About gmilazzoitag

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-23

See this answer. Same reasons. http://community.netapp.com/t5/E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins-Discussions/TWO-virtual-centers-SRM-E-Series-plug-in-for-vCenter/m-p/100094#U100094

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-23

Open these ports between the management ports of arrays, between the two vcenter/srm servers and between these last and the arrays management! 2463, no idea of its reason 1701 is the “internal” port of the service…why there’s a call outside? But there are calls outside 3260 is the iSCSI port…for which reason the SRA should send iSCSI command out of the vcenter toward the management of the array? But you need it! Documentation from this point of view is very poor...

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-06

Thanks. Now I've tagged as a solution your answer but if it fails I will untag it

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-06

Where's is this patch? The last available is for 7.0.1 only (read in the notes)

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-06

Uh! I didn't know it! But also NetApp guys here did not know it 🙂 I will get from support.netapp.com download pages... Thanks!

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-06

Hi, some OCI 7.0.2 users are notifyng me that they're not be able to run Java UI from the "coffee cup" link on the OCI web portal in a lot of cases. I know that Java 7 is a prerequisite but installing ONLY Java up to 7.21 it works but with newer versions up to 7.75 and 8.x the Java UI does not start at all. Once clicked the button some seconds of wait and then nothing happen and in the task manager there's an appended java process. This customer report me that they've some domain policies that automatically update their Java runtime versione so they cannot use the OCI Java UI. Is there a way to let coexist older versions and the new Java one? Assuming they're forced to use the last one (i.e. 😎 are there some tricks? Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-04

Hi, after installing the SRA plugin 5.5 the storage arrays configuration fail with this message. Controllers are E5500 with firmware version 8.10. vCenter is 5.5, ESXi os is 5.5 SRA command 'discoverArrays' failed: Cause: Array at IP x.y.z.w nad x.y.z.z is not manageable via SRA. Unknown storage array type, not supported by SRA. I suppose that the IP address to insert are the management ones of the two controllers A and B of the two arrays. Is it so? We've discovered that (as from build) the SRM version installed is 5.8, out of matrix. Could it be this the cause of this issue? regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-03

I've the E-Series plug-in application server installad on a separate server other that the vCenter one. I've installed the plug-in registering the first vCenter with success. The VMware datacenter comprise now another vCenter at another site (SRM will be implemented) but I cannot find the way (on the doc there's nothing about) to set up and register the plug-in on the second vCenter. Thank you in advance

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-02

Thanks. I'll try to let the user do this in the next days. I'm no more there and, for now, the POC has been completed, now they've to play and study 😉 for this 2 PB opportunity! 😉 If I will have some new data/screens I'll share with you and the community of course. Regards, PS) by the way. This customer is the one waiting for Dell arrays support...any news or not enough market presence? 🙂

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-02-01

Hi Matt, Could be but I'm not totally convinced though your comments 😉 Assuming that on the first screenshot (CMode) on the left I've an aggregate (OCI call them storage pools) and on the right the overall storage performances where is that 50k IOPS peak? Graph is scaled at 20k and, more, on the MB/s graph througput is scaled to 900 MB/s while I don't have this value in none of the other cumulative data for the overall storage. And last, this maybe important from a customer perspective, why the same data are not correctly plotted in the Web UI? (low in the first screenshot). Anyway for CMode stats confirmed that high values also if in none of the graph seem to be rightly reported. In the second shot (6240-HA in 7 Mode) we've 40 and 56 k iops but in the overall graphs are scaled at 20 and it does not report those peak. And again, those graphs plot values completely different from Web UI. This has generated confusion and bafflement in the customer - you should also consider that he's with Cineca, italian institute of advanced math and calculation center since 60s 🙂 Good point for the DFM explaination you've gave me (OCI count all IO, data, metadata, dedupe, spreading, wafl block io and so on..) I did not consider but this can bring an issue. If DFM do not consider the overall iops of all protocols running the value that is reported is "false" and can bring out of the reality of capacity of the storage. This 7 mode perform after all NFS only (for VMware exports) and the sysstat -x 1 values reported matched the DFM one, not the OCI. Last but not least Web UI and Java UI graphs appear slightly different. Anyway I will advice the customer to take more graphs and comparison during this POC and to send me some other screenshot because our job is to demonstrate that values are the right ones. I know that the sources for OCI and DFM and more are the same performances log that Ontap periodically generate but maybe a good key to right read and compare timeframe data is to run a perfstat and to compare what is reported with the OCI data (of course knowing that OCI does not have the same granularity of a perfstat). I think this could be a real proof of the validity of those data, do you agree? Or maybe this route can bring confusion? Let me know if you other cases where somebody report differencies between the Java UI and the Web one. Those graph must match. Thank you very much! Bye

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-31

Hi everybody, during a POC on a quite complex environment together with customer we've noted some discrepancies between the data reported in OCI Java GUI, the reality of the data recorded using i.e. systat or stats on a CMode, or the ones from other NetApp consoles such Operations Manager in OnCommand Core (aka DFM). I had a choice to get data from two different 2 nodes CMode installation (fas4 and fas5) and from a 6240 ha 7 Mode one. In the 7 Mode we've always noted that iops and throughput data reported were very high, almost impossible such 50k iops on a single aggregate: also considering the role of Flash Cache it seemed very unlikely. Using CLI sysstat or data from DFM values reported this data were lower and they match between them but not with the OCI ones. In other cases OCI reports of 30-35 k IOPS spikes and and mean higher that reality from systat of DFM again. In the Java GUI furthermore the graphs never match the numerical values. In the CMode we've instead noted a discrepancy between the data reported in Java GUI and the one in the Web UI asset dashboard. So that the high values were confirmed by stats but they don't match between Web UI and Java UI. Also in this case anyway the Java UI graphs do not match the numbers! This differences can easily bring the customer to question about reliability of data reported by OCI in its different screens... Here I attach some screen captured where maybe you can see the anomalies. Regards.

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-30

Thank you very much! Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-30

Hi Gerhard, that's good. Can you provide more detailed informations (what to copy and where)? I could do it. Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-30

Good news bad news Matt! 🙂 I use i.e. d:\sanscreen to simplify localization of files and there's a bug for this...great. Ok, I'll do the backup of dwh db, reinstall everything with a preceding "Program Files" or maybe "SAN Screen" (joking). Thank you,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-29

This is what I presumed...but I cannot find the way? Multiselect offer just this items...something I should know?

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-29

Hi everybody, as known it's possible to set global policies and/or thresholds form Tools/Settings or to manage exceptions for some objects (datastore, volumes and so on) About thresholds of VMs is there a way to group VM basing them on different thresholds value? I mean, putting i.e. the CPU utilization between 45 and 75% can be satisfactory for some group of VMs but it cannot for others. I could have VMs where 85% is acceptable...so the global thresholds generates alert also for VM with more flexibility. Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-27

Hi, as just discovered this DS does not collect performance data. Is there a roadmap to have also performance data collected or maybe there's some other issue that does not permit it? Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-21

Case opened. #2005463616

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-21

Never mind... At last I was able to browse somewhere in the "serial for my customer" and system accepted the serial of OCI... And, I've unfortunately deleted my preceding content! 😄 Too tired and late for me today! 😉 Thanks a lot

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-21

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-21

Yes. An in my answer to Matt nevertheless I've applied all the needed local files the issue is the same. I agree with you about Java and Java security issues. Looking for same similar error on the web I've read dozens of Cognos users reporting issues quite similar. I'm going to open a case just to enforce this bug. Being not resident there it seems very difficult to follow it. Regards, PS) I've fixed the link to the doc I was referring in the opening thread Configuring OnCommand Report for report distribution by email.docx

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-21

Hi Matt, thank you for prompt answer, as usual! Just to clear. This last issue I have on a official installation for 600 TB (buyed, s/n 134000442). Times ago (and the first I observed) I had on a 6.4 -> 7.0.1 upgrade. Sure I will avoid to configure reporting by email in my next POCs! First of all I can tell you that language localization files provided worked fine, I've jsut replaced in their folders and now I've dwh portal in italian and no more errors running IBM Report Studio. I've done this also because in your answer you had the suspect that in some way it could depend from localization. Unfortunately the, let me say, certificate/secuirty error, does not depend from localization for I still have them after the new "it" files have been copied and a restart of DWH server. I will open a case but, I'm not resident here, and more that point out that there's another bug of the same tipe, I think I cannot do more... Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-21

Hi all. is this doc still valid? This question depends on this: until OCI 6.4 I was always able to perform the chances in IBM Cognos Configuration with no issues. Starting from 7.0.1 and now on a NEW 7.0.2 installation I got a lot of errors!!! Configuring OnCommand Report for report distribution by email.docx (fixed url, the original post did not get the link) First, once inserted the correct mailserver parameters (smtp relay, no user, no password, absolutely anonymous relay) and I click on Test this happen: Problems were encountered during validation.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'External JMX credential' located in 'Environment' is currently invalid.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'Shared secret' located in 'Portal Services' is currently invalid.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'User ID and password' located in 'IBM Cognos Content Store' is currently invalid.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'Account and password' located in 'Notification' is currently invalid. If I attempt to save the configuration the validation process locks with thi error. [Validation] [ ERROR ] CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'External JMX credential' located in 'Environment' is currently invalid. [ ERROR ] The parameter named 'Shared secret' located in 'Portal Services' is currently invalid. [ ERROR ] CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'Shared secret' located in 'Portal Services' is currently invalid. [ ERROR ] CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'User ID and password' located in 'IBM Cognos Content Store' is currently invalid. [ ERROR ] CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'Account and password' located in 'Notification' is currently invalid. I would hope that this does not depend on the no user/no password (I repeat, relay is anonymoys also for the autosupport functions of OCI and DWH servers). I don't understand how this worked in OCI 6.4... If I, just to test, put in the sender email field a user and a password, and I click "test" the error is the same but it is referred to an invalid configuration in IBM Cognos Content Store Problems were encountered during validation.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'External JMX credential' located in 'Environment' is currently invalid.The parameter named 'Shared secret' located in 'Portal Services' is currently invalid.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'Shared secret' located in 'Portal Services' is currently invalid.CAM-CRP-1064 Unable to process the PKCS #7 data because of an internal error. Unable to read the contents of the keystore 'D:/SANscreen/cognos/c10_64/configuration/csk\jCSKKeystore'. Reason: java.io.IOException: com.sun.crypto.provider.SealedObjectForKeyProtector The parameter named 'User ID and password' located in 'IBM Cognos Content Store' is currently invalid. Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-19

Thank you! Regards,

gmilazzoitag · ‎2015-01-19

Hi Hotz, your suggestion worked. Thanks a lot. The licenses are the new one and they comes directly from the support site at "View Installaed Licenses" for the right customer sales order, so that not eval ones. We've just tried ALL the licenses together and it has worked but...this in my opinion has two issues: a. what's about if I've only the base license, the discover one? I know it could be a strange case but... b. why this is not stated on documentation? 😉 Regards,

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