Re: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
Thanks MKguy for thinking with me! I dont think i've been clear enough here... what i mean to say, is that all the space of all the vm's together is more then there is available in the datastores. I...
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remember that a VM is made up of more that just the VMDKs. there are things like Swap files (VMSS) config files (VMX) and various logs that make up each machine, not forgetting that there is also the...
View ArticleRe: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
What exact VM and datastore metrics did you compare? Did you use VM used space or VM provisioned space? The provisioned VM space value will be doubled for a VM snapshot, and thin disks will always be...
View ArticleRe: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
I've measured in "Used space" (see original posting) for all vm's, and compared against the total of all datastores. I've used both powercli and the webgui export to csv file, both gave the similar...
View ArticleRe: ESX 5.5 raid5 9TB
Hi, no it is an internal hp p410 smart array card. the OS is installed on an 8GB flash drive.
View ArticleRe: ESX 5.5 raid5 9TB
If you want to use the available storage for different purposes then use HP's ACU (Array Configuration Utility) and create multiple logical volumes on the RAID set. Also remember that RDMs on local...
View ArticleRe: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
Hey MKguy, thanks for the script, its great! I ran it, but i see many luns where the "vm space used GB" is far more compared to the "CapacityGB" of the lun. Some of them have a very large...
View ArticleRe: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
Since there are many luns in a datastore, does this mean the vm's have used up the full 2.1TB from this lun and another 6.2TB from other luns in the datastore?Usually you would map one physical block...
View ArticleRe: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
Hi, May be your hitting the same problem like here.? Incorrect "Used Storage" reported - ESX 5.5 -- Avinash
View ArticleRe: Datastore sizes do not match all vm's used sizes
Hey MKguy, it was indeed your option 1, the RDM's a simple cli command: Get -VM | Get-Harddisk -Disktype "RawPhysical", "RawVirtual" | Select...
View ArticleIBM v7000 thin provisioning inconcistencies
Hi all, We use an IBM v7000 SAN and noticed something odd. We presented a 2 TB thin provisioned volume from the v7000 to VMware. VCenter shows 724 GB free on that VMFS volume but the IBM v7000 GUI is...
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Your storage don't know about the data that you removed from the VMFS, because of this you may need tools like vmkfstools/esxcli to inform your storage arrays about the deleted files and allow your...
View ArticleSetting up a Powervault MD1200 within vpshere
Hello, All of my host servers have been stand alone servers or previously setup SANs. We've just purchased a Powervault MD1200 DAS that we are going to be setting up this weekend.We are going to...
View Articlevnxe3150 thin/thick provisioning and questionable performance
Hello This is my fist SAN project and also my first post here. So please bear with me. First let my give you some information about our hardware:We have 2 HP DL380p G8 E5-2690v2 (2 x 10 cores) servers,...
View ArticleRe: vnxe3150 thin/thick provisioning and questionable performance
We had a session with EMC to have a look at the thin/thick provisioning issues. Apparently, this is by design. I ended up re-creating all the LUN's which wasn't really necessary but I wanted to know...
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Now that my LUN's are thick provisioned, I wanted to test the performance again. Because there is no more storage left in the pool, I couldn't create a new LUN to connect to my virtual machine as a...
View ArticleRe: How to Shrink the VMDK with Thin Provisioning Enabled
right click on datastore - browse datastore - delete unwanted VM - refresh reclaimed storage space available immediately.
View ArticleWindows Mirroring on Guest Server 2008 R2
Hi, Is there any issue creating a Windows mirror at the guest level. I am using Server 2008 R2 and have ESXi 5.5. The mirror would be setup on a separate datastore on a separate SSD. I have done...
View ArticleRe: Windows Mirroring on Guest Server 2008 R2
I have done some testing, and the mirror appears to work, but it doesn't mirror the vmx file, so if I loose the original data store, I loose the vmx. Would that crash the VM ? Guest OS disk mirroring...
View ArticleAuto Tiering Mystery
Hi Guys, so i have a question regarding a feature called Auto Tiering on a Compellent storage device in our special use case and i hope that somebody has some experience or can give me a punch in the...
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