Re: issue with vmdk's not showing
Sorry, cant get what you mean when say "add datastore", datastore is the vmfs or nfs volume where vm files are stored. If you told about virtual disks (vmdk) - the only way you cant add it to virtual...
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Thanks again for you help, I have edited my 2 posts accordingly, it was not the data stores rather the vmdk's. Please have another read, should make more sense now.In the 2nd picture, there should be 2...
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Well ye, there should be 2 disks, but they should be allocated in the folder "new virtual machine" not in the root of RED1, but i cant see this folder there. Told you it will be more easier to solve...
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Yes, this is what im talking about? How can i retrieve these vmdk's? Where have they gone ? Nobody knows... (I dont have a webcam sorry) Is there another vmware application i can use to interrogate...
View ArticleRe: Tegile | Tintri | Compellent - Evaluating for next SAN refresh
That's the pricing for the skyHawk (no redundant controllers or redundant power supply) not the skyEagle (fully redundant). So that $48K is with single points of failure and that also doesn't include...
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Assuming you can see all the folders and files using the Datastore Browser, try to click the "folder up" icon on the Browse Datastore window that you posted, to see whether it's simply a focus issue....
View ArticleRe: OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD - will it work with ESXi?
For those trying to figure out if an OCZ RevoDrive will work in ESXi 5.5 see my response at OCZ RevoDrive 350 on ESXi 5.5. The short answer is yes, but you have to revert your host back to ESXi 5.1...
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The data stores are reported empty (see pic 2)... Physically not possible as the drives are present in the first 2 vm's
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I see that pic 2 doesn't show anything, but is it the same when you use "Browse Datastore..." from the pop-up menu after right clicking the datastore(s) and/or using the CLI, WinSCP, ...? Please...
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Re: issue with vmdk's not showing
I just saw your other post VMDK's just vanished in which you mentioned that the issue occurred after a host crash.I'm pretty sure continuum can help. André
View ArticleRe: Tegile | Tintri | Compellent - Evaluating for next SAN refresh
I don't work for a storage vendor and never have but have helped sell, install and manage Tegile, Tintri, Compellent and Nimble storage, thus, most of my work revolves around storage. Word to the wise,...
View ArticleHow to delete a vmware volume
I am new to vmware. We have a system that I inherited. I would like to free up some space so I moved some virtual machines to other vmware volumes, I am now left with 2 empty volumes. Do I delete them,...
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From documentation: Remove VMFS Datastores in the vSphere Web ClientNoteThe datastore delete operation permanently deletes all files associated with virtual machines on the datastore. Although you can...
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We do not have the web client installed. I have posted another thread in general forum, I was unsure if this got read a lot. It was suggested to unmount rather than delete for an APD issue. My...
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You can use the vSphere Client (C# version) too... and per VMware recommendation (and documentation like you can see on note posted above), first unmount the datastore and then delete it.
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I just completed this. I followed the vmware document and it took a lot longer than deleting it, but it worked very well! I thank all of you. I am reading vmware books a lot to get my skills up.
View ArticleProblems with NFS mount
Hello Everyone, I have a vSphere server with 8 network connections (6 used). The network connection are configured as follows: 192.168.100.X - Management Network - Switch 1192.168.101.X - Production...
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shrinking the illustrated vmdk files
Hi,Is it possible to shrink the highlighted files in illustration below?
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No, you cannot shrink snapshots. However, do you really need these 4 snapshots? As a best practice, snapshots should only be kept as long as necessary. Keeping snapshots for a long time will consume...
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