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Hi there, As vSphere HA requires shared storage, I'm wondering what are the best practices for implementing shared storage with the following characteristics:1. Reliability/redundancy2. Similar IO...
View ArticleVVOLs CoW based snapshot - still short freeze of guest?
Hi, as i read Cormacs blog Virtual Volumes – A new way of doing snapshots | CormacHogan.com about VVOLs snapshot leveraging classic CoW mechanism from now on i wonder if the esxi 6.0...
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Hey, So i ran the same on my test lab and the rule: esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 110 -P MASK_PATH -t target -R iscsi --iqn ****** --lun xthis will work, but doesn't work with just a load, run,...
View ArticleRe: IBM DS3400 Hardware Acceleration (VAAI)
Hi, Are there anyone in knowledge on this? Many thanks! Grant
View ArticleRe: 3Par Deduped Savings
Hi Dave, Sorry, don't think i can help to much then, we have one view and you can see all the array information in the storage tab plugin, but this is different to what you see in the vcenter summary...
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
RichardBush#RichardBush Thank you so much for your patience , it worked out I used it like this:esxcfg-mpath -Lesxcfg-scsidevs -mesxcli storage core claimrule listesxcli storage core claimrule add -r...
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Re: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Great, glad you got it sorted. If you add an unclaim prior to the reclaim you would likely not get that error, but so long as it worked no problem Rich
View ArticleRe: How do I mount a datastore that requires authentication?
In 5.1 and 5.5 NFS (assuming you are attempting to use NFS ?) doesn't have authentication options, most people secure this by restricting access to the share by only allowing specific IP address rather...
View ArticleRe: How do I mount a datastore that requires authentication?
I agree that IP access control is a common method used with ESXi and NFS.
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Glad you got it working the way you wanted. Could I ask why you would present the LUN to the host and then mask it, rather than just not present the LUN to the host in the first place?
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
The main reason i could see this being used would be if you are using Dynamic target discovery, but want to mask some hosts from seeing specific LUN's. However, this tread was moved from VCAP group,...
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Re: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
Yes it is , Scott moved it here for some reason ,and I was lucky for this
View ArticleRe: Can't create claim storage transport rule !!
This was the correct place for the thread to be, it was a technology question rather than being specifically about the VCAP exams. I did think at the time you were probably asking from a purely...
View ArticleRe: VVOLs CoW based snapshot - still short freeze of guest?
The Fast Suspend/Resumes are still occuring. I just did a quick test and in the vmware.log file, I see the following when taking a VVol snapshot. vmware.log:2015-03-24T16:33:41.204Z| vcpu-0| I120:...
View ArticleRe: VVOLs CoW based snapshot - still short freeze of guest?
Hi Cormac, thanks, that helps a lot! Best regards,Joerg
View ArticleAdding Storage Issue
Hello All, Added a new storage array and running both old and new at the same time until we get it migrated. I added a few new datastores and all hosts can see the datastores i added in the beginning....
View ArticleRe: Adding Storage Issue
Found the issue. Nimble storage has a little check box that says "allow from multiple initiators" and that box was unchecked. Seems like that might be better to make that check box labeled "allow a...
View ArticleFresh vCenter 6 install + 3PAR v400 array latest firmware = file creation...
Hello all, I have a 3PAR V400 array with the latest 3.2.1 mu2 p12 firmware and a fresh vCenter 6.0 server setup. I have followed all HP 3PAR guides to configure VVOLs and all appears functional and...
View ArticleRe: Yet another remove NFS datastore problem
Thank you for your help, my problem solved itself much faster - scheduled reboot of file server where NFS datastore physically resides and "ghost" entries in vCenter disappeared!
View ArticleRe: Having issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Eric, I just tried to install the BL460 G9 with the stock ESXi 6 image and it stops because it can't detect the network (due to not having the HP drivers). When I use the HP branded ESXi 6 image it...
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