HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Application Notes - Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft Windows with SAN/iQ®
Table Of Contents
- Application Notes Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft Windows with SANiQ
- Contents
- 1 Chapter: Enabling LeftHand SAN volumes with the Microsoft™ iSCSI 2.0x Initiator
- 2 Chapter: Finding the iSCSI Initiator Version
- 3 Chapter: LeftHand Networks and Microsoft™ MPIO Support
- 4 Chapter: Expanding a Windows Volume on the SAN
- 5 Chapter: Shrinking a Windows Volume on the SAN
- 6 Chapter: Setting the Windows Disk Partition Offset for Optimal Performance
- 7 Chapter: Ensure That Application Resources on iSCSI Volumes Come Online After a Server Reboot
- 8 Chapter: Microsoft™ iSCSI Initiator Session Timeout Setting
- 9 Chapter: Measuring Performance in a Windows Environment
- Overview
- Using Windows Performance Monitor to Measure SAN Performance
- Setting up Windows Performance Monitor
- Saving a Performance Monitor Log for Analysis
- Monitoring More Than One Server Simultaneously
- Scheduling Performance Data Collection
- Using IOMeter as a SAN Benchmark Tool
- Configuring the ISCSI Volume
- Configuring IOMeter
- Configuring IOMeter Access Specification for each Test
- Running the Test
- Interpreting Results
- Access Specifications to Run
- 10 Chapter: Frequently Asked Questions
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2 Type cmd in the Open field and click OK.
3 At the command prompt, type the following command, and then
press ENTER:
iscsicli BindPersistentVolumes
4 Type exit to close the command window.
Note: If additional volumes are added, repeat this
binding procedure.
Note: The only conclusive test to confirm the items in this section are
configured properly is to reboot the application servers and confirm
that all volumes and applications come online correctly.
References
• How to set the Cluster service dependency in a pure iSCSI
clustering environment in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883397
• File shares on iSCSI devices may not be re-created when you
restart your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870964
• How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows Server
2003 http://support.microsoft.com/
default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322756