Solved PCI bus error
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So the customer asked me to spec out a replacement server.
This is what I am thinking to recommend.
Dell PowerEdge R6515 – Chassis with 8x 2.5” drives AMD EPYC 7262 or 7302P 1x 16gb RDIMM 3200MT PERC H730P 3x 480GB SSD SATA Mix Use Hot plug Dual hot plug power supply Riser Config 1 1x16LP PCIe slot iDRAC 9 Express BOSS controller card with 2 M.2 240GB RAID 1Comments?
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Seems like anything will work in this scenario given how old the original was. What's the workload?
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@scottalanmiller said in PCI bus error:
Seems like anything will work in this scenario given how old the original was. What's the workload?
A proprietary system from TopTech
Server load is nothing normally. The system is catching up from a planned maintenance window at the moment.
I'll get another snapshot once it is caught up.
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@scottalanmiller said in PCI bus error:
Seems like anything will work in this scenario given how old the original was.
I am future planning. The system will get replaced by a new version.
But that requires infrastructure updates at the terminals also.
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@JaredBusch said in PCI bus error:
@scottalanmiller said in PCI bus error:
Seems like anything will work in this scenario given how old the original was.
I am future planning. The system will get replaced by a new version.
But that requires infrastructure updates at the terminals also.
Well sure, but even the smallest modern system will be orders of magnitude faster. Hard to believe anything wouldn't have the "oomph" for the task unless the workload isn't just updated, but overhauled.
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@scottalanmiller said in PCI bus error:
Well sure, but even the smallest modern system will be orders of magnitude faster. Hard to believe anything wouldn't have the "oomph" for the task unless the workload isn't just updated, but overhauled.
Right the workload will not change. That is pretty consistent. The specs for the new version are higher. But still, yes, anything modern will power it.
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Yeah it sleeps all day long..
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@JaredBusch said in PCI bus error:
So the customer asked me to spec out a replacement server.
This is what I am thinking to recommend.
Dell PowerEdge R6515 – Chassis with 8x 2.5” drives AMD EPYC 7262 or 7302P 1x 16gb RDIMM 3200MT PERC H730P 3x 480GB SSD SATA Mix Use Hot plug Dual hot plug power supply Riser Config 1 1x16LP PCIe slot iDRAC 9 Express BOSS controller card with 2 M.2 240GB RAID 1Comments?
Does iDRAC 9 Express allow remote access to the console?
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@JaredBusch said in PCI bus error:
So the customer asked me to spec out a replacement server.
This is what I am thinking to recommend.
Dell PowerEdge R6515 – Chassis with 8x 2.5” drives AMD EPYC 7262 or 7302P 1x 16gb RDIMM 3200MT PERC H730P 3x 480GB SSD SATA Mix Use Hot plug Dual hot plug power supply Riser Config 1 1x16LP PCIe slot iDRAC 9 Express BOSS controller card with 2 M.2 240GB RAID 1Comments?
Yeah, I assume this is a low budget spec.
Pick the cheapest epyc rome unless you expect the server to handle lots more in the future. 7232P is the cheapest.
Also skip the BOSS card and pick 2x960GB read-intensive drives in RAID 1. Since you have the H730P RAID1 and it's cache, RAID1 should be more than fine.I mean comparing to the old machine you could also use the H330 card. You don't get the cache but the SSDs have cache and RAID1/10 doesn't require any parity calculations so the H330 will get the job done.
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@Dashrender said in PCI bus error:
@JaredBusch said in PCI bus error:
So the customer asked me to spec out a replacement server.
This is what I am thinking to recommend.
Dell PowerEdge R6515 – Chassis with 8x 2.5” drives AMD EPYC 7262 or 7302P 1x 16gb RDIMM 3200MT PERC H730P 3x 480GB SSD SATA Mix Use Hot plug Dual hot plug power supply Riser Config 1 1x16LP PCIe slot iDRAC 9 Express BOSS controller card with 2 M.2 240GB RAID 1Comments?
Does iDRAC 9 Express allow remote access to the console?
I don't think so. You can only do power cycling with Express.
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@Dashrender said in PCI bus error:
Does iDRAC 9 Express allow remote access to the console?
Forgot to change that. I just copy/pasted form the dell build screen.
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@Pete-S said in PCI bus error:
Yeah, I assume this is a low budget spec.
Pick the cheapest epyc rome unless you expect the server to handle lots more in the future. 7232P is the cheapest.Budget is not an issue. But it does not need anything bigger.
The two specified, were the smallest two on Dell's website.
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So restored the backup from 2012 onto a Proxmox VM on my laptop.
Damnit...
I know this backup set is good as I did it in 2012. At the time on VMWare 5. I have also restore to physical in 2015.
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@JaredBusch do you routinely expect 8 year old backups to operate on today's hypervisors?
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Pages 3 and 4 of this PDF list what iDrac offers for the different versions. Virtual Console is not included with iDrac Express
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@DustinB3403 said in PCI bus error:
@JaredBusch do you routinely expect 8 year old backups to operate on today's hypervisors?
Routinely? No. I don't do that routinely. But yes, it should work.
The OS hasn't changed, and the backup I am restoring is the OS.
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@DustinB3403 said in PCI bus error:
Pages 3 and 4 of this PDF list what iDrac offers for the different versions. Virtual Console is not included with iDrac Express
I know. I would never buy without console. Just forgot to change the option.
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@JaredBusch said in PCI bus error:
No. I don't do that routinely. But yes, it should work.
Well I ask, because you said this backup setup was made on VMWare 5 (assuming ESXi 5) which the drivers for that are incredibly out of date and likely has no workable path for the virtual hardware on the hypervisor you're trying on today.
It may make more sense (albeit more time) to try and restore this to ESXi 7, and take a new backup rather than relying on such an old rset, ensuring that you update drivers where-ever possible.
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@JaredBusch Sorry, that was for @Pete-S who was uncertain.
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@DustinB3403 said in PCI bus error:
Well I ask, because you said this backup setup was made on VMWare 5
I restored to that at the time as a test. I did not backup to that.
