Comments on: Installing the IBM RDAC driver for Hyper-V R2 Beta Server http://robwhitehouse.com/virtualisation/hyper-v-r2-server/installing-the-ibm-rdac-driver-for-hyper-v-r2-beta-server/ A bunch of random notes from working in IT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:22:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Steve Harder http://robwhitehouse.com/virtualisation/hyper-v-r2-server/installing-the-ibm-rdac-driver-for-hyper-v-r2-beta-server/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Steve Harder Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:35:36 +0000 http://robwhitehouse.com/?p=88#comment-1036 I loved your artical, it simply work! I wasn't sure if I can configure our old DS4200 IBM storage with Hyper-v 2008 R2. Your post came handy when I had to config the MPIO since I found nothing on the web mentionening the need for RDAC on 2008. I thought that 2008 R2 suppose to handle the MPIO instead. In addition not so much on the IBM site regarding RDAC and 2008 servers. thanks I loved your artical, it simply work!
I wasn’t sure if I can configure our old DS4200 IBM storage with Hyper-v 2008 R2.
Your post came handy when I had to config the MPIO since I found nothing on the web mentionening the need for RDAC on 2008.
I thought that 2008 R2 suppose to handle the MPIO instead.
In addition not so much on the IBM site regarding RDAC and 2008 servers.

thanks

]]> By: Rob Johnson http://robwhitehouse.com/virtualisation/hyper-v-r2-server/installing-the-ibm-rdac-driver-for-hyper-v-r2-beta-server/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Rob Johnson Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:48:33 +0000 http://robwhitehouse.com/?p=88#comment-1002 Brilliant Post! Thanks. This post was not directly relevant to our architecture but was a similar concept. Our architecture is a LSI (SGI branded) SAS SAN array (IS220). The multipathing setup described above worked perfectly with a bit of tweaking. Spent over a week trying to get our MPIO working from an LSI/SGI SAS SAN array to our HyperV Server then saw this site that pointed me in the right direction. I found that the Host installation option of the SGI installation file SMIA-WSX64-03.35.38.28.exe was missing on Server 2008 R2 Core based o/s's (although it was present with 2008 R2 Full). I ended up extracting the rdacinstall.exe and the relvenat drivers from the SGI Infinite Storage Manager installation installation package and ran the following command: rdacinstall.exe -i mpio -b {path}\tpsutm.inf -d {path}\tpsutm.inf -m {path}\tpsdsm.inf Many thanks for your advice. Rob Johnson Brilliant Post! Thanks. This post was not directly relevant to our architecture but was a similar concept. Our architecture is a LSI (SGI branded) SAS SAN array (IS220). The multipathing setup described above worked perfectly with a bit of tweaking.

Spent over a week trying to get our MPIO working from an LSI/SGI SAS SAN array to our HyperV Server then saw this site that pointed me in the right direction. I found that the Host installation option of the SGI installation file SMIA-WSX64-03.35.38.28.exe was missing on Server 2008 R2 Core based o/s’s (although it was present with 2008 R2 Full). I ended up extracting the rdacinstall.exe and the relvenat drivers from the SGI Infinite Storage Manager installation installation package and ran the following command:

rdacinstall.exe -i mpio -b {path}\tpsutm.inf -d {path}\tpsutm.inf -m {path}\tpsdsm.inf

Many thanks for your advice.

Rob Johnson

]]> By: Pero http://robwhitehouse.com/virtualisation/hyper-v-r2-server/installing-the-ibm-rdac-driver-for-hyper-v-r2-beta-server/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Pero Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:41:42 +0000 http://robwhitehouse.com/?p=88#comment-996 Hi, Is it possible to install ds 3400 storage manager host on Hyper-v Server R2? Kind regards, Pero Hi,

Is it possible to install ds 3400 storage manager host on Hyper-v Server R2?

Kind regards,

Pero

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