July 2008 - Posts
MPIO LUN policy management is integrated in the Disk Management MMC. To configure MPIO LUN load balancing, start the Disk Management MMC (diskmgmt.msc): Right-Click the Desired disk (in this case Disk 1) to change the policy for, and choose properties:
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The most recent version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator is always located at this link. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825&DisplayLang=en It's recommended that you always use the
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below is a quick command line reference for iSNS. More details available in our user guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0dbc4af5-9410-4080-a545-f90b45650e20&displaylang=en Usage: ISNSCLI [program function] [parameter0]
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Windows Server 2008 includes many enhancements for connecting to a Storage Network. One notable feature is inclusion of native multipathing (Microsoft MPIO) inbox. Microsoft MPIO in delivers high availability by establishing multiple sessions/connections
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To install MPIO on Server core on Windows Server 2008 run this command from a command prompt “ocsetup MultipathIo /norestart” and then run “ mpclaim –r –i –a “” ” This command Installs the Microsoft
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iSCSICLI command reference iSCSICLI is the command line interface for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator (2K, 2K3, XP) and inbox in Vista, Server 2008. Note that: iSCSI Software initiator is included by default in the Server Core Installation
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Below is a quick reference of Microsoft iSCSI Initiator and iSNS timers. You should only consider changing these values if one or more of the following statements apply: 1) You are an advanced user and have a specific issue and have experience with
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The following script example shows how to query the current load balancing policy for MPIO devices. Once it successfully runs, it will print out integer values. i.e.) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 These values represent the following MPIO policies: 1 "Fail
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Our team is a little late to the blogging community so we have some catching up to do. We're part of the Core Operating System Division implementing core components for connectivity to external storage arrays in the Windows storage stack. Several members
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