Upgrading the software on Unity VSA is simple and I wanted to post this so you can be prepared for the steps involved. Login and go to the top right of the page.  Click on the settings option. Under the Software and Licenses section select the Software Upgrades option.  You can download the software from … Continue reading Upgrading Unity VSA

DellEMC just released Unity 4.1. Listed below are the release notes on the New Features of Unity in the release of 4.1.0.8959731. Hardware enhancements Data-in-Place conversions Data-in-Place conversions are a procedure by which a storage processor assembly can be upgraded, while keeping all data and configurations in place. This procedure is offline, meaning data will … Continue reading New Features in Unity 4.1

We will cover the replication of a NAS Server within a UnityVSA Deployment.  Listed below are the prereqs: Unity VSA deployed as a source and a target Storage Pools created at Source and Target NAS server deployed at Source Creating a Replication Interface The first step in the process is creating replication interfaces at both … Continue reading Unity VSA NAS Replication

Once you have deployed Unity VSA, as covered in the previous blog, you will need to create a storage pool if you want to serve out any storage.  I have listed the steps below. Under the Storage Pool Section go to Pools. Select the + to start the “Create Pool Wizard” Name the Pool Assign … Continue reading Unity VSA Storage Pool Creation

Unity VSA Deployment EMC released the new mid-range storage array “Unity” at EMC World this year.  There are 3 different options: Unity All Flash, Unity Hybrid Flash and UnityVSA.  The Unity VSA platform can scale up to 50TB and can be fully unified.  The UnityVSA Community edition allows up to 4TB of capacity for free!  … Continue reading Unity VSA Deployment