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Netapp ESX host utilities - any issues? posted: Jul 16, 2009 1:50 AM

Click to view mlubinski's profile Expert 283 posts since
Jun 10, 2008

Hi,

I would like to install this tool on my ESX hosts, but I would like to ask you if you had any troubles with this tool? I will probably use it only for mbrscan/mbralign and nfs configuration, so my configuration is not described in their document (they only mention fc/iscsi), so I assume no errors should occur?

What about this SSL connection? is it needed? For what?

and these ports openen during install, can I close them down (20,21,23,80,443)? Will this cause any unexpected problems?

thanks in advance for any answer.

Re: Netapp ESX host utilities - any issues?

1. Jul 16, 2009 5:18 PM in response to: mlubinski
Click to view ablej's profile Hot Shot 131 posts since
Feb 19, 2008
We use it for FC/iSCSI environment for multipathing and HBA queue depth. As you are using NFS I wouldn't install the ESX utilities, since you won't get much out of them. I would just download and install mbrscan/mbralign.

David Strebel
www.holy-vm.com

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Re: Netapp ESX host utilities - any issues?

3. Nov 2, 2009 3:54 PM in response to: mlubinski
Click to view maxel's profile Enthusiast 47 posts since
Jul 1, 2005
Is mbralign only useable with NetApp Storage Arrays or with other FC SAN Storage Devices too? Is there a download of this tool without being a NetApp Customer?

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