Cannot Access / Open ASDM
Nov17

Cannot Access / Open ASDM

KB ID 0000458 Problem Out of the box Cisco PIX/ASA devices should have a working ASDM. This config can get broken over time, and also there are a few things that can trip you up on your client machine. Solution Make sure the client machine you are using is not the problem 1. The ASDM runs using Java make sure the machine has Java installed. Note: If you are using Java version 7 Update 51 see the following article. Unable to Access...

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HP MSA P2000 (G3) Error – ‘Unwritable write-back cache data exists for a volume’
Nov17

HP MSA P2000 (G3) Error – ‘Unwritable write-back cache data exists for a volume’

KB ID 0000817  Problem Seen on a G3 P2000 SAN, the client had also had an MSA70 shelf, which contained a failed array. I was removing the MSA and after the job, this error was getting logged. Unwritable write-back cache data exists for a volume (vdisk: unknown name, volume: unknown name, SN {Serial Number} it comprises {number}% of cache. Solution Essentially, there was data in the cache that needed writing to the array/vdisk, when it...

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