iSCSI + Compellent + Equallogic
Hello, I recently got a compellent. We already have multiple Equallogic'sWe have got esxhosts with 10GB nic's (2 per server, splitted into 8 with npar). Untill i got the compellent i had the esxhosts...
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Team wants to have ESXi cluster mount an NFS datastore that is created from a Windows VM in that cluster which is exposing a VMDK disk exported as NFS to the ESXi cluster? This would be for holding...
View ArticleCan only see VM when I browse the DataStore
I have a virtual machine running on a SAN but I can't see it as a related object only if I browse the datastore. I need to move the VM from 1 datastore to another so I can upgrade the host to vSphere...
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If I understand this correctly, all 4 hosts are managed by a single vCenter Server instance, and you can see/manage all VM's except the one you mentioned from vCenter Server, i.e. other VM's which are...
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What version of vSphere are you currently running? VMware KB: Intermittent NFS APDs on VMware ESXi 5.5 U1 - this was patched, you should apply the appropriate level of patching. I don't see anything...
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I will do that now. I did not know to do that. Thank you for your help in this matter.
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Storage IO Controls (SIOC) congestion thresholds
First let me start by saying I haven't done much with SIOC yet and I'm looking really to see if other people see the same behavior as I do. When setting congestion thresholds in SIOC it appears that...
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How to use remaining space on esxi installation ?
Hi all, I've made an installation of the free version of ESXi 5.5 on a 320GB disk (rather than a USB key) and I would use the remaining space as VMFS partition to store a datastore for installation...
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ESXi iSCSI write speed drops when using Multipath IO
Hi all, I’m using a Synology Diskstation DS1512+. Both network interfaces are connected to a different switch, different VLANs and have addresses in different subnets. In ESXi 5.5 I have 2 interfaces...
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How to remove a folder in the VMware datastore
HI,First VM4&VM5 is migrated while migration of VM20 is running, so migration of VM4&VM5 failed several minutes later. But VM4 folder could be seen under backup2 datastore. When VM4 is...
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Thanks for your answer!I agree the first answer. I think it is correct. For the second one, I have a question. the current VM4 is running. Can I rename VM4_1 folder online ?Is there any VM Ware admin...
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No, a folder cannot be renamed if files are in use. To rename the folder only, you may shutdown the VM, remove it from the inventory, rename the folder and add the VM to the inventory again.To rename...
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Thanks Andre for the clarification. Yes, even though folder can be renamed when VM is powered on but it will lead to issues if we want to migrate the VM to other datastore or if we shutdown & try...
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This is simple. Steps:From VI client1. You can delete VM4 folder straightway as you already have running VM files in VM4_1 folder. Directly deleting VM4 folder will delete all the files inside that...
View ArticleRe: How do I delete a volume on an EqualLogic SAN without generating alerts
Probably solved by now, but for the googlers out there, I found that I had to additionally delete the iSCSI target in the Static Discovery tab under Storage Adapters - {iSCSI software Adapter}...
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Very High Disk Latency ESXI 5.5
Hi,we have upgraded one of our ESXI Host to ESXI 5.1 to ESXI 5.5. This host has been working for few weeks without any issue. but suddenly we faced huge disk latency on Local attached LUN.ESXI run...
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Did you already check the hardware, especially the controller cache/battery? If there's an issue with the battery, the controller will switch from write-back to write-trough mode.As a side not, HP...
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Seeing a big latency with few IOPS happening as in your screenshots is not that uncommon, though your case seems a bit extreme. Can you run IOmeter or something in a VM? Also check your hpsa driver...
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Re: Very High Disk Latency ESXI 5.5
Dear MKGUYthanks for the info. ESXI hpsa version is 5.5.0.58-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820. but p420i firmware is 4.68.we have run with this firmware without any issue. i analysed IOPS usage with Dell Foglight...
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