NetApp Statit Command

Reviewing performance metrics on a NetApp Data ONTAP operating system can be achieved a number of ways. Recently I was reviewing some FAS2040 filers which appeared to be struggling with the load placed on them. My first action was to SSH into each filer and use the ‘statit’ command to gather some performance data. There are … Read more

HP 3PAR StoreServ PowerShell Toolkit Installation

HP recently released a PowerShell toolkit for the 3PAR StoreServ SAN. This is great news if you are familiar with the Microsoft PowerShell environment and wish to leverage it to manage your 3PAR arrays. Today I’m going to deploy the 3PAR PowerShell toolkit and demonstrate some of the commands that can be leveraged.   Download … Read more

HP 3PAR StoreServe Management Console (SSMC) Version 2.2 Upgrade

HP have released an upgrade for the StoreServe Management Console (SSMC) software for 3PAR storage arrays. The latest version is 2.2 and is available from the following link – https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=SSMC_CONSOLE I’ve copied the info below from the HP portal, as you can see the list of improvements is quite lengthy. These enhancements to the product … Read more

HP 3PAR Vision–Monitoring Solution Version 3.0.2.11

Not too long ago I did a quick review of the HP 3PAR Vision monitoring software from http://www.3parvision.com/ I received an e-mail informing me a new version had been released and today I’ll give another quick overview of the product, it’s changes and my opinion. The original review can be found here – https://www.bytesizedalex.com/hp-3par-visionmonitoring-solution/ Installation … Read more

Trend Micro Deep Security Filter Driver Heap Size

Trend Micro Deep Security Filter Driver Heap Size My VMware environment is protected by Trend Micro Deep Security to provide agentless protection of virtual machines (VMs). Recently I encountered a ‘Purple Screen of Death’ (PSOD) on one of the ESXi hosts which appeared to be caused by Deep Security. Further investigation indicated that the filter … Read more