Re: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Also are you using the HP image for ESXi, we did post a driver that is required for VVOL support on HP servers, not sure if this is included in the HP image....
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Just confirmed it with our development team: The Qlogic driver supporting vVol is NOT in the HP Image for ESXi 6.0. In other words, the Qlogic driver in the HP Image for ESXi 6.0 doesn’t enable vVol....
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Eric, VASA 2.0 is connected from vCenter 6 to 3PAR, showing 3PAR FW: 3.2.1.200. As for the drivers, the Bl460G9's were built using HP branded ESXi 6.0. Update Manager has been configured to use HP...
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Just looking through Product Bulletin again. It appears that the 536FLB is Qlogic for FC. Would the patch not be updated in HP Depot? I will check. -MattG
View ArticleRe: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Updated one of the blades to suggested driver. Rebooted twice. Still can't see vVOL PE: esxcli storage core device list --pe-onlyComes up empty. -Matt
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VMFS Lun resignaturing required?
Hello Community, We have VADP in place and all the LUNs presented to ESXi hosts are zoned to the backup physical server as well. Backup guys have some issues and they are migrating the backups to a new...
View ArticleRe: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
OK, dug around some more and here's the deal, the drivers you need on the server-side for some model CNAs in HP servers to support VVOLs with vSphere 6 have not yet been included in the HP images that...
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Matt,I ran across this same problem the other day. Running code 3.2.1.200. Can you confirm what licenses your array has? Specifically does the array have a Virtual Copy License? Thanks, Brian
View ArticleRe: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
While we require Virtual Copy to be licensed for VVOLs on 3PAR due to the VM snapshots shifting from vSphere to the storage array, I don't believe this has an impact the ability to see the PE on the...
View ArticleRe: 3Par Deduped Savings
Hi David, Do you have Oneview for vcenter installed ? I would expect you d be able to see that information in the plugin, but not sure of any way to get that info into the storage summary tab. I don't...
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
A little unsure here if you are trying to mask all paths from a specific vendor, or if you are trying to mask specific paths. if its a vendor you can do the following: esxcli storage vmfs extent...
View ArticleVSA that supports VVols
Hi all, Does anyone know of a VSA that supports vvols ? I have taken to Google and don't appear to be able to find any. This doesn't have to be production ready, BETA appliances would give me enough to...
View ArticleRe: 3Par Deduped Savings
Hi Rich, Yes, we have OneView for vCenter "kinda" installed. HP is trying to get it to work. I guess I was looking for someone who was already using it so I could know what to expect "free space"...
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Re: Intel DC P3700 NVMe SSD and performance in ESXi 5.5.
Intel released a new public driver a week ago:https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23929/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Data-Center-Family-for-PCIe-Drivers Just ran my first lab run with the P3700's as...
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Thank you very much for letting me know. Regards,Saxos
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Hello Richard Thank you for your time , i am trying to mask by transport iscsi protocol for specific LUN, i tried your command below as follow: by esxcli storage core path list...
View ArticleCluster Validation Errors
Scenario:Trying to do "cluster across box" with Server 2012 R2 and ESXi 5.5 using http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-55-setup-mscs.pdf and I am...
View ArticleHA with local storage
Hello, I'm trying to setup a cluster between 2 hosts with HA on vSphere 5.5. I'm wondering if it is required that shared storage be used for all partitions or if it is possible to have some partitions...
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Welcome to the Community, no, in order for HA to work all the VM's files need to be stored on shared storage, which is accessible by all hosts participating in the HA cluster. Think of it, if a host...
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Thanks for the quick response. That certainly makes sense now. My original understanding was that the shared storage was used solely for the datastore heartbeating, but now it is clear that the virtual...
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