When deploying a new VM from template, storage DRS doesn't clone the .vmdk
I have been having a couple problems that seem to be intermittent. I have a number of templates that I use to deploy VMs from. I have only recently upgraded to Enterprise Plus and have configured...
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Hi.. Your issue sounds a lot like the bug that has been around since vCenter 2.x when using the "Edit virtuel hardware (Experimental)" feature within the deployment wizard..Resize the harddrive a bit...
View ArticleESXi 5.x "I/O Error Occurred"
Hardware: Supermicro X8SIL-F-O with Xeon X3450 CPUIBM ServeRAID M1015 flashed to LSI 9211 IT ModeOnboard Dual Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet ControllersHP NC360T 2 Port 1GbE NICIntel X520-DA2 2 Port...
View ArticleRe: When deploying a new VM from template, storage DRS doesn't clone the .vmdk
Thanks Rubeck, I hadn't thought about the edit virtual hardware.... however I have been using that feature on and off for years and never had any problems. Its only since storage DRS has been...
View Articlehow to upgrade datastores from vmfs 3.46 to current format?
Just upgraded 4 hosts from 4.1 to 5.1 - everything went great. The datastores are vmfs 3.46 - I figure it would make sense to get them updated. I don't see an option for doing that. Is there a process,...
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nevermind - I finally saw the "upgrade to VMFS-5" option - DOH - I was looking in properties and in right-click menus. Sigh.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x "I/O Error Occurred"
I'm running the latest drivers available but the problem still persist. ~ # vmkload_mod -s mpt2sas |grep Version Version: Version 15.00.01.00.1vmw, Build: 472560, Interface: 9.2 Built on: Nov 22 2012...
View ArticleMultiple Clusters attached to 1 VMFS volume
Good morning,I currently have an older 3.5 cluster that we are in the process of moving VM's off of and onto a newly created 5.0 cluster. The original VMFS volume that was presented to both hosts in...
View ArticleRe: Multiple Clusters attached to 1 VMFS volume
Hi, why do you want to delete the volume? I guess you want to unmount it from the old hosts and keep it on the new hosts? In this case rightclick the VMFS and choose unmount, not delete. Regards
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Thanks,There is no "unmount option" in ESX 3.5.
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Oh, ok. So why don't you just shut down the old hosts?
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Thank you. I just wanted to make sure that there were no other methods of removing that volume other than just shutting down the old ESX servers. Tim
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Re: ESXi 5.x "I/O Error Occurred"
This cannot be right, surely? ~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -avmhba0 ata_piix link-n/a sata.vmhba0 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 4 port SATA IDE Controllervmhba1...
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I now want to delete the VMFS volume from the 3.5 cluster and shutdown it's hosts, while keeping the volume in tact on the 5.0 cluster. I am concerned that, once i right click on one of the host in the...
View ArticleRe: SAN storage pools for Clustered VMWare enviroment
Hi timstumbo 20disks is not a whole lot to play with have you marked a hot spare yet ? you can kiss one of those goodbye if you haven't I would seperate your File server pool from your ESX pool I've...
View ArticleRe: SAN storage pools for Clustered VMWare enviroment
David, I told you wrong.. our VNXe unit actually has 21 disk. Here is what I've done with the RAID 5 4+1 profile you recommended. ESXi Pool - VMFS Storage (General Purpose) - Disk 0 - 14 (15 Total...
View ArticleDisk Loss Causes Read Latency Spike
Earlier this week we had a disk failure on our Compellent SAN at which point the disk failed over to the hot spare. Several, but not all, of our ESXi hosts experienced a huge spike in read latency...
View Articleno device on iSCSI target
I'm trying to use Synology DS713+ as iSCSI array for ESXi 5.1 host. 1. I set iSCSI target on Synology following tutorial http://www.synology.com/support/tutorials_show.php?q_id=488&lang=enu2. I...
View ArticlevCenter Server Hard Disks Eager or Lazy Zeroed?
Should the virtual hard disks for a production vCenter Server which has high performance needs in an enviornment of 100 physical servers and 3000 Virtual Machines be provisioned as Lazy or Eager...
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There is meanwhile nearly no performance difference between this two options. Regards,Mario
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