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Re: RAW LUN and Backup of VM
Is the max size for ESXi 5.0 RDM is only up to 64TB? Does it exceeds more than that?
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Re: Can we create over 2TB datastore?
You have to do multiple LUNs < 2TB. Extents is the *only* way to get a block datastore over 2TB.Cheers, Yours Udin
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Re: Datastore browser limit?
In default installion of apache2.2 on debian never enable mod_rewrite default. So you may need to enable . First install the apache2.2 with this command : debian user please use “su” before start this...
View ArticleRe: How much free space should be reserved in a datastore
Ok thanks. It does seem that when you get to a certain size, 3TB, 4TB, or at some point, 20% may be too much. I'm wondering someone has put together a chart of recommendations such as: 1 TB - 20%2TB...
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Re: ISCSI config LeftHand and VMware MPIO
I do. We have 6 nodes of P4300's, G1 & G2. Ours are setup with their stock 2 1Gbit NICs in ALB mode. Here's the key: In LeftHand, every volume has one node assigned to it that acts as the...
View ArticleRe: How much free space should be reserved in a datastore
We always maintain standard LUN sizes in our environment and we have all of them 1TB LUNs so we follow the first rule1TB - 20%.Yeah if you go higher it makes sense to spare lesser space or you will end...
View ArticleRe: How do I get a localy attached RAID-Array into a Linux-VM - vSphere 5.1
I figured this out myself. After I spent about two days on google. It became clear that the feature I was looking for is "RDM"(This and the following pages on the VMware-Documentation). Though local...
View ArticleRe: Whats mean .sdd.sf file?
.sf = system file.sdd = scsi device description In vmfs 5 every datastore gets its own hidden files to save the file-system structure.
View ArticleUpdating Qlogic HBA firmware? Or bundled with the Driver?
I am getting ready to start reinstallation of esxi 5.1 clusters to 5.5. In doing this I am getting all the firmware upgraded. We are System X so IBM has a pretty good bundler of everything. The one...
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power cycle storage
I have four esxi 5.0 hosts connected to EMC VNX5300 box via FC and to IBM DS3512 box via iSCSI. There are several datastores located on each storage device containing several VMs. I use EMC VNX box as...
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If the storage is going to be down for an extended period of time, I may be worried about an APD(all paths down) condition which could cause your hosts to disconnect from vcenter eventually. If this is...
View ArticleRe: Updating Qlogic HBA firmware? Or bundled with the Driver?
Neat article. I hate to say it but I would post a reply to Cormac that guy knows his stuff. I assume this means that Qlogic got sick of the drive / firmware being out of sync so during a ESXi load it...
View ArticleRe: How does multipathing work?
Evening, Let me see if I can help. - there is an ESXi host with 2 or more FC HBAs - We will call them node1 and node2- there are 2 or more FC switches - We will call them switch-a switch-b- there is...
View ArticleRe: How does multipathing work?
Thanks much. I haven't seen mention of the 1000 SCSI commands per path thing before, I had assumed RR worked on a frame-by-frame. I'll have more followup questions in a few days after I digest the...
View ArticleRe: How does multipathing work?
Morning, Let's see if I can answer this one: Lets say the active SP for LUN number 43 craps out on an Active-Passive array. At some point the ESXi host should detect the failure (if nothing else,...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 User Defined Storage Capability
Is it possible to create a user-defined Storage Capability in vSphere 5.5? I'm trying to create a Storage Policy and when I get to the 'Rule Set 1' section, the only option for capabilities is 'None'....
View ArticleRe: Updating Qlogic HBA firmware? Or bundled with the Driver?
I can confirm it's bundled, too. Before I install ESXi 5.1, I upgraded firmware to 7.0 manually. Once ESXi is installed, I found firmware was downgraded to 5.0 which comes with stock driver. Then I...
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Re: Updating Qlogic HBA firmware? Or bundled with the Driver?
Thanks. I tested it to in a 5.5 host. and then checked everything via /proc/scsi/etc before and after. Pretty cool. Now if only all my emulex cards would this
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.5 User Defined Storage Capability
This should help you with thathttp://everythingshouldbevirtual.com/vsphere-5-5-storage-profiles-now-storage-policies
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.5 User Defined Storage Capability
I think I just found this. Tags is what I was missing. Looks like this is what user-defined storage capabilities turned into?
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