As a part of the Veeam Vanguard program, I have been given access to the beta version of Veeam 9.5. And in this blog post I will cover some of the integration components between Nimble Storage and Veeam, announced by Veeam back in April. If you have been following the Veeam forums, then you’ll know … Continue reading First look at Veeam 9.5 & Nimble Storage Integration – Part 1
I’ve worked with Nimble Storage devices for over 2 years now, they constantly amaze me, but one of the thing I’ve yet to see in the field is an actual failure. So the other morning at 3am, I received an email about a failed disk, so I thought I’d walk those through the process of … Continue reading What happens when a Nimble Storage disk drive fails?
In keeping with the whole Nimble is really to use theme, updates are the same, lets take a look; 1. Open up your web portal to the Nimble Array, click on Administration and then Software. 2. Click the download button, select the update needed, and the progress will be displayed. 3. Now click the update … Continue reading Nimble Storage – How to update an array
So the last time I used a Nimble Device, I had to configure it (quite easily) using the CLI first due to connectivity constraints at the customers site. However here is how to configure a Nimble in 4 easy steps ready for production use. So unbox, rack and cable up your Nimble device to the … Continue reading Nimble Storage – How to configure a device in 4 steps (Using the GUI Tool)
The other day, I posted about how to setup a volume on a Nimble Storage device, so this post is a bit backwards, as now we look at setting up a device from scratch using the CLI first rather than the Nimble Discovery tool. Lets get started; 1. Rack your device, cable it up, and … Continue reading Nimble Storage – How to configure a device from scratch (Using the CLI)