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Easy FC-NVMe Provisioning in Ops Center Administrator 10.9.3

By Prasenjit Chatterjee posted 4 days ago
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Easy FC-NVMe Provisioning in Ops Center Administrator 10.9.3   Ops Center Administrator v10.9.3 includes a new feature for managing FC-NVMe resources and FC-NVMe provisioning. Usually, the NVMe concept comes with many things like subsystem, namespace, NQN, and so on, which can cause confusion. However, Administrator does its magic by hiding these internal complexities from end users by managing them internally. In this blog, we’ll discuss how easily a storage administrator can provision volumes to an FC-NVMe resource by using Ops Center Administrator v10.9.3.   This blog consists of the following sections:   ·        NVMe architecture ...
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Reverting from a Hitachi HA820 server to an HPE DL380 Gen 10 server

By Sou Saechao posted 7 days ago
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Reverting from a Hitachi HA820 server to an HPE DL380 Gen 10 server Sou Saechao Hardware Test Engineer   Software Integration Solutions Introduction Recently, I had a server that was converted from an HPE DL380 Gen 10 to a Hitachi HA820 for testing purposes. Now I have a problem because the HPE iLO Advanced license that we purchased with the server is no longer active and cannot be added. To solve my problem, I worked with HPE support team to revert the server back to an HPE DL380 Gen 10 with the original iLO Advanced license. In this blog, I’ll go over the steps we completed to make this happen. First, you can see the iLO ...
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Ops-Center-Express-Installer-10.9.2

By Souvik Bose posted 10-31-2023
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Introduction This blog shows how to install Hitachi Ops Center 10.9.2 using the Express Installer in a lab environment. Using the Express Installer greatly simplifies installing Ops Center on supported RedHat and Oracle Linux operating systems.     The Express installer media consists of the Hitachi Ops Center Server Express Installer media and the Hitachi Ops Center Client Express Installer media.   The Hitachi Ops Center Server Express Installer media includes the following products: ·        Hitachi Ops Center Common Services ·        Hitachi Ops Center Administrator ·        Hitachi ...
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Configuring MongoDB with Hitachi VSS block

By Prashant Singh posted 10-31-2023
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MongoDB is a popular document-oriented NoSQL database used for high-volume data storage that offers high performance, scalability, and flexibility designed to overcome the relational database approach and the limitations of other NoSQL solutions. However, to achieve optimal performance and availability, having a well-configured storage system at the back end is important. Hitachi Virtual Storage Software block (VSS block) is a software-defined storage solution from Hitachi Vantara that offers advanced data management features, including snapshots and data migration. In this blog, we’ll explore the configuration of MongoDB with Hitachi VSS block storage ...
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Multi-agent: the GenAI secret weapon for enterprise success

By Miguel Gaspar posted 10-27-2023
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Multi-agent: the GenAI secret weapon for enterprise success Welcome to the first article in an upcoming series on Generative AI at Hitachi.  GenAI is one of the most rapidly developing fields of artificial intelligence and continues to advance at breakneck speed.  In this series of articles we will be looking into some of the more interesting concepts and use cases both within Hitachi and the wider world. In this first article, we will introduce the reader to multi-agent platforms, what they are and how we see them applied to the enterprise. The use of LLMs and some challenges imposed today   GenAI models are trained on massive datasets, advanced ...
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Replication with Ops Center Protector on 25GB iSCSI

By Karan Patani posted 10-16-2023
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Replication with Ops Center Protector on 25GB iSCSI With the introduction of Ops Center Protector v7.6.0, several replication features, including Snapshots, Shadow Image (SI), True Copy (TC), and Universal Replicator (UR), are now supported with iSCSI over a 25GB connection.   Our objectives are as follows: ·        To test all the replication features using Ops Center Protector v7.6.0 with iSCSI over 25GB. ·        To conduct performance testing for each replication feature with several iterations. Introduction The Ops Center Protector software provides protection, recovery, and retention capabilities. ...
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Migrating GAD Pairs Non-disruptively using GAD

By Shubhadip Pal posted 10-11-2023
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Migrating GAD Pairs Non-disruptively using GAD   Introduction This blog shows how to migrate global-active device (GAD) pairs from a Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F1500 (VSP F1500) storage system to a VSP E1090 storage system non-disruptively. This migration was tested in a lab environment with microcode 80-06-93-00/80 (VSP F1500) and 93-07-01-80/00 (VSP E1090). Environment The migration environment consists of: ·        Source GAD: 2x VSP F1500 ·        Target GAD: 2x VSP E1090 ·        Quorum: 1x G600 ·        One RHEL host ·        FC ...
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A Guide to Data Reliability Engineering

By Subramanian V posted 09-15-2023
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Data Reliability Engineering After the first wave of a deluge of big data projects a few years ago, we now have an even bigger pipeline of data modernization projects. With modernization and cloud migration projects, the analytical framework needs to run on accurate and reliable data. Data Reliability Engineering ensures that the data systems are reliable, available, and performant. In this technical document, I discuss the concepts of Data Reliability Engineering (DRE), my thoughts on what are its architecture components, principles, and metrics, and explain Hitachi’s DRE service offering which ensures the data can be trusted and acted upon in ...
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Total Economic Impact of Hitachi HCI Appliance

By Dinesh Singh posted 08-11-2023
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Cyber protect your environment with Veeam 12 and Hitachi Content Platform

By Muthuraman Deivanayagam posted 08-08-2023
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Veeam 12 introductions of direct-to-object storage enhance backup performance, simplifies management, and improve data protection against ransomware threats when using Hitachi object storage as a primary backup target.   The direct-to-object storage feature brings several benefits.   Enables faster backups and restores, which helps streamline disaster recovery efforts and reduces recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs).  By eliminating the need for tiering, the backup process becomes more efficient and faster.   Additionally, this approach optimizes storage by allowing massive scalability ...
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Moving a CM-REST Server to a Clustered Environment

By Prasenjit Chatterjee posted 08-07-2023
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Moving a CM-REST Server to a Clustered Environment   Because Configuration Manager API (CM-REST API) is a commonly used management tool, it’s always a good idea to run it from a clustered environment to avoid any disruption. However, it’s also a challenging task for a customer to move their entire existing API environment from a non-clustered environment to a clustered environment instead of deploying a new API environment in a clustered environment.   In this blog, we’ll provide details for moving an existing API environment (Hitachi Ops Center API Configuration Manager) from a non-clustered environment to a clustered environment using the ...
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Addressing Hybrid Cloud Complexity with Hitachi and VMware : Discover @ VMware Explore

By Shih Chieh Cheng posted 08-02-2023
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Addressing Hybrid Cloud Complexity with Hitachi and VMware : Discover @ VMware Explore For modern enterprises, hybrid cloud promises profound opportunities yet poses substantial challenges. As businesses strive to innovate and compete, they need solutions to effectively balance these realities, enabling agile DevOps. The strategic integration of   Hitachi Vantara’s Unified Compute Platform (UCP) and VMware provides this equilibrium – helping IT and DevOps teams simplify complexity while development harnesses velocity.   The Hybrid Landscape: A Double-Edged ...
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Sneak Preview: Hitachi Vantara @ VMware Explore

By Dinesh Singh posted 08-02-2023
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Sneak Preview: Hitachi Vantara @ VMware Explore   In a recent survey conducted by a leading cloud management organization, 82% of enterprises cite unanticipated cloud cost escalations as their top cloud challenge. It’s probably the first time that cloud spending containment has a higher priority than cyber security.   Join us at the upcoming  VMware Explore  to learn how Hitachi Vantara can help find the right balance of on-premises, hyperscalers, near-cloud and edge computing to deliver on business objectives without breaking the bank. Hitachi provides market-proven solutions, designed to provide flexibility to customers to choose the ...
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ON-PREMISES S3-COMPATIBLE STORAGE FOR SNOWFLAKE WITH HITACHI CONTENT PLATFORM

By Benjamin Clifford posted 07-19-2023
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On-premises S3-compatible Storage for Snowflake with Hitachi Content Platform   With their June 2023 update, the folks at Snowflake announced general availability of S3-Compatible storage support for Hitachi Content Platform and HCP for Cloud Scale (collectively HCP). With this announcement customers can directly integrate their HCP data sets either on-premises or in collocated private datacenters with their cloud-based Snowflake compute to enable hybrid cloud workflows. Snowflake’s data platform has revolutionized data warehouse as a service with their impressive suite of capabilities resulting in rapid adoption and tremendous growth. Snowflake’s ...
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) Universal Volume Manager (UVM) Capabilities with Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator (ICO)

By Arvin Jami posted 06-06-2023
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) Universal Volume Manager (UVM) Capabilities with Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator (ICO)  Target audience: Intersight users / IT infrastructure administrators Value proposition: Virtualizing legacy and third party storage systems through the Hitachi VSP system provides the ability to use Intersight management functionality for storage resources that are normally not supported by Cisco Intersight . Additionally, virtualized systems behind the Hitachi VSP gain access to all the features that are available internally via the Storage Virtualization Operating System RF (SVOS). This includes ...
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Can we really have it all? Is “the cloud” the only way?

By Lynn Collier posted 06-02-2023
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Can we really have it all? Is “the cloud” the only way?   So often in the technology industry we are captivated by the allure of the shiny and new.   Don’t get me wrong, I love the new stuff, but my feet are firmly planted in the reality of needing to deliver to the business on time, within budget and consistently – every day.   There are seemingly endless reasons to go all in with Cloud, but resisting the relentless pressure to “keep up with the trend” could pave the way to a golden future for the IT choices you make in supporting business needs and delivering for the business both today and for the foreseeable future.   ...
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UCP & GitOps to the Rescue: Streamlining Database Deployment on Hitachi UCP with OpenShift

By Shih Chieh Cheng posted 06-01-2023
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Introduction In today's hybrid cloud ecosystems, advanced automation is a must for scalable and diverse IT infrastructure. GitOps offers a framework that uses Git as a central single source of truth, ensuring consistency, version control, and efficient sharing across projects. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) leverages GitOps-based solutions for customer-focused IT automation and management, driving competitive business growth. Dive into this blog post as we explore a GitOps-driven framework for deploying modern databases on Hitachi UCP Kubernetes Solution with ...
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Azure AKS Multitenancy Primer

By Chandrasekar Ganapathy posted 05-18-2023
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