Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori Hi Thoman Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori sorry..Thomas Thomas Weise Hi Ashok Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori How r u ? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori how is work Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori so what r the weekend plans Thomas Weise I'm fine, sun is shining, life is good :-) Thomas Weise don't know for london, ich germany is only a few disk removals Thomas Weise already prepared Thomas Weise how are you? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori OK..can i see those in shared directory ? Thomas Weise no, it's not there yet Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes,,,i m also fine.. Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Thomas Weise are you the lucky one this weekend? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori how come ?? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori as of now i m not involving weekend activities Thomas Weise because you're asking Thomas Weise ah okay Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori cause Paul is busy..so he can't share the knowledge transfer Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori i hope next week, he will transfer...lets me pray the god Thomas Weise is there something specific you wanna know? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori so what r the plans(personal) for this weekend Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori NO...but if you want to share anything...pls Thomas Weise my plans? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori if possible,can i know your personal details...just to make a good friendship Thomas Weise thats okay Ashok Thomas Weise I plan a trip by motorbike saturday or sunday.. Thomas Weise rest of the week I'll work on my bathroom Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori wow... Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori hahaha....Good Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori how many kids do u hv ? Thomas Weise no kids :( Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Thomas Weise we are unable to get some Thomas Weise what about you? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori how is life style in Germ.? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori right no my wife is carrying and she is going back to india tomorrow Thomas Weise don't understand your last question Thomas Weise but you're in singapur? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori so i will become a bachelor Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes..right now i m in singapore with my wife..... Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori So tomorrow she is going to india ( my native place) Thomas Weise ah okay..what have you done before citi? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori before citi i worked in Dubai(UAE) almost 3 years Thomas Weise what are you're expierierence in storage? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori and i was mainly into Messaging, Network, systems and SAN Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori i m working in CITI last one and half years Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori and handling...BAU activities, having idea on DMX, ECC, Connectrix, Clariion, San screen, Etrust.. Thomas Weise okay...are you still involved in the datacenters down there? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes...sometimes.. Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori what abt u....i heard before worked in EMC Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori here we have total 3 data centres, PROD(singapore) to COB(singapore) through SRDF/S and PROD(singapore) to another COB(hongkong) through SRDF/A Thomas Weise I'm from the Unix/Solaris corner...habe been sysadmin a while, spend then 5 years within EMC Thomas Weise do you use STAR down there? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori of now NO.. Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori but i think there is a future plan to use STAR Thomas Weise very interesting.... Thomas Weise is that a pure EMC shop or do you also have gds or ibm on the playground ? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori DMX, Clariion & HDS Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori but more on EMC frames Thomas Weise are you use replication within hds? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes..using HUR Thomas Weise don't know about Thomas Weise I heard to you are much more free then we are...booting from the symm and such things Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori but HDS mainling handling by Vendors Thomas Weise it's not allowed from gdse but it works Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori don;t know..but here vendors are handling Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori but here bin change is doing every week by EMC Thomas Weise vendors are only handling hardware here Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes..i observed Thomas Weise and for new installation bin file okay Thomas Weise configchange we do ourselfes Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori for all day to day activities Thomas Weise yes Thomas Weise usually Thomas Weise brb Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori normaly 2TB devices configured to one FA pair..right Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori i ll be back in 30 min.. Thomas Weise back Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes... Thomas Weise whats about the two TB? Thomas Weise the largest device I'm allowed to build is 8 member meta 68 GB Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori is there any limitaion on FA side ? Thomas Weise and Standard is 34 GB Thomas Weise how about Singapur? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok..but here 8gb Thomas Weise oh Thomas Weise 8 gb is a single hyper? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori max is 104gb also Thomas Weise ok Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes.... Thomas Weise we have a DWH with 15 TB on its own..this in 8 GB pieces..a nightmare :) Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori 15TB Databse Thomas Weise ye3s Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori OK Thomas Weise are you using hetrogenous and/or lunoffsets? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori what is the total usable disk Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori no..we are not using lunoffsets here Thomas Weise around 40 TB here..ind london shortly before 1PT Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori one platform one FA Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori mostly all wintel servers are in HDS Thomas Weise same here usually...but storage is running out but business keeps requesting...so we had to Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Thomas Weise there is one single windows server here...most is sun and aix..a few hpux Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori is there any concept one server on one frame only? Thomas Weise no..replace server with database Thomas Weise then you're right Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori how r u taking abt the disk request ?(new server required SAN) Thomas Weise different..in london they try to use aperture Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Thomas Weise germany decided not to use it (yet) because it simply doesn;t work correctly Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes...aperture in london having lot of issues and mainly no proper support Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori yes...then without aperture how r u handling? Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori r u usiing ARTs ? Thomas Weise ARTS is dead Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori then Thomas Weise in germany I'm handling it the old way..means forms Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori you will proivde the switch ports also right Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori once you provide the ports....what is the process( i m not getting proper idea) Thomas Weise yes if you install a new box, then you have to fillout a so call SMT-R form. this includes a different cabling form where the SA can request ip and san connectivty Thomas Weise you forward that form to the cabling guy's which will install the cables, then the SA connect it's Host. If the cables are right you can then go on with provisioning Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok Thomas Weise sorry stop here going to lunch Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori ok... Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori not a problem..any how..thanx a lot for your help to transfer the knowledge Ashok Kumar Reddy Moori go ahead....have a great lunch...take care...bye for now( i may leave off in 40 min)