Re: VAAI not working on Netapp ISCSI LUN's
Hi, I am trying to retrieve the stats for Iscsi attached luns so no nfs. My nfs datastores are using vaai but not my iscsi lun's. I only see clone_f going up.I don't know if its even possible to view...
View ArticleRe: VAAI not working on Netapp ISCSI LUN's
Apologies, I mis-read the comment. You have to enter the diag mode to run this command # priv set diagWarning: These diagnostic commands are for use by NetApp personnel only.Lab*> stats show...
View ArticleHow do I get a localy attached RAID-Array into a Linux-VM - vSphere 5.1
Hello VMware folks I am trying to set up a file server with a mirrored data storage. So I installed a LSI MegaRaid SAS 9266-8i into my hoste machine, attached two HDD's and configured a RAID-1 virtual...
View ArticleSDRS storage recommendation alarm; no recommendation to apply running manual...
On vcenter 5 build 804277 we have a storage cluster. We also have some dedicated vmfs5 datastores that are not in the cluster. All datastores are from the same Lefthand storage array. The dedicated...
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Re: Path thrashing or LUN Thrashing???
Please have a look.. http://www.108.bz/posts/it/about-path-thrashing-and-why-you-should-always-zone/ abirhasan
View Article2 Esxi-Hosts (VSpehre 5.5, HP DL380 G7) with two HP P2000 G3 SAS Storages:...
Our customer want to build the following scenarios: 2 Esxi-Hosts (VSpehre 5.5, HP DL380 G7) with two HP P2000 G3 SAS Storages. Each one of the two P2000 have 2 SAS Controller which are crossover cabled...
View ArticleRe: Looking for BEST Inexpensive iSCSI storage
What about Lenovo EMC px12-450r? (part of VMware Storage compatibility list filtered by partner:...
View ArticleSDRS to automatically move newly created vms to a desired datastore
Does anyone know if this is even possible? Senario:Using Desktone to provision vms, but due to a limitation in Desktone the broker will only create desktops on the datastore the parent is on. One can...
View ArticleRe: SDRS to automatically move newly created vms to a desired datastore
Have you tried considering profile driven storage to automatically place VM on a specified storage.? vSphere Profile Driven Storage: Provisioning & Virtual Machine Storage | VMware India --...
View ArticleRe: SDRS to automatically move newly created vms to a desired datastore
I don't think Desktone can really do that, they don't give you the option of what datastore the pool gets created on, it automatically clones the vms onto the same datastore the parent is currently on....
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Re: What is the max file size of a vmsn file?
weinstein5 is right.VMSN file file will grow up day by day. There is no max size it depends on how may snapsort you have taken. abirhasan
View ArticleRe: Cannot create VSA cluster
I ran into the same error installing VSA 5.5. In my case, it turned out that the installer did not add the second IP address (the one defined during the VSA install script along with all the other...
View ArticleRe: 2 Esxi-Hosts (VSpehre 5.5, HP DL380 G7) with two HP P2000 G3 SAS...
In this scenario is it possible to use the VMWARE HA and FT - FeaturesAs long as you present the same LUNs to both hosts, which is possible in this scenario, then yes, it shouldn't be a problem to use...
View ArticleRe: VAAI not working on Netapp ISCSI LUN's
Hi, Thank you for the update ! I can now see the stats as listed below:I have reset the counters and reviewed them after a clone action.As you can see the xcopy is not succesfull looking at the...
View ArticleHow much free space should be reserved in a datastore
I have been using 1TB datastores and preserving 20% of them as free space to prevent them from running out of space. However now we are moving to larger datastores, 2TB and 4TB. How should I think...
View ArticleRe: How much free space should be reserved in a datastore
As the size increases we could decrease the free space size percentage ie for 4TB is 10% should be good enough when you keep your snapshots checked.Thanks,Avinash
View ArticleRe: How do I get a localy attached RAID-Array into a Linux-VM - vSphere 5.1
I was able to gather some more kernel information: Ther kernel obviously tries to intialise the card, but fails. Here the some grep from the kernel log: root@gondolin:/# cat /var/log/kern.log | grep -i...
View ArticleRe: How much free space should be reserved in a datastore
I would say 20% because if you run at 10% free space you will run into alerts there by default defined in vCenter and all your datastores will glow red with alerts. Or you could change the values of...
View ArticleHow does multipathing work?
Hi all, I'm getting my notes together for VCP-550 (yes, 550) and have concluded that I really don't understand multipathing. So I will be asking a whole flurry of questions on the subject. First...
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