the internet' might be using a computer that has no (what was it?) 'open.html' in the root of the C: drive. In fact (shock horror) they may not even be running Windows, and would therefore probably have no 'C:' drive at all.
If you do not intend to distribute this to people off the web, an application makes a lot more sense, but even then, you cannot rely on the document being there unless you 'put it there' (during installation, for instance).
As the other poster intimated, applets can load documents off the local disk as long as they are trusted. Here is an example*, but note that it is not so rash as to presume any particular path or file, and instead leaves it to the user to choose the document to display.
* The short code can be seen at SDNShare on the [Defensive Loading of Trusted Applets|http://sdnshare.sun.com/view.jsp?id=2315] post.
On the other hand, a sandboxed applet can load any document coming from its own server via URL, or get showDocument(URL) to work. In that case, the JRE must recognize that the URL is from its own server, so the best way to form URLs for applet use is via the URL constructor
new URL(getDocumentBase(), "path/to/open.html");That is how I form the URL in this [ sandboxed example of formatting source|http://pscode.org/fmt/sbx.html?url=/jh%2FHelpSetter.java&col=2&fnt=2&tab=2&ln=0]. Of course, in this case the applet loads the document, then parses the text to draw the formatted version, but the point is that an URL produced this way will work with showDocument(URL).
I am pretty sure showDocument() in an applet off the internet will work with an URL pointing to a foreign (not its own) server, but it will not be able to load documents off the end user's local disks.
I suggest a couple of things.
- Try to express this problem in terms of what feature it is that you want to offer the end user. Your question jumps directly to a bad strategy for achieving ..who knows what? An example of a feature is "Shows the applet 'help' files on pressing F1".
- A good way to indicate interest in a solution is to offer [Duke stars|http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunForums/Duke+Stars+Program+Overview] to match that interest.
Edit 1:
..and please figure out how to use the CODE tags.
Edited by: AndrewThompson64 on Sep 12, 2008 11:14 PM

Disk configuration and workflow help needed for lab video workstation

Hi All,
Setting up a video editing workstation for a research lab that will use Premeire to edit AVCHD Progressive clips (sometimes with 2 streams side-by-side, but usually single-camera) and export them to .mp4 for later viewing by video coders. We won't be using AfterEffects or adding anything to the videos other than some text (titles, maybe sub-titles).
The other purpose of this workstation is to act as a file server and backup system for other machines in the lab. Coders will be viewing the exported videos via other networked machines and working with Microsoft Office files that will be stored on the workstation's other HDDs. I'll have a physical backup drive and cloud backup via CrashPlan.
I've built a machine that is probably overkill, but the client (my wife) wanted it to be "fast," and the purpose of the machine might change in the future:
i7-4770K (overclocked a bit)
16GB RAM
Asus Z87-Pro
GeForce GTX 660
I have the OS (W7) and programs on a 256 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD and currently have two 1TB Velociraptors to use for the Premiere workflow. I'm trying to figure out how to proceed with the purchase of the rest of the drives, and I want to keep the Premiere drives separate from the large storage drives from the lab that are networked and synced to cloud backup.
Following the recommendations for a three-disc configuration I've picked up on these forums, I could set it up like this:
C: (256GB SSD) (OS, programs, pagefile)
D: (1TB HDD) (media, projects)
E: (1TB HDD) (previews, media cache, exports)
F: (4TB HDD) (backups of media, projects, and exports and storage of other research files)*THIS DRIVE WOULD BE SHARED ON THE NETWORK
G: (4TB external HDD) (backup of F & drive that backs up to CrashPlan)
but it seems that would be a waste of the speed of the second 10k velociraptor. If I added another SSD and RAIDed the Velociraptors it would be:
C: (256GB SSD) (OS, programs)
D: (Two 1TB Velociraptors in RAID 0) (media, projects)
E: (256GB SSD) (media cache, pagefile)
but would I then need to add another dedicated HDD for previews and exports, or could I store those on the networked F: from above (which would be previews, exports, backups of media and projects, and storage of other research files) without taking a speed hit?
It seems overkill to have a dedicated drive for exports and previews (let's make that the new F:), then have them copy to the first 4TB drive (now G:), then back that up to the second 4TB drive (now H:), then back that up to CrashPlan. However, people might be accessing that network drive at any time, and I don't want that to slow any part of the video process down.
I appreciate any advice ya'll can give me!

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the encouraging response. I'm leaning toward the non-SSD option at this point.
To make sure I understand, are you suggesting I try using the Velociraptor Raid 0 in the 2 disk configuration suggested by Harm's Guidelines for Disk Usage chart? Like this:
C: (256 GB SSD) (OS, Programs, Pagefile, Media Cache)
D: (1TB x2 in RAID 0) (Media, Projects, Previews, Exports)?
Where I'm still confused there, and in looking at Harm's array suggestions for 5 or more drives, is how performance is affected by having simultaneous read/write operations happening on the same drive, which is what I understood was the reason for spreading out the files on multiple drives. Maybe I don't understand how Premiere's file operations work in practice, or maybe I don't understand RAID 0 well enough.
In the type of editing we'll be doing (minimal) aren't there still times when Premiere will be trying to read and write from the D: drive at the same time, for example during export? Wouldn't the increased speed benefits of RAID 0 for either read or write alone be defeated by asking the array to do both simultaneously?
Maybe the reason the Media Cache is on the SSD in the above configuration is because that is what will be read while writing to something like Exports? But that wouldn't make sense given Harm's chart, which has the Media Cache also located on the array....
Another question is, given that the final home of the exported videos will be on the big internal drive (4TB) anyway, could I set it up like this:
C: (SSD) (OS, Programs, Pagefile, Media Cache)
D: (2TB RAID 0) (Media, Projects, Previews)
E: (network shared 4TB HDD) (Exports + a bunch of other shared non-video files)
so I don't end up having to copy the exported videos over to the 4TB drive? Do you think it would render significantly faster to the RAID than it would to the 7200 rpm 4TB drive? I'd like to cut out the step of copying exported videos from D: to E: all the time if it wasn't necessary.
Thanks again.

Is it possible to export Azure VM(to local disk) and import that VM to another Azure subscription and use that successfully ?

I am setting up one VM in my Azure subscription.
1
Is it possible to export Azure VM(to local disk) and import that VM to another Azure subscription and use that successfully ?
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Is it possible to move VM from one subscription to another subscription directly ?

I think Yes. If you have the copy of OS (image) and data disk VHDs then you can copy that in your new subscription. And then create VM using that image. It has nothing to do with subscription.

Webdispatcher with load-balancing and local icm configuration

Dear all,
we have a webdispatcher in place to load-balance the requests to our three application servers (ABAP). The webdispatcher has a hostname that is resolved by the DNS. The application servers use local hostnames that can't be resolved in our infrastructure at the moment.
That configuration works fine for all requests that reach the infrastructure from outside.
But, if a user logs on with SAP GUI and then calls a web transaction like a webdynpro, the browser opens with the local application server hostname. However that hostname can't be resolved.
Is it possible to change the three local icm configurations in a way that all local generated web requests refers to the webdispatcher too? What is the preferred configuration for this more or less usual scenario?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel

Hello,
In your scenario, I would try to create entries in table HTTPURLLOC. After that the 3 app servers should generate URLs using the SAP Web Dispatcher.
Best Regards,
Olivier

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