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need info related to these folders
Dear team, I m planning to de-commission one of the datastore, hence moved all VMs to new datastore. But once I browse datastore overther I have 3 folders. please find the snaps is it safe to delete...
View ArticlePaths to storage open discussion
Understanding the way mulitpathing works right out of the box, and listening to EMC powerpathVE pitch, I wonder if it has occurred to anyone that wiring up 4 HBA ports might be a bit much, and instead...
View ArticleRe: need info related to these folders
Hello MrVmware9423,Yes it is perfectly fine to delete these folder, they are related to HA, dvSwitch and datastore information.
View ArticleReclaiming Space on All Datastores
I've come into a new environment that uses Equalogic and it would appear that most of their volumes have a lot of space that can be reclaimed. I'm looking for the best way to go about this without...
View ArticleNeed snapshot headroom for storage volume?
Hi there! It was recently explained to me that a volume in shared storage (e.g. iSCSI, FC) must have a certain amount of headroom (i.e. empty disk space) so that guest snapshots can taken without any...
View ArticleRe: Need snapshot headroom for storage volume?
Welcome to the Community - I am assuming you are talking VM snapshots and not SAN snapshots. Where did you get this recommendation? IT is you true you need to maintain some headroom for snapshots 33%...
View ArticleRe: Need snapshot headroom for storage volume?
Thank you for your reply. I got the recommendation from a vendor who supposedly has knowledge on the subject... I was assuming that he meant VM snapshots, but now that you mention it he just said...
View ArticleRe: Need snapshot headroom for storage volume?
Hi, He may have told you including the 10-20% free space threshold on the Datastore. It means that out of 10TB, you will keep roughly 1TB for the free space threshold and 1TB for snapshot growth...
View ArticleNetApp SMVI Datastore snapshots growing huge due to deletions of files on...
Hi Team, we are using NetApp SMVI plugin for taking snapshot on datastores and these days , the snapshots are growing huge due to some heavy deletions on some server. we are not able to find the server...
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Re: Need snapshot headroom for storage volume?
VIrtualdives assessment is right and if you not thin provisioning you can even reduce 1 TB free space since the VMDKs will not grow - Also let me take a guess the vendor was a storage vendor who might...
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Re: Need snapshot headroom for storage volume?
Thank you for the information! I confirmed with the vendor and he said that he may have been "conservative" with the 2/3 ratio. He then backtracked and said that you need 20% free space for VM...
View ArticleRe: What is wrong with my infrastructure ?
Stavros, I'm not sure where you got the information that the 2240 has no read or write cache, but the information is innacurate, maybe you got that from HP. I can speak with some authority when I...
View ArticleRe: need info related to these folders
Its safe to remove. But we've to be careful a bit. go through this KB to understand .dvsdata deletion. VMware KB: When removing a VMFS, is it safe to remove the .dvsData folder and subfolders? this...
View ArticleRe: What is wrong with my infrastructure ?
If you have the 10GbE NICs bonded as an IFGRP or VIF or whatever they call them these days, unbond them. IFGRP plus iSCSI is a no-no. Bind both 10GbE NICs to the iSCSI service on each of the NetApp...
View ArticleRe: What is wrong with my infrastructure ?
Hi, why is it a "no-no" to bind the 10GbE NICs to an VIF IFGRP on the netapp filer with iSCSI ? Thats the configuration i have in the moment.
View ArticleIs it possible to Extend datastore in esxi5.1
Dear Team, I have one datastore size of 1TB and Production VMs are stored on the same. Now we are planning to increase the same datastore to 1.5TB (Means need to add additional 500GB in existing...
View Articleon a fly Can we Change PSP in ESXi5.1 without impacting running VMs
Dear Team, I have one SAN LUN datastore and default PSP is Round Robin, Just want to confirm if I change PSP from RR to Fixed, will there be any impact on running VMs which are hosted on same...
View Articleif we Unmount a datastore what does it mean
Dear Team, Quickly wants to check , if I Unmount one of the datastore what does it do in the background and what It means (is it means that now this datastore is safe to delete, no I/O operation will...
View ArticleRe: if we Unmount a datastore what does it mean
Hi Mr Vmware If you unmount a Datastore from an ESXi Host, then the files are now inaccessible by that Host. It is normally a pre-cursor to removing/unpresenting that LUN from the ESXi Host from within...
View ArticleRe: Is it possible to Extend datastore in esxi5.1
Hi MrVmware9423,Yes it is possible to extend an existing lun without affecting the running VM's. For details please check the following Increasing VMFS Datastore Capacity: Page 44: Storage Guide...
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