Re: Need help about thin provisioning concept
Thin provisioning is a file system feature, like sparse provisioning in Linux. When you check the size from the command line, us e.g. ls -lisa which - in addition to the provisioned size - shows the...
View ArticleRe: VAAI support for IBM DS5100/DS5300 or SUN 6580/6780?
Hi, I have a query on how to enable writesame(VAAI) on HDS VSP and HDS USP-V storage arrays. Is there any difference in enabling writesame for these two arrays?Please advise. Thanks,Pulla
View ArticleUpgrade to ESXi 5.5 - qlnativefc drops 2 ports of a quad HBA
After an upgrade to ESXi 5.5U1 (Dell R710) from ESXi 5.0 two of the four ports of a QLE2464 HBA are no longer present. I tried disabling the in-box qlnativefc module and running with the in-box qla2xxx...
View ArticleFC and with ISCSI
I have a IBM Blade center with 4 blades running ESXI 5.1 enterprise. The blades are connected to storage through a FC (Fiber Channel) switch.I have added a new SAN to blade center but due to some...
View ArticleLarge VMDK on a VMFS volume or RDM for a new Windows file server running on...
Hello experts,as part of a Windows file server Consolidation project for an existing customer, we will soon have to consolidate three old physical Windows file servers into a new single Windows Server...
View ArticleRe: Large VMDK on a VMFS volume or RDM for a new Windows file server running...
Reliability-wise, I don't think I could recommend one way over the other. Both will work as expected. The piece to think more about is operational. For example, what backup strategy will be used for...
View ArticleRe: Large VMDK on a VMFS volume or RDM for a new Windows file server running...
Hi Brian,first of all thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.The customer is already using Veeam B&R v7.
View ArticleRe: Large VMDK on a VMFS volume or RDM for a new Windows file server running...
IMO there's no reason to use RDMs anymore except for specific requirements (e.g. MSCS). Using a virtual disk rather than RDM will also reduce complexity, i.e. you will have less presentations from the...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1. Netapp Flash Accel advice
Hi all, Have got a 4 host live / 3 host dr vSphere 5.1 setup with Netapp back end on both and am investigating whether to deploy Netapp Flash Accel Host servers are HP Pro DL380P Gen 8. Undecided on...
View ArticleSMB 2.1 and SMB 3.0
Hello, For a school assignment I have to test the speeds of SMB 2.1 and 3.0, and also of iSCSI.I have a server machine with Windows 2012 and Windows 2008 R2 using different hard disks.My client is a...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.1. Netapp Flash Accel advice
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View ArticleRunning into an issue where vSphere host cannot see datastore but can write...
I'm running into an unusual problem that perhaps someone may have resolved. A couple of my ESXi 5.1 hosts do not see a datastore. However, the datastore FC LUN is mounted and active. VMs that are on...
View ArticleRe: mv command in ESXI
André, the datastore browser method worked fine. I could successfully migrate the VMs . I copied all the files including the snapshots and placed it in the destination datastore and it worked well. The...
View ArticleRe: Running into an issue where vSphere host cannot see datastore but can...
Hi Quork, Can you run the command esxcfg-scsidevs -m and check if you are able to see the Datastores. Does any of the other esxi host see those datastores ? Also can you run PartedUtil getptbl...
View ArticleVMFS5 local data store input/output error
Hi, I have 3 local hard-disk on my IBM server. 1st drive of 250 GB I have used to create Linux Data Store (datastore1) and from other 2 drives I have created Windows Data Store (datastore2) Couple of...
View ArticleRe: VMFS5 local data store input/output error
Just to add... I am able to create files on Windows data store, but when I browse it through GUI it wont list the files inside VM folder
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.1. Netapp Flash Accel advice
I can make the decision easy for you. NetApp marked Flash Accel as End Of Availability on March 13th. So you do not have the option of deploying it any more. The downloads are no longer available and...
View ArticleRe: FC and with ISCSI
Hi Friend, Here is the thread that talks on your query : fibre channel - Is it possible to multipath across FC and iSCSI? - Server Fault
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.1. Netapp Flash Accel advice
bst, Didn't spend quite as much as yourself and can return mine but like you said a strange decision as I was at a Netapp Café briefing a couple of months ago with a major netapp partner and they were...
View ArticleShared RDM and multipathing
Hello, I have a shared raw device disk between 3 VMs. The Guest OSs see the disk fine, but when I try to set up multipathing it only shows 1 path available... Am I missing something here [joke mode on:...
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