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DELL R710 Raid expansion

  • 1.  DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 06:21 PM

    Hello,

    I've ran into a problem on our DELL R710 with 4x600gb disks in raid 5. Esxi 5 is running on the same vd as the vm's.

    Now I have to expand the size of the raid with two more disks. I was pretty shure that this could be done in the bios but this functionality does not exist on the perc h700 controller anymore (says Dell Prosupport).

    Now I need to find a way to solve this. The server is set into production and is running 24/7.

    I have tried to install OpenManage into esx with no luck. (I'm a newbie on esx / linux)

    Can anyone explain to me step by step how to solve this one??

    Ola



  • 2.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 07:08 PM

    I have moved this thread to a more approriate forum - 



  • 3.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 07:14 PM

    Hello.

    You will need to download the  Dell OpenManage Offline Bundle and VIB for ESXi to be installed directly on the ESXi 5 host.  Then you will download and install the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node on a Windows system. Use the web interface on this Windows system to access the ESXi host remotely and expand the array.

    Good Luck!



  • 4.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 08:00 PM

    Thank you for your response.

    Your link point to another file than the one sent by dell prosupport.

    They suggested the file: OM-SrvAdmin-Dell--Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip. This file give me a failure. See attached file.

    You are shure you are pointing to the right file??

    Do I really have to put the server into maintenance mode first or can I install this during runtime??

    Ola



  • 5.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 08:06 PM

    I pointed you to the same VIB that I used on R815s and R715s without issue. I'm fairly confident it is correct. :smileywink:

    When I installed the offline VIB I didn't put always put the hosts in maintenance mode, BUT I also didn't have any running VMs on them. With running VMs I would recommend it. While I'm being paranoid, I would make sure to have good backups of those VMs before doing the RAID expansion as well.



  • 6.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 08:17 PM

    OK,

    Can you please inform me where on the host to put the file and the command to run?? any need to modify any properties on the file after transfer to the host?

    I'll be using CLI I think

    Ola



  • 7.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 08:29 PM

    Upload the .zip file to a datastore using the vSphere Client.

    Use the vSphere Client to put the ESXi host in maintenance mode.

    Run the following command from the ESXi Shell:

    esxcli software vib install -d /path-to-uploaded-file/Dell_OpenManage_ESXi500_OM700-643291_A00.zip

    Reboot the ESXi host using the vSphere Client.



  • 8.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 09:03 AM

    vmroyale

    Can you pleas tell me how to find the datastore path to execute the command??

    Ola



  • 9.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 10:05 AM

    Can you pleas tell me how to find the datastore path to execute the command??

    It Should /vmfs/volumes/datastorename(replace this with ur datastore)



  • 10.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 10:32 AM

    Soory I misstyped the command. Worked now.

    Ola



  • 11.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 10:29 AM

    I keep getting a cryptic message. Can you see what's wrong??

    Do the server need internet access to run the command??

    Ola



  • 12.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 10:32 AM

    This command you need to run from ESXi system...

    Edited: missed your update :smileyhappy:



  • 13.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted May 31, 2012 08:14 PM

    Do I really have to put the server into maintenance mode first or can I install this during runtime??

    Its better to place the host in maintenace mode and make sure host is rebooted after installation.

    Refer http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/65_02/ESXi_ts/esxi5_ts.pdf for installing the OMSA



  • 14.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 10:44 AM

    Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Managed Node

    Is it ok to install this software on a VM??



  • 15.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 12:40 PM

    Is it ok to install this software on a VM??

    Yes you can install in on any VM running on the ESXi hosts..



  • 16.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 01, 2012 01:18 PM

    THANK YOU GUYS!!

    YOU SAVED MY ASS

    SYSTEM IS NOW RECONFIGURING WITH 2 NEW DISKS.

    Ola



  • 17.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 02, 2012 06:26 AM

    Hmm,

    I started celebrating i bit to early...:smileyconfused:

    VD disk size has increased from 1.6TB to 2.7TB in OpenManage system. But now I need to access the new space in vCenter.

    The function 'Increase Datastore' does not seem to work.

    BTW both esxi  and vm's is installed on the same vd. Could this be the problem??

    Any idea??

    Ola



  • 18.  RE: DELL R710 Raid expansion

    Posted Jun 02, 2012 06:49 AM

    Simliar post (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/335302)

    Also check (http://deinoscloud.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/how-to-increase-the-size-of-a-local-datastore-on-an-esxi4/) . make sure you have backup of all VM's before performing any actions