VMware migrate host if connection to datastore is lost?
Hey all. I have a SAN that is directly attached to my hosts via SAS. It's an EqualLogic MD3220i. The SAN has the ability to make both of it's controllers active so you can connect up to 8 hosts, but...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service Crashing
Take a look on this another thread: Re: vSphere 5.5 : "The storage service is not initialized"
View ArticleI/O Characterization - vSphere Environment
Hi everybody At the moment we are evaluating a new storage array, because of this, we want to charecterize our I/O Workloads to size it. With vscsistats and the native perfornamce charts it is very...
View ArticleRe: I/O Characterization - vSphere Environment
Many years ago I wrote an ugly perl script to analyze vscistats output files for all VMs on the hosts and present the overall average values, if that helps. Start collecting data for all VMs/disks on...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service Crashing
Thanks. I was able to review that thread before posting my article. I eventually pressed VMware to help me despite not being able to apply the hotfix. I was escalated to a high level engineer who...
View ArticleDead fiber path, replacing SFP
I have 1 dead fiber on an Esxi 5.5 host. My redundant fiber is working fine. I have a couple of questions: 1. I can replace the transceiver on the dead port on the Qlogic card while the host still has...
View ArticleRe: Dead fiber path, replacing SFP
1. I can replace the transceiver on the dead port on the Qlogic card while the host still has other VMs running? I have done it in the past, but while the host was in Maint mode. For reasons I wont go...
View ArticleIBM DS3400 Hardware Acceleration (VAAI)
Hi there, I have been searching whether Hardware Acceleration (VAAI) is supported on IBM DS3400, it appear to be yes (VAAI-Block HW Assisted Locking, Full Copy, Block Zero) according to VMware's...
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Which firmware version your IBM DS3400 is running ?
View ArticleRe: IBM DS3400 Hardware Acceleration (VAAI)
Hi Richardson, I'm using version 07.35.53.00 which is the last batch of manufacture from 2011, by that time vSphere 4.1 had already came out and VAAI was already one of the function shipped with it....
View ArticleAdding a second Storage array
We are in the process of adding a second array to the environment (currently have Equalogic adding Nimble) and the ultimate plan is to slowly phase out the old one. We will need to keep both of them in...
View ArticleHaving issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Have a 3par 7200 running fw: 3.2.1.200 I have connected vCenter 6 on a HP BL460 G9 running vSphere to the 3PARs VASA url. However I cannot get the PE to be visible to the ESXi host. I run the...
View ArticleRe: Adding a second Storage array
As you already found out, only a single software iSCSI adapter is supported on an ESXi host. However, your assumtion is correct. You access multiple targets from this adapter.André
View ArticleCan't create claim storage transport rule !!
Hi,I need to Mask all traffic coming from specific iSCSI or specific protocol type , Can any one advice how to create a rule by transport type ? I tried the below but not working,: /var/log # esxcli...
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Moderator note: This is a product/technology discussion, so moving from the VCAP forum area to the vSphere Storage area.
View ArticleRe: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
I have same issue on BL685 G73par controller version is 3.2.1 P12 I think it's a hp bug because protocol endpoint must be shown to the host before vasa integration.
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3Par Deduped Savings
Greetings, We have a 3Par 7400 running OS 3.2.1 (MU2). On this SAN, we created TDVVs (Thinly Deduplicated Virtual Volumes). They are presented to our ESXi hosts with one datastore per LUN. We are...
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Hi, a few things 1. your type (-t) should be transport not target2. iscsi isn't used anymore so use iscsivendor instead.Gregg
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Thank you Creg for your time ,, I am afraid I am still unable to mask it~ # esxcli storage core claimrule listesxcli storage filesystem listRule Class Rule Class Type Plugin...
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Re: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Hi Matt, I'll see if I can help you, have you tried looking over the implementation steps listed in this guide:http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA5-6907ENW.pdf The firmware you are running...
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