Type of vmdk reporting
Is there any way through which I can find out what type of vmdk's(eager zeroed, lazy zeroed and thin) are present on a datastore using powercli or vcenter reporting?I need to do it for all datastores...
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Hi,Kindly find the VMware PowerCLI script which will give you the details of HDD type attached to VM's get-vm | get-harddisk | select Parent,StorageFormat,Filename | Export-Csv c:\output\disks.csv...
View ArticleNeed to figure out IO issue between ESXi 5.1 and Netapp storage over NFS
Trying to figure out an IO issue that has been bugging us for quite a while now and not sure where to start to troubleshoot the issue.We are in the process of migrating an application from the AWS...
View ArticleRe: Need to figure out IO issue between ESXi 5.1 and Netapp storage over NFS
Good day, What's your NetApp hardware config with respect to disks, aggregates, and controllers? Are there other workloads on these controllers or ESXi hosts? For VMware on NetApp, there are a few NFS...
View Articlevswp, vmdk or vmsd files left behind on datastore after VM deleted from disk?
Are there any scenarios when VMware will be failing to completely delete VM from the disk, meaning even though VM is successfully deleted in vSphere, VM directory is left behind on datastore with some...
View ArticleInsufficient disk space on datastore
I am attempting a storage vmotion between NFS datastores and get the error "Insufficient disk space on datastore". ESXi 5.1b The VM has three disks and a snapshot:55 G, thin100 G, thin50 G, thick eager...
View ArticleRe: vswp, vmdk or vmsd files left behind on datastore after VM deleted from...
I have not observed this any time. I delete at-least 1-2 VMs on daily basis. What version of ESXi & VC (if any) you are using?
View ArticleRe: Need to figure out IO issue between ESXi 5.1 and Netapp storage over NFS
Do you have any other VMs placed on that NFS datastore? If you have enterprise plus vCenter license. You can enabled SIOC on that NFS drive.
View ArticleRe: Type of vmdk reporting
I believe, this can be done by using SDK as well. Ref- VIJAVA open source project (search in google) & post your query there as well
View ArticleRe: vswp, vmdk or vmsd files left behind on datastore after VM deleted from...
It happens very randomly and intermittently. I have not been able to find root cause. I have seen this more frequently on esx 5.1 and occasionally on vSphere 5.5 as well.
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Do you know if there's a script to pull this with vmkfstools?
View ArticleSCSI Reservation Conflict -
ESX 5.5AMS 2300HP Proliant BL460c G7HP Flexfabric Getting these every five minutes in vmkernale.log: 2014-05-06T15:02:04.540Z cpu15:33069)lpfc: lpfc_scsi_cmd_iocb_cmpl:2145: 1:(0):3271: FCP cmd x0...
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I have seen this in the past, no clue what caused it. Recommend contacting support about it!
View ArticleStorage VS Storage
Hi, We are currently in a process of deciding which storage we should choose for our VMware environment. The environment is put together of 3 physical Dell servers, and one EMC NX4 NAS box with two...
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Re: VSAN: cannot add storage policy, VSAN option missing under "rule based on...
Experienced the same situation. Tried manually add storage providers as Erkan suggested. However got error.Tried visit the URL http://[host-ip]:8080/version.xml in brower, returned 404-err in IE, or...
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Hi Friend, Please refer this post :How to add vendor-specific capabilities for more insight.
View ArticleRe: VSAN: cannot add storage policy, VSAN option missing under "rule based on...
Thanks vickyvision2020 for you reply. Need fresh vCenter 5.5U1 installation to resolve!? Everything has to re-installed then?
View ArticleRe: VSAN: cannot add storage policy, VSAN option missing under "rule based on...
Only fresh installation of vCenter Server 5.5 u1 helps me. All other solutions doesn't work.
View ArticleRe: HP VSA 11.0 (2014) - Bad storage performance
my hp VSA vmware.log file has this: 2014-05-07T21:57:25.574Z| vcpu-1| I120: PVSCSI: scsi1:0: aborting cmd 0xf62014-05-07T21:58:35.563Z| vcpu-1| I120: PVSCSI: scsi1:0: aborting cmd...
View ArticleRe: VSAN: cannot add storage policy, VSAN option missing under "rule based on...
Yes , you will have to go for fresh installation. Please make sure while going for 5.5U1, you apply latest patch on that to avoid security heartbleed issue. This issue is resolved in latest patch on...
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