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3PAR iSCSI Delayed ACK read or write performance issues

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Naz Snidanko

I’ve noticed a few people running iSCSI 3PARs with Delayed ACK enabled and experiencing latency on their datastores. Here’s what happens when you disable it (SSD backed datastore): Before and after: VMware KB about it: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002598 I suggest to use … Continue reading →

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3PAR WSAPI via Powershell

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Naz Snidanko

Earlier I’ve demonstrated how to use 3PAR CLI with Powershell. In this example I will show how to work with 3PAR’s WSAPI via Powershell and poll last time remote copy group was synchronized (i use Last Sync date from first … Continue reading →

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VMware Site Recovery Manager remote Powershell script

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Naz Snidanko

You have a PowerShell script designed to run locally, but you need to execute it on remote computer via another product such as VMware Site Recovery Manager . You need to keep all your scripts in central repository but you … Continue reading →

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3par Powershell Example

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Naz Snidanko

HP has amazing product called 3par but it’s definitely lucking some features on add-on software side. One of the products HP offers is called HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft SQL Server (RM-SQL). Purpose of this software is to … Continue reading →

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Powershell Help Desk tasks

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Naz Snidanko

This script will help automating some help desk tasks. For example in my current environment we put user’s name in the “Description” field. When user calls in helpdesk for a support, we need to connect to their machine. In a … Continue reading →

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XML and Powershell

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Naz Snidanko

Here’s a sample script which shows how to work with XML files in Powershell and much more. Logic of this script: Check if folder has more than 2 files If it finds more than 2 files send email via function … Continue reading →

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