Re: What PSP we have toSet for EMC Storage
As mentioned by Richardson Porto, both models (with the mentioned Flare/OE Code) support Round-Robin. However, if the initiators were registered with an older Flare/OE code, you may need to change the...
View ArticleRe: LSI SMI-S causing high latency?
Hello, i have exact the same problem.Since early 2014 with ESXi 5.5 and now with ESXi 5.5 Update 1.Dell Server with PERC H200 and RAID1. I testet different LSI SMISes, no luck !!! Host absolutely slow...
View ArticleRe: When adding the data store to the second host it wants to format the storage
What type of shared storage do you use, and did you configure the LUN presentation for the second host in the same way in which you did this for the first host? Do you manage the hosts with vCenter...
View ArticleWhen adding the data store to the second host it wants to format the storage
I have two ESXi 5.5 hosts, one is the primary host which is currently running all of the VM's from this datastore. I would like to add the datastore to the other host, but the option to do so is greyed...
View ArticleRe: What PSP we have toSet for EMC Storage
If you have Microsft Clusters in your environment, RR PSP is not supported. Make sure you plan this carefully.
View ArticleRe: What PSP we have toSet for EMC Storage
vfk wrote: If you have Microsft Clusters in your environment, RR PSP is not supported. Make sure you plan this carefully.Just a quick note. Support for Round-Robin with MSCS has been introduced with...
View ArticleRe: What PSP we have toSet for EMC Storage
Yes, you are right, however I generally avoid feature implementation with restriction, unless there is very specific need. The current restriction for RR PSP in MSCS cluster are pretty severe and not...
View ArticleMatching my Queue depths
I currently have a cluster of 12 servers with Qlogic QLE2562. We have purchased another 8 servers for this cluster but they have the Emulex LPe12002. My Qlogics have a queue depth of 64 per device, and...
View ArticleRe: What PSP we have toSet for EMC Storage
Thanks Team, if we have MSCS then what PSP we have to set Please confirm and IF we are not using MSCS then we can use RR PSP, Plz correct me if m wrong
View ArticleRe: Thin Provision & Data Deduplication
vanderetto, I did extensive testing on this all weekend using around 700G of valid test data and definitely gained a bit of understanding about this, much, much more. I recently worked with a client...
View ArticleRe: LSI SMI-S causing high latency?
I have asked LSI and some guys inside VMware if they have any more information on this, but it’s hard to uncover any more information. LSI Support did get back to me, stating:According to LSI...
View ArticleRe: Whats mean .sdd.sf file?
Issues unmounting the datastore with only this folder on it??? Check >> .sdd.sf folder after Storage vMotion
View ArticleRe: Unable to unmount
Hi Emdon, Check thread; .sdd.sf folder after Storage vMotion Same issue... problem solved for me but still no clue what caused it.
View ArticleRe: LSI SMI-S causing high latency?
There was a new LSI SMIS Provider released last month that might fix this issue. If you go to the LSI page for any controller (example:...
View ArticleRe: Can only see VM when I browse the DataStore
Sorry for the delayed reply. I have tried both of your suggestions and haven't resolved the issue. I did notice after you brought it up that I can't view any of the virtual machines from my vsphere web...
View ArticleRe: LSI SMI-S causing high latency?
hello bleeder two weeks ago, i tested this new LSI SMIno luck, same Problems thank´s for the Input
View Articleignore missing disks assigned to a session
hi,if you start a session from which a hard drive is missing you get an error...you can either add the drive to the system or remove the linked disk from that session. is there a way to ignore these...
View ArticleHow to find right order VMDK corresponds to Linux disk
Hey, guys!I have a quick question.We have a DB VM with 5 SAN disks presented to it. 1 system disk and 4 2TB disks.I have for example list of drives from Linux OS:Disk /dev/sda: 214.7 GB, Disk /dev/sdb:...
View ArticleRe: How to find right order VMDK corresponds to Linux disk
Maybe not a direct answer to your question, but I usually create the virtual disks with slightly different sizes. This is the most reliable way I found so far to figure out the relation between the...
View ArticleRe: How to find right order VMDK corresponds to Linux disk
Thank you, Andre, but in this case VM was not created by me (and the guy has left the company) and I need to find out which is which.
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