Data Domain-Fixing foreign disks issues and unfailing a Disk Drive

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Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhen swapping chassis, hard drives, or adding new shelves to an active Data Domain system you may encounter a Foreign Disk error. A disk in Foreign state in a Data Domain head unit or expansion shelf indicates that the disk contains a valid Data Domain file system data and is intended to alert to the presence of this data to

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Tip on restarting Navisphere Management Server on EMC CLARiiON CX-x Series DAE

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteIt may be necessary to restart the Navisphere management server on an EMC CLARiiON CX, CX3, CX4 if any of the problems below present: A Fatal Event icon (red letter “F” in a circle) is displayed for some physical element of array, but Navisphere CLI reports no faults. Host displays a “U” icon even after rebooting host. Navisphere User Interface

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Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

T-Blog Editor/ February 14, 2020/ Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions/ 0 comments

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesHow does your organization use IVR systems? Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Karolina Kiwak Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is an automated telephony system that interacts with callers, gathers information and routes calls to the appropriate recipients. An IVR system (IVRS) accepts a combination of voice telephone input and touch-tone keypad selection and provides the appropriate responses in the form

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converged data center

T-Blog Editor/ February 9, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Tech Definitions/ 0 comments

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesMargaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Meredith Courtemanche A converged data center, also called a homogeneous data center, is one in which the hardware and software components were purchased from a single vendor. A converged data center can be compared to a heterogeneous data center,  in which individual servers, storage, networking, virtualization, operating systems, management tools and applications

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5 steps to creating a strong data archiving policy

T-Blog Editor/ February 9, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Engage the experts, Industry News and Expert Advice/ 0 comments

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThere’s a lot to consider in your data archive plan. From compliance to data integrity and retention, following these best practices will improve your data protection. By Brien Posey Microsoft MVP – SearchDataBackup Published: 30 Jan 2020 Almost every storage manager faces the ongoing issue of accommodating and storing ever-expanding data sets. Primary storage tends to be expensive and has

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6 types of insider threats and how to prevent them

T-Blog Editor/ February 9, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Industry News and Expert Advice/ 0 comments

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesCompromised, negligent and malicious employees put enterprises at risk. Here are six problems they pose and the insider threat prevention strategies to protect your enterprise. Post courtesy of Kevin Beaver Principle Logic, LLC – SearchSecurity and Sharon Shea, Senior Site Editor Insider threats pose a significant security risk to enterprises. By some accounts, more than 60% of organizations have experienced

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