Additional information: product name: DSS V7 product version: all build: all Subject: How do I mount NFS shares under the Linux console? Contents: Go to the GUI: CONFIGURATION -> NAS settings -> NFS settings and enable the "Use NFS" option, which allows access to shares and/or...

Additional information: product name: DSS V7 product version: all build: all Subject: Information on Configuring for Optimal RAID Performance Contents: Write Policy The Write Policy can have a very big impact on write performance. There are two modes available: 1. Write Back 2....

Enter System Setup during server startup In the Integrated Devices menu, select “USB Controller” and set to “On with BIOS Support“ On the “Select Hard Disk Sequence” menu option, move the USB Flash drive to the top of the list If you have USB Flash drive...

Additional information: product name: JovianDSS / DSS V7 product version: all build: all Subject: I am unsure of which option to select when creating and attaching an ISCSI target to a Zvol in JovianDSS or creating a new ISCSI volume in DSS. Contents: At the most basic level; with...

Additional information: product name: Jovian DSS product version: all build: all Subject: How do I connect to the console remotely? Contents: Before you can access the Console Tools remotely, you must enable remote console access in the GUI of your server: 1. Go to System Settings...

Please refer to the attached how-to.

In order to connect to the same target with multiple initiators at the same time, a cluster filesystem has to be used. Otherwise, the data may become corrupted. Here are some SAN cluster filesystems:  MelioFS: http://www.sanbolic.com/melio.htm IBM: ...

Additional information: product name: DSS V7 product version: all versions build: all builds Subject: Setup Linux (Debian / Ubuntu) box with iSCSI and MPIO to connect to an iSCSI Tartget in DSS V7 Contents: Install and configure Linux box with 3 NICs Run below commands in...

Additional information: product name: DSS V6 / DSS V7 product version: all build: all Subject: What is the difference between asynchronous and synchronous volume replication? Contents: The main difference between synchronous and asynchronous volume replication is that synchronous...

First you need to discover targets under portal IP address: iscsiadm mode discovery type sendtargets portal 192.168.1.10 # Replace 192.168.1.10 with Your portal IP address Login, must use a node record id found by the discovery: iscsiadm mode node targetname iqn.2001-05.com.doe:test portal...

Additional information: product name: DSS V6 product version: all versions build: all versions Problem: ClamAV detected "Heuristics.Broken.Executable" Symptoms: Event viewer keeps notifying that ClamAV detected "Heuristics.Broken.Executable" Solution: In order to disable the...

 Hardware and GUI setup for the APC 750XL UPS Hardware setup 1.       Connect your UPS to the power source. The UPS comes with two cables: one USB, and one serial cable. You can use either of these to connect the UPS to your server; both are compatible...

Additional information: product name: DSS V7 product version: all build: all Problem: I have updated my system to the latest release and since then I got "Unknown error 42" when running volume replication. Symptoms: "Unknown error 42" shows up in event viewer and Volume Replication...

  If you receive the following messages listed in the example below, it could be related to a RAID Issue. Most of these errors could be found in dmesg or dmesg.2 or sent to you by email notification Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...

Additional information: product name: JovianDSS / DSS V7 product version: all build: all Problem: "I have a low NFS performance in VMware environment." Customer reports that NFS performance results for NFS 16K writes are ~11 MB/sec. Symptoms: Tests conducted with DSS and IOMeter:...

Additional information: product name: DSS V7 product version: all build: all Problem: File system errors. Symptoms: File system errors can be caused by power outages and disconnects that prevent the file system from completely writing the data to the RAID array. It can also be caused...

Additional information: product name: JovianDSS / DSS V7 product version: all / version build: all / version Subject: After the installation of DSS V7 or JovianDSS, it requires activation. How can I perform it? Contents: In order to use the DSS V7 or JovianDSS product for more than...

Additional information: product name: DSS V6 / DSS V7 product version: all build: all Problem: Cannot connect to the iSCSI target using Solaris 10. The customer was able to connect to my iSCSI target using Solaris 8 which had Cisco iSCSI initiator compatibility. In Solaris 10 he has to...

Additional information: product name: DSS V7 product version: all versions build: all builds Subject: How to setup email notification using Megaraid Storage Manager Contents: Install and start Megaraid Storage Manager (download it from Broadcom website *), enter your server IP and...

Symptom: My iSCSI targets report that I am having corruption Problem: With iSCSI you cannot have multiple connections to the same LUN, iSCSI Target works block based - not file based. Meaning that a changes made by one person is not seen by another person working on the same...

Symptom: I am trying to log in to my 3ware controller and I receive the following message: "You have been logged out due to inactivity or Cookies are disabled." Problem: The System time is not set correctly or the Time Zone is set incorrectly Solution: SETUP ->...

1. Introduction We will describe how to setup NTFS block size under Windows system to achieve better write performance on Software and Hardware RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays. From the tests that we performed it seems that there is performance drop while NTFS block size isn't configured...

Symptom: Monitor prompt a "System Corrupted No USB flash module has been found" error message. Problem: Module is unable to boot from BIOS Solution: Try disabling  USB 2.0 on the motherboard  BIOS. Some motherboards will have the option to select USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 If this...

Additional information: product name: JovianDSS / DSS V7 product version: all / version build: all / version Problem: When trying to set the MTU value of 9000, it claims it's a wrong value. Symptoms: Errors or messages: Trying to enable jumbo frames on an Ethernet controller from...

Problem: Windows show the iSCSI volume that was formatted with NTFS as unformatted. Solution: User were able to recover the data by running GetDataBack for NTFS http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm