VM storage setup

Hello forum, I am testing out VM 3.1.1 and would like to clarify some questions I have. I've read the docs, but they are not as clear as they could be.
It's mainly the presentation of storage which I am unclear about. My enviroment is several x86 blades with SAN storage, presented as LUNs, Red Hat is my OS. Ususally (non-VM) I just ask for x number of LUNs and they are presented to each server (or servers for RAC). In VM do I do the same, or Do I have them presented to every blade in my VM environemnt? Looking at creating a storage repository, I would not get any kind of access to the SAN as an admin, I have to request LUN's from a different team. Do I just present my LUNs to the VM manager and through that I can assign to the VM servers?
Also, when creating a RAC environmet, can I have each node in a seperate server pool, or should I keep them in the same pool and ensure that the nodes cannot reside on the same physical server?
Many thanks

First, RAC is only supported in Production environments.... with each node being on a separate Physical VM server. In test, you can use virtual disks. Works well and I have both running. In Production, you must have physical attachments. NO VIRTUAL DISKS.
Second, The LUNS have to be presented to your VM servers. Not the VM manager. The VM manager interacts with the servers to determine connectivity.
Thirdly, You should not use a storage repository for physical/direct attachments to LUNS. If you do, then you will not be able to see them as available locally as storage devices. Storage repositories use a ocfs file system. The space will be reserved for virtual disks and etc. Use storage repositories for your test environment. Not your production environment for RAC.
All storage is presented to the VM servers and then passed to the guests as either pass through physical connections or for storage repos using ocfs filesystem that support shared access such as virtual disks.

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Did you even tried :https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=oracle%2Brac%2Bvmware%2Bworkstation+

Windows 7 64bit Raid 1 Data Storage setup with UEFI and 6TB drives

i just bought a GigaByte MB with UEFI bios, 1 SSD 128GB drive for the OS (boot up), and 2 6TB drives for use in a raid 1 setup for the data storage.
I have been able to install win 7 64bit using the UEFI dvd drive. I have been able to define the 6TB mirror via the bios (under the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option) . But when ever i go into windows, and check under Disk Management, i don't
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Thank You Roger. I did call Gigabyte. This is how i solved it with the gigabyte support team.
1. Don't try installing Win7 64bit sp1 and setup RAID at the same time. (even go ahead and unplug those raid drives if you have it plugged in). The OS should be installed first on the boot drive, but make sure the BIOS is already set
to RAID (not AHCI. If you already installed OS under AHCI, you need to reinstall OS. i find this crazy because what if you decide to install raid down the road.. to an existing machine.. you can't do that because of this). Make sure
to install OS with the UEFI dvd drive option (i had done this).
2. Once the OS is installed, install all drivers that come for the Motherboard... That should include intel Raid drivers. (note gigabyte support didn't tell me to do this, but i didn't want to take a chance to have to reinstall OS again or have more problems,
but it makes sense.)
3. Now i have the GA-H97-Gaming 3 mother board, it had Bios F3. I upgraded it to F5 as per support tech.
4. turn off machine, and replug in the two 6TB drives.
5. after reboot, i find out that i no longer see Intel RAPID Storage Technology. (this should have displayed when i set the SATA Mode Selection to RAID before i started all this business... it did under bios F3, but not under F5.. bug?? i think so,
so i plan on letting gigabyte know about this). This is a problem. In Intel RAPID Storage Technology is where you define the RAID in the first place. OK, well after several reboots.. i tried to use CTRL-I to get to intel's interface
rather than that of the gigabyte bios. Voila... i define the Mirror...
6. I am able to boot into OS. I got to Drive Management. I now see 1 6TB drive. I initialize it of course using GPT. Format it. All all looks good now.
Hope this helps someone.. took me enough tries to get it right. I really am bothered about requiring the OS installed in the correct SATA mode just to get RAID working. As i mentioned, you can't change your mind afterwards without reinstalling
OS. Also i couldn't even get the OS setup to start when i had those raid drives plugged in.. so make sure to unplug them.
Best Regards.

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Looking for some advice on a Golden Triangle Storage setup.

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E4200 Storage Use

E4200 V1 Firmware 1.0.0.3
Hello,
I have an E4200 and the following concern. I installed an external drive to use as a minor NAS. The read/write speeds are not my concern; I understand this is not a commercial switch and it currently averages around 8~10Mbps. However my issue is while transferring files to/from the drive, internet performance for multimedia applications i.e. gaming is dramatically reduced. I will get 'no packet flow' errors from the application. I have also noticed that if I attempt to log into the administration web interface, it will hang while authenticating, following entering the login information. Once the file activity to the share is complete, things are normal.
I am plugged into the router by wire, not WiFi. The share is plugged into the USB on the router, of course.
If this is by design, then no biggie. This is not a high availability type deal, just wondering if the ceiling is simply the router itself.

After reconfiguring the router try to setup the storage again.There are three things you need to do to be able to share the contents of your USB storage device:
i. Accessing the Storage Setup Menu
ii. Creating Share
iii. Mapping a Network Drive
Here is the link to setup the storage: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=93&login=1&vw=1&app=search&articleid=21517&userrole=Links...

[SOLVED] Unable to determine major/minor number of root device - USB

I installed Arch on a USB harddrive of mine from within VirtualBox with the intention of running the installation (via the drive) on a laptop in my house. I passed through the drive through by creating a special vmdk (here - it's for "expert users only". ) and installed Arch on it by booting off the Arch 2011.08.19 iso and following the instructions. I do recall the installer complaining because /sbin/mkinitcpio was missing, so I copied over the one from the host (which is also an up-to-date Arch system). After that, everything worked and I was able to boot the drive within virtualbox.
Then I went and plugged it in to another laptop in the house and, surprisingly (for me at least), it got past GRUB. My joy was short-lived, because it failed just a bit later:
:: Running Hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents...done.
ERROR: Unable to determine major/minor number of root device 'Waiting 10 seconds
for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/[the uuid] ...
/dev/disk/by-uuid/(the uuid)'.
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
Type 'exit' to try and continue booting
sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
[ramfs /]#
So I googled around for a while and plugged it back in to my computer, booted it up in virtualbox, and added "usb" to the HOOKS array right after udev in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. Then I rebuilt the initramfs:
# mkinitcpio -p linux
So I plugged it back into the laptop, booted it, and got the same error.
Later, in an attempt to isolate the problem, I removed "sata" from HOOKS, ran the same mkinitcpio command again, and rebooted the VM. I got what looked like the same error as the one above. yay. So I guess the usb hook isn't being loaded or something like that. (I've since added the "sata" hook back and rebuilt the initramfs so I can mess around in the VM )
I've tried removing autodetect from HOOKS (saw that in some threads) and trying different USB ports on the laptop, but nothing seems to be working. I also checked to see if virtualbox was providing a bogus uuid or something, but the one it's specifying seems to be correct - I looked in my computer's /dev/disk/by-uuid and it matched.
Info on the drive (first partition is /boot, second is swap (derp!), third is /, and fourth is /home):
# sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdg
Disk /dev/sdg: 500.1 GB, 500107861504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773167 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00016b3d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdg1 * 63 208844 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sdg2 208845 4417874 2104515 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdg3 4417875 209230559 102406342+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdg4 209230560 976768064 383768752+ 83 Linux
Screengrab of my VirtualBox storage setup (just for giggles):
My /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
MODULES=""
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run first, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries used in a given hook.
# (Existing files are NOT overwritten if already added)
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=""
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
# Some users may wish to include modprobe.conf for custom module options
# like so:
# FILES="/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS="base"
## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
## work as a sane default
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems"
## This is identical to the above, except the old ide subsystem is
## used for IDE devices instead of the new pata subsystem.
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems"
## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
## No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb filesystems"
## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS="base udev pata mdadm encrypt filesystems"
## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS="base udev usb lvm2 filesystems"
# Tried this line instead -- didn't work either
#HOOKS="base udev usb autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems usbinput"
HOOKS="base udev usb sata filesystems"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. With kernels earlier than
# 2.6.30, only gzip is supported, which is also the default. Newer kernels
# support gzip, bzip2 and lzma. Kernels 2.6.38 and later support xz
# compression.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=""
My GRUB menu.lst:
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/sda (hd0)
# /dev/sdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/sda3 (hd0,2)
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# for more details and different resolutions see
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_resolution
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b4a677d0-cb0d-4acd-bb09-2dc2f4b9501f ro
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/b4a677d0-cb0d-4acd-bb09-2dc2f4b9501f ro
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
Last edited by UncleNinja (2011-12-02 15:33:21)

UncleNinja wrote:
skunktrader wrote:https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/27385
Perfect! Thank you!
Would it be safe to copy over the version from HEAD into my mkinitcpio?
EDIT: nevermind, derp derp the package is updated
EDIT again: Actually, it's not.
I copied over the init_functions in HEAD into /lib/initcpio/init_functions and rebuilt the initramfs. It worked!
Thanks guys!
Last edited by UncleNinja (2011-12-02 15:35:20)

How can I restore Windows 7 to Bootcamp partition - not reformat the entire hard drive?

Hello Apple (Mac) Community,
I originally posted this question over on answers.microsoft, but no help was forthcoming. Hope someone can help me with a problem that's (almost) making me nuts! I teach graphics to college students. In brief: I run Windows 7 Pro 64 on a Mac Pro tower, along with Snow Leopard (OSX). Windows is loaded on one partition of a 1TB drive. The other partition is a Mac backup. The Mac OS is on a different drive. Everything was going swimmingly with both OS, until recently. Unfortunately, the drive with Windows showed problems and I determined that the HD was either toast or needed a total reformat. My Mac data was all backed-up. Now I wanted to backup Windows so I can easily get back to the relatively happy point of my Windows 7 experience (drivers loaded, dual monitors all working, etc.). I did some online searching and the recommendation was to create a "system image" of the existing Windows 7 install by attaching an external drive, formatting that to NTFS and selecting "backup to image" in Windows. I did that and also took the opportunity to "create a backup disc" on a DVD. (Windows recommended). Next I rebooted back to Mac OS and completely reformatted the problem 1TB disc to a single partition, zero all data, just to see if it would actually reformat. It all worked! So far, so good. Next I used Bootcamp to create two partitions, one for Windows. I then restarted using the Win7 Pro (64) install disc, reformatted the Bootcamp disk to NTFS (as required) and installed Windows 7. After all that is completed and all working, I next try to use the restore from image function while booted in Windows. I'm instructed to restart from the Win install disc, which I do. Here's where things get difficult. When I try to choose restore from image, at that point the installer asks which drives to I want to exclude... but does not show partitions, only full HDs. I do not want to reformat the entire 1TB drive. I only want Windows on the 120gb Bootcamp partition (which is already formatted for Windows BTW). I spent a lot of time online reading through articles with users having the same frustration.
So here (at long last) is my question: How can I either restore Windows just to a Bootcamp partition... using "Windows System Image" or if that can't be done... can I somehow import all of the settings, etc. from the "image" (image is on external HD) into a fresh Win 7 install? So far the "backup disc" also seems useless. I can't even boot to Windows from it. BTW Apple folks: the only response on the MS side was that some "expert" simply posted links on how to install Windows and restore... not helpful with my particular problem of restoring to a partition.
Any help would be appreciated! Hopefully some help that even a Mac user / new Windows user could understand would be better! Thanks!
-melt

WinClone 3 is OS X and saves Windows image it makes for restore - that should work but you will have to try and you would need to make a new image unless it also works with a native Windows system restore image. It is now supported and has come a long way.
http://www.twocanoes.com/
Paragon Clone OS works and does disk-to-disk clone just like CCC you end up with two bootable drives. But does not work with your setup. It would let you clone and move your Windows install to an SSD or another disk drive though and be bootable.
During its clone process it checks for errors which is very helpful and lets you know - something CCC and others should adopt more of.
http://www.paragon-software.com/downloads/demo.html
I wish for our/my sake you had re-read and rewritten the long 'story' and broken it into a brief list of facts we needed.
OS X
Windows
Backup (though external is much safer) and you want bootable OS X clones as well as TimeMachine
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
There are a number of things to do like chkdsk and others as well as Windows DVD to do automatic system repairs and find out why.
AppleHFS - the abilty to mount and read HFS volumes can be notorious.
I would rearrange and redo your storage setup and how you use the 4-5 internal hard drive bays.

Oracle RAC with ASM install failure

Hi Guy's
I've just rebuilt an Oracle RAC system, i've built this system many times and have the build documented. I usually follow the build doc to the tee and everything works fine. I have now been asked to rebuild the system to go into the production evironment. This is a two server standard RAC setup using ASM. We have a HP MSA500 shared storage setup. I've run the cluster verification tool and all the checks have come out fine. Whilst installing the clusterware i get a failed error message whilst it try's to confiure the Oracle Clusterware Configuration Assistant.
The error message i get is:
Command = C:\Windows\system 32\cmd\C Call E:\Oracle\Product\10.2.0\crs\install\crssetup.config.bat
PROT-1:Failed to intialize OCR Config
STEP 1 Checking status of CRS cluster
STEP 2 Creating directories (E:\Oracle\Product\10.2.0\Crs
STEP 3 Configuring OCR repository
ocr upgrade failed with (-1)
I've done this build many times and never seen this error. From what i've read on the internet it looks like it could be something up with my shared storage but i dont know what.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Lee

try to apply ''dd' command against OCR & Voting disks to ensure that their headers are formatted 100% and contains no data from old installation:
dd if=/dev/zero of=YOUR_OCR_DISK bs=1024 count=10000
dd if=/dev/zero of=YOUR_VOTE_DISK bs=1024 count=10000

HELP! How can i restore/recover files from Bootcamp with Boot Failure - Missing operating system error?

Hi,
I am having a few problems with bootcamp on my imac. When i tried to move the bootcamp partition on windows 7 into free space, it crashed and turned off. Ever since i have had the error 'Missing operating system' and it fails to boot. I have some very important files on the bootcamp partition. Is it possible to recover these files or even to restore the bootcamp partition to it's original state? I do not have a backup of my bootcamp partition. Another problem i have is that ever since i tried to expand my macintosh HD partition into free space, when i hold alt while booting up (to choose which partition to boot like i normally do), the bootcamp partition has stopped appearing. This means that i cannot even boot the windows 7 bootcamp partition anymore!
So basically here are my 2 questions:
How can i restore/recover files from Bootcamp with Boot Failure - Missing operating system error?
How can i make the Bootcamp partition appear in Startup Disk and when i hold the option key while starting up my computer to allow me to boot windows 7?
Any solutions are very much apreciated!
Thanks!
I know that bootcamp (disk0s4) hasn't been fully deleted since it appears in disk utility (i cant do anything to it though)
And here is the error i see when i try to launch bootcamp (back when i was actually able to boot up bootcamp to the error screen)

WinClone 3 is OS X and saves Windows image it makes for restore - that should work but you will have to try and you would need to make a new image unless it also works with a native Windows system restore image. It is now supported and has come a long way.
http://www.twocanoes.com/
Paragon Clone OS works and does disk-to-disk clone just like CCC you end up with two bootable drives. But does not work with your setup. It would let you clone and move your Windows install to an SSD or another disk drive though and be bootable.
During its clone process it checks for errors which is very helpful and lets you know - something CCC and others should adopt more of.
http://www.paragon-software.com/downloads/demo.html
I wish for our/my sake you had re-read and rewritten the long 'story' and broken it into a brief list of facts we needed.
OS X
Windows
Backup (though external is much safer) and you want bootable OS X clones as well as TimeMachine
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
There are a number of things to do like chkdsk and others as well as Windows DVD to do automatic system repairs and find out why.
AppleHFS - the abilty to mount and read HFS volumes can be notorious.
I would rearrange and redo your storage setup and how you use the 4-5 internal hard drive bays.

How to upgrade (with clean install) a OEL4 server to OL5 on a live system

My problem is that I cannot find any meaningful information on how to perform a OL upgrade on a live system with a running database.
The system is running OEL 4.9 (migrated from RHEL 4 to OEL) and I want to upgrade it to OL 5.7 (wanted to use 6.1 but that is not yet certified for 11.2)
I know that using Anaconda's upgrade is not supported so I guess I will have to use a clean install. (the system is full of legacy rpm's and old drivers that where needed in previous 4.x releases and dependencies that I wouldn't want to upgrade).
So I want to do a clean install of 5.7 on the server, but what is the process? There are 3 LVs running 1 for the OS (with partitions for /, /boot, /tmp, /usr, /var and /home )
1 for the Oracle software / data files and 1 for exports / archive logs and such.
If I do a clean install on the OS LV (after taking a backup of everything) will I be able to reuse the existing setup of Oracle software on the 2nd logical volume? create the oracle user with the same uid/gid, running root.sh, etc.. Will it start and be able to mount/open the database ? (I am assuming the need to rebuild the installation) There is also a home for 11.2 middleware web-tier utilities (for APEX).
I have been searching in vain for some guides / insight into what the correct procedures are for upgrading the OEL4 to OL5 (or OL6 if it gets certified in the next few months).
Any help appreciated.
Oli

My problem is that I cannot find any meaningful information on how to perform a OL upgrade on a live system with a running database.Firstly, it is good to know your system is running satisfactorily.
After taking a full backup (and checking that the backup is good!), you must shutdown the RDBMS instances.
1) Reboot from the distribution media.
2) Choose a full install; you do not want to upgrade.
3) Be very careful to click on the checkbox to "use custom setup" so that you will get a display of the current storage setup.
4) In the Anaconda Disk Druid screen, edit the displayed LVMs to use their old mount points.
5) Make absolutely certain that the checkbox to reformat the LVMs for your database setup are clear, not checked.
6) Do install the default RPM package selection; the OL distro is configured to install the necessary prerequisites for an RDBMS setup.
7) After the installation completes, be sure to install the "oracle-validated" RPM package to do the necessary tuning.
8) Add back all the user accounts.
9) Move on to bringing up the RDBMS.
Looks scary, and is, but can be done. Practice installing this way before doing it for real -- you do want to be familiar with each installation step and to realize where you are along the process.

USB remote access problem for E3000?

Hi,
I recently got the E3000 router because it has USB and is dual band simultaneous router.
It's connected to ATT modem+router. I've disabled wireless on ATT 2wire modem and connected the linksys router to it.
Now after a lot of messing with it i have configured the USB drive to work and be visible on the network, also media server seems to be working fine.
Now i need help with the following:
Now what i am trying to do is have remote access to my USB connected hard drive over the internet.
Also I want to set the USB HDD as media download drive. E.g. if i am downloading a big files or torrent download i want it to be directly in the USB connected HDD.
Also in My Computers/network i have the drive visible as a computer and when i double click on it, it ask me for admin user id and password and i have files access available, i dont understand why is that? Because the same can be achieved through "map network drive" so what is the difference between the two?
Awaiting reply
Thanks for the help guys
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Remote Management allows you to manage the router from a remote location, via the Internet. Managing a Linksys router from a remote location is similar to accessing it locally. The main difference is, instead of typing the router’s LAN IP Address in the web browser’s Address bar, you have to type the router’s Internet IP Address.
Remote Management Port
Enter the port number that will be open to outside access. The default setting is 8080. This port must be used when you establish a remote connection.
To enable remote management on a Linksys router, you need to perform three steps:
1] Enabling Remote Management on a Linksys Router
2] Checking the Internet IP Address of a Linksys Router
3] Managing a Linksys Router from a Remote Location
Here is the link: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=98e570a093ae4ccda0d7cfb7fda97df7_4023.xml&pid=80&r...
Second, there are three things you need to do to be able to share the contents of your USB storage device:
i. Accessing the Storage Setup Menu
ii. Creating Share
iii. Mapping a Network Drive
Here is the link which can help you in the HDD installation: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=0868d4e24a6a468280c3cf270c1d6a31_21517.xml&pid=80&...

A few more Solaris questions

I'm sure this isn't the best place to post this, but I currently have a file server running Solaris 11 with a raid-z2 pool and I'm building a new vmware server out of some parts I've managed to get some good deals on might I add.
I'm building on a supermicro x8dt3-f board that has an LSI controller on board with a pair of xeon 5570's and 48gb ram. The processors and ram actually came from a sun blade that was tossed out for recycling, sadly the box had never been opened, but i got these for pennies on the dollar, so i'm happy
I'd like to move the current Solaris file server into a VM on the new ESXi 5.1 host and passthrough the LSI controller.
I've been reading, and reading and reading and i find the more i read, the more questions I have and the less clear some of the answers are getting.
First, from what I gather, Solaris 11 has only been added to the supported guest list in ESXi with the recent esxi 5.1 version as I understand? So all should be fine here? Can someone confirm?
second, i've read about issues with LSI controllers under solaris 11. Is this something that has been addressed in 11.1?
Third, trying to find the best method to conver the physical system to virtual under ESXi
The first thing I plan on doing is backing up my data from the pool, though it will be scattered across a few systems. Then I plan on exporting the pool to move the disks physically to the new controller in the VM. The question I have here, is will the share flags and permissions be retained when I import the pool? or do I have to redo all that?
But then, what's the best method to move it to a VM? The one document I see come up the most is moving a physical solaris system into a zone on another system. Can it be transferred to the global zone? Could I do a new install in a VM, and move the existing install to the global zone, import my pool and call it a daY?
Or do I dd the OS disk, convert the image and drop it into vmware, get the hardware working, and then import the pool?
Or is there a better way? Has anyone got any online docs in mind that may help specifically with this migration? everything i'm finding is scattered, maybe i'm not looking for the right things but I could use some pointers if anyone has suggestions.
I suppose I should note, i have it integrated with an Active directory, this is why i'm worried about permissions being retained when i import the pool
I just want this to go as quickly and smoothly as possible, with as little headache as possible. it's my home setup, so realistically it takes the time it takes as long as things go smooth

I know this may not be the answer you are looking for, but I think you are making it more difficult than it needs to be.
One other option is to leave your Solaris Storage server on the bare metal of this new beast of a machine you are piecing together. Then, use VirtualBox 4.2.6 which is support quite well in Solaris to run whatever virtual machines you where intending ESXi to be used for.
This way you have the fastest possible storage setup without the issues of hardware passthrough. And the fast storage now benefits the VMs running on it. Not to mention the other neat options now of running lzjb compression for the VMs. either using zvols for the VMs, or just virtualbox vdi files sitting on a compressed zfs filesystem.
As far as the LSI 1068E controller goes, their website only shows drivers for Solaris 10. So unless Solaris 11 has the drivers built in, you may not be able to use that controller. Believe me I feel your pain in this one.. I have the d#$$!est time finding good SAS HBAs for Solaris 11.1 and the few I did find had questionable drivers. Areca 1320 cards seem to work well, as do Adaptec 64xx and 68xx raid cards. LSI has a new line that supposedly works with Solaris 11.
My advice is to try a baremetal install of Solaris 11.1 on the new machine and see if you can recognize drives on the LSI controller, if not then use the 6 onboard SATA ports if that is enough for the drives. Otherwise purchase an Areca 1320 which is only like 230 bucks for the 8 port version. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151116R

BEA-012036 Too Many Files | Weblogic Start Up for EJB deployment

Trying to deploy EAR with EJB module inside. I am seeing the below error intermittently while deploying and now starting the weblogic server .
There is already an EAR deployed with all the Shared Libraries under APP-INF/lib. I deployed a new EAR with all the similar common shared libraries ( APP-INF/lib jar files ) packaged inside this new file.
<Apr 28, 2009 7:45:18 PM EDT> <Error> <EJB> <BEA-012036> <Compiling generated EJB classes produced the following Java compiler error message:
/prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.java:17: error while writing com.test.xxx.ejb.rtmschema.CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl: /prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.class (Too many open files)
(source unavailable)
1 error
>
<Apr 28, 2009 7:45:19 PM EDT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149205> <Failed to initialize the application 'xxx-ear-ejb4' due to error weblogic.application.ModuleException: Exception preparing module: EJBModule(xxx-ejbschema-service.jar)
Unable to deploy EJB: xxx-ejbschema-service.jar from xxx-ejbschema-service.jar:
There are 1 nested errors:
java.io.IOException: Compiler failed executable.exec:
/prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.java:17: error while writing com.test.xxx.ejb.rtmschema.CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl: /prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.class (Too many open files)
(source unavailable)
1 error
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compileMaybeExit(CompilerInvoker.java:493)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compile(CompilerInvoker.java:332)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compile(CompilerInvoker.java:340)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.doCompile(EJBCompiler.java:343)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.compileEJB(EJBCompiler.java:533)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.compileEJB(EJBCompiler.java:500)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.runEJBC(EJBDeployer.java:476)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.compileJar(EJBDeployer.java:798)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.compileIfNecessary(EJBDeployer.java:701)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.prepare(EJBDeployer.java:1234)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBModule.prepare(EJBModule.java:372)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:93)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:360)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:56)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:46)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$1.next(BaseDeployment.java:615)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.prepare(BaseDeployment.java:191)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.prepare(DeploymentStateChecker.java:147)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.prepare(AppContainerInvoker.java:61)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppDeployment.prepare(AppDeployment.java:137)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentAdapter$1.doPrepare(DeploymentAdapter.java:39)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentAdapter.prepare(DeploymentAdapter.java:187)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.AppTransition$1.transitionApp(AppTransition.java:21)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.ConfiguredDeployments.transitionApps(ConfiguredDeployments.java:233)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.ConfiguredDeployments.prepare(ConfiguredDeployments.java:165)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.ConfiguredDeployments.deploy(ConfiguredDeployments.java:122)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentServerService.resume(DeploymentServerService.java:173)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentServerService.start(DeploymentServerService.java:89)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:464)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:200)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:172)
weblogic.application.ModuleException: Exception preparing module: EJBModule(xxx-ejbschema-service.jar)
Unable to deploy EJB: xxx-ejbschema-service.jar from xxx-ejbschema-service.jar:
There are 1 nested errors:
java.io.IOException: Compiler failed executable.exec:
/prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.java:17: error while writing com.test.xxx.ejb.rtmschema.CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl: /prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.class (Too many open files)
(source unavailable)
1 error
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compileMaybeExit(CompilerInvoker.java:493)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compile(CompilerInvoker.java:332)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compile(CompilerInvoker.java:340)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.doCompile(EJBCompiler.java:343)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.compileEJB(EJBCompiler.java:533)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.compileEJB(EJBCompiler.java:500)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.runEJBC(EJBDeployer.java:476)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.compileJar(EJBDeployer.java:798)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.compileIfNecessary(EJBDeployer.java:701)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBDeployer.prepare(EJBDeployer.java:1234)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBModule.prepare(EJBModule.java:372)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:93)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:360)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:56)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:46)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$1.next(BaseDeployment.java:615)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.prepare(BaseDeployment.java:191)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.prepare(DeploymentStateChecker.java:147)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.prepare(AppContainerInvoker.java:61)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppDeployment.prepare(AppDeployment.java:137)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentAdapter$1.doPrepare(DeploymentAdapter.java:39)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentAdapter.prepare(DeploymentAdapter.java:187)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.AppTransition$1.transitionApp(AppTransition.java:21)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.ConfiguredDeployments.transitionApps(ConfiguredDeployments.java:233)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.ConfiguredDeployments.prepare(ConfiguredDeployments.java:165)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.ConfiguredDeployments.deploy(ConfiguredDeployments.java:122)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentServerService.resume(DeploymentServerService.java:173)
at weblogic.management.deploy.internal.DeploymentServerService.start(DeploymentServerService.java:89)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:464)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:200)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:172)
at weblogic.ejb.container.deployer.EJBModule.prepare(EJBModule.java:399)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:93)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:360)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:56)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
java.io.IOException: Compiler failed executable.exec:
/prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.java:17: error while writing com.test.xxx.ejb.rtmschema.CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl: /prod/xxxx/prd/server/dev_xxxx/servers/mt_crd_180_15001/cache/EJBCompilerCache/f6yuykfqdn7i/com/test/xxx/ejb/rtmschema/CreditserviceSessionEjb_f0jmmq_Impl.class (Too many open files)
(source unavailable)
1 error
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compileMaybeExit(CompilerInvoker.java:493)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compile(CompilerInvoker.java:332)
at weblogic.utils.compiler.CompilerInvoker.compile(CompilerInvoker.java:340)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.doCompile(EJBCompiler.java:343)
at weblogic.ejb.container.ejbc.EJBCompiler.compileEJB(EJBCompiler.java:533)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Thanks
Abhi

Put only files which needs to be 'shared' ( e.g persistent store files for jms, jta transaction store etc) on the network drive .. put all other files including logs on the local disk.. see if that makes a difference..
NAS is slower than other storage setups like SAN and DAS...

Photoshop cs3 and cs4 brush lag /snow leopard 10.6.6

Having occasional brush lag using these apps. Not due to wacom, does same with mouse. Discussions going on at adobe forums. I have ATI 5770 in mac pro 2.8 quad. Don't want to update to 10.6.7 due to font/pdf issues. Spoke to apple person, who couldn't say if the new update had specific fixes for graphics drivers. Anyone having same problems?

?Did you have a PowerMac before, and did you use the Migration Assistant?
How about some normal good system maintenance?
CS3 on a Mac Pro running SL may or may not work the best on mid-2010 Mac Pro.
Your mac by default was set to boot into 64-bit kernel mode. I assume you switched to 32-bit.
How about RAM and storage setup? disabled Spotlight and moved primary scratch to non-system drive?
To elimiate any confusion, change the "PowerMac" to what you have, a Mid-2010.

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