HP iLO Upgrade Stops at 99%
KB ID 0001553 Problem While trying to update an iLO on a blade server yesterday, (from 2.07 to 2.33). I uploaded the file it got to 99% then after a while it recycled and repeated the process all over again, and kept going. Solution Well I was on a 2016 Server using IE 11, and the iLO2 is VERY OLD, so I’m guessing it’s a browser problem. I reconnected to the iLO using Firefox, and it worked perfectly. (Note: If using a...
VMware: Change IOPS Limit From 1000 to 1
KB ID 0001532 Problem I got asked to do this by a client this week, HP has requested that this be set for connections to their Storevirtual VSA that had been having some problems. Solution I followed the instructions and was at first confused because I could not see the settings that needed changing? That’s because this only applies if you have MULTIPATHING enabled and set to ‘Round Robin’. So if your storage does...
Disable ATS Heartbeat
KB ID 0001529 Problem After ESX 5.5 Update 2, VMware added ATS Heartbeat.Some vendors, (like HPE SureStore and VSA) recommend that this is disabled. I can’t find any info about whether it’s safe to do this in production, so to be on the safe side I placed the hosts in maintenance mode first. Enter Maintenance Mode Use the following command; vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter Disable ATS Heartbeat Use the following...
Virtual SAN: Suppress ‘Datastore Usage on Disk’ Alarm
KB ID 0001527 Problem While deploying a HPE StoreVirtual VSA this week. We noticed all the local Datastore were showing an ‘Alarm’. If you are unfamiliar with Virtual SANs, then you give all the LOCAL Storage to them, which then gets ‘aggregated’ and provided back to the host(s) as fault tolerant clustered storage, like so; Which is great, but the VMware hosts just see that their LOCAL Datastore(s) are full,...
Aruba / HP Switches Clear Interface Counters
KB ID 0001519 Problem I was looking for a way to clear (zero) ALL interface counters, (in my case on a 5412-Zl2). Petes-HP-Switch# show int A1 Status and Counters – Port Counters for port A1 Name : Trunk Uplink Member 1 MAC Address : f40343-787aaa Link Status : Up Port Enabled : Yes Totals (Since boot or last clear) : Bytes Rx : 3,243,414,990 Bytes Tx : 4,155,683,352 Unicast Rx : 1,729,923,935 Unicast Tx : 3,184,593,493...
HPE Synergy ‘Unable to Apply Local Storage Settings’
KB ID 0001497 Problem While deploying some Blade severs, I was unable to get the ‘Local’ storage on the blades themselves to configure, (when setting up the server profiles). They were throwing this error; Unable to apply local storage settings on server (Enclosure-name}, bay {number} because HPE OneView cannot communicate with the integrated Smart Array controller : Locked. Resolution Ensure that there is an integrated...