Re: Convert thick to thin don't works
After converting disk using vmkfstools command. Remove thick disk from VM's edit settings and add it as existing disk. Check vmdk it should be thin provision now. I remove thick vmdk from...
View ArticleRe: VMFS Datastores showing inactive for some of ESXi hosts(ESXi 5.5.0...
Hi,Above message indicates that An unplanned PDL occured when the storage device would have been unexpectedly unpresented from the storage array without the unmount and detach being executed on the...
View ArticleRe: VMFS Datastores showing inactive for some of ESXi hosts(ESXi 5.5.0...
can u check whether status of the lun is ON mode (ex esxcli storage core device list -d naa.. Staius= ON) if not turn on it
View ArticleHCL states that EVA8400 not supported with vSphere 5.5?
Does anyone know if HP is working on EVA8400 compatibility with vSphere 5.5? Thanks,-MattG
View ArticleAttaching an iSCSI lun to both 5.1 and 5.5 to move VMs
I have 1 esxi 5.1 server that I've built a bunch of VM's on connected to a 4TB iSCSI LUN. I've recently spun up 2 new 5.5 servers. Ideally, I would like to connect those 2 servers to the same iSCSI lun...
View ArticleRe: Attaching an iSCSI lun to both 5.1 and 5.5 to move VMs
Welcome to the Community - yes that will work -
View ArticleRe: Dell Compellent and using the UNMAP primitive
jedijeff,I'm in the same boat. No matter what I do, as long as I have replays, I'm not able to reclaim that space. I've tried manual replays and expired them, but they are still there. Unless you...
View ArticleRe: Change in the IOPS limit calculation between 5.1 and 5.5
Hi all, After an opened case and dozens of tests, I found these links, explaining this "weird" beahviour :New disk IO scheduler used in vSphere 5.5vSphere 5.5 and disk limits (mClock scheduler caveat)...
View ArticleRe: Dell Compellent and using the UNMAP primitive
Yes, I just dont think there is a reliable way. I can unmap from an Active Replay of course. But running unmap and waiting for replays to expire or even progression to run is hit or miss for me. You...
View ArticleWill we able to expand the datastore size for a Host which is created from...
Hi Expects Will we able to expand the datastore size for a Host which is created from Nested ESXi?
View ArticleRe: Will we able to expand the datastore size for a Host which is created...
This should work the same way as it works for physically installed ESXi hosts. Increase the virtual disk's size and then grow the datastore. Remember that you cannot grow the datastore on the...
View ArticleUnmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Dear Friends, Is there any best practice I should follow in order to unmount a datastore from a ESXI 5.0 cluster? Is it as simple as rightclick the datastore and select->unmount? PS: I have already...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Below are bestpractices to unmount datastore from vCenter.Below checks should be considered.-No VM resides on the datastore-The datastore is not part of Datastore cluster-The datastore is not managed...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Hi Rahul, You are on the right path. You can unmount it from all the ESXs in the cluster - be sure to unmount it on all hosts that have visibility to it. If you will UNPRESENT this LUN later, as you...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Thanks a lot guys. Marcelo- I have ESX5.0 and I believe APD is fixed in this release. Do I still need to worry about APD? Vikas- I will be doing the unmounting from a VI client? Does vSpehre HA...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
As I was running through the datastore browser, I could see a folder named .vSpehre-HA.Perhaps this is the datastore heartbeat folder and this signifies that datastore is enabled for Heatbeat.Is there...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Yes, vSphere HA heartbeat also gets checked automatically if you connect vCenter from VI client. But not from the direct connection to ESXi from VI client. You can check manually from host cluster :...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Is there anyway I can change the datastore heatbeat to the new datastores?Yes, you can change : Right click on cluster>>edit settings>><if HA is enabled, you will get option :"Datastore...
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
Thanks Vikas, I see that no datastores are ticked but there is a folder .vSpegre-HA in each of the datastores.Does that mean by datastore is still enabled for heartbeat? -Rahul
View ArticleRe: Unmounting a Datastore in ESX5.0
If you do not see that datastore is ticked then it is mean that that datastore is not enabled for datastore-heart-beating for sure. In your case, folder is still visible, it is mean that that datastore...
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