About: admin
Handling drive corruption on VMware ESX
Here’s a tip if your ESX host freaks out and you happen to be storing a VMFS partition on the same volume as ESX:
If an “upgrade” install doesn’t fix the problem then do a clean install and on the page that shows how it will cut up the partitions there is a checkbox that says not to touch the existing VMFS partitions on the volume. Leave that checked and then proceed with the install.
![lvm[1]](http://www.asheville-computer-repair.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lvm1-300x110.jpg "lvm[1]")
Finding an HP part number nightmare
Several of our customers recently purchased HP DL180 G6 servers. They are perfect (and economical) servers for iSCSI storage as they support up to 14 drives in a 2u form factor. We however ran into a logistical problem in the purchase as the servers ordered were a HP Smart Buy, meaning that it’s a preconfigured server for a bit of a discount.
This particular Smart Buy came with a PCI cage in the rear of the server for 2 PCI-E slots and a slimline DVD drive. Well it being a storage server we had no need for the DVD drive and really wanted additional expansion slots. The standard PCI cage will allow for 3 PCI-E slots or 4 with an optional riser card. So I called HP and they directed me to a part number and so I ordered it. When it arrived I could tell by the box that it was too small and sure enough it was just a PCI-e riser card, not the cage. So I called them back and explained the situation and after I talked to 3 different departments I was still not convinced that the part they were telling me to order next was the right one. Being in a crunch I ordered all rear PCI-e accessories. When they arrived I opened box after box and they were all wrong!
Search Cisco NetPro forums from your browser
The Cisco NetPro forum is an excellent resource when searching for answers to Cisco specific issues. To my knowledge Google doesn’t index these forums, but Cisco made a browser plug-in that adds a NetPro forum search option to your browser’s existing search bar. http://www.cisco.com/web/tsweb/searchplugins/plugin_homepage.html#
