Re: Delta VMDK is missing
I'm the files here, I think I understand what's going problem, but I wish you could check to confirm, there can send .zip here, I can send in your e-mail?
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The customer found the vmdk missing, 00004.vmdk, was in another folder as the wizard created the datastore, sent put the file in the correct folder come and try to give the boot to see if it works, if...
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Windowsserver2008r2.vmx #!/usr/bin/vmware.encoding = "UTF-8"config.version = "8"virtualHW.version = "8"nvram = "WindowsServer2008r2.nvram"pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"svga.present =...
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Ivanildo, can you confirm that the BOTH files exist: WindowsServer2008r2-000004.vmdkWindowsServer2008r2-000004-delta.vmdk The following lines shows the error related to virtual disks:...
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Re: Delta VMDK is missing
Friend, do exist, they are in another folder on another datastore, alone. Already asked for the client copies them to the correct folder and try to come up.
View ArticleRe: How to convert a thin disk to "lazyLazy Zeroed thick disk." I have...
> I have already tried inflate option but it converts to "eagerzeroed thick" which i don't want. I doubt that you would like the results of an inflate option with a type=lazyzeroed switch.If you...
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I am being asked to provide some suggestions on a small shared storage environment. if a client wishes to pick up their environment they can with minimal reconfiguration. Environment is going to...
View ArticleCurrent general ideas and thinking about LUN sizing??
When I started with vSphere in 2007-08 the thinking was more toward a greater number of smaller LUNs.Now with vSphere 6 etc. having more LUN capacity it seems to make sense to have fewer larger LUNs.Is...
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Re: Current general ideas and thinking about LUN sizing??
The rationalle for the smaller LUN sizes, containing no more than 12-15 VM, back in the old days was driven by the locking mechanics used by VMFS. Modern day VMFS 5 datastores delivered from storage...
View Articlethe Dos and Don't of running VMs on Isilon
Hello vExperts - Could anyone please share details regarding the Dos and don't's of running VMs on EMC Isilon.. We have run into a serious storage IOPS issue, simply don't have enough spindles and no...
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Network access to datastore
In my vsphere I have two datastores, one holds the VMs, in another harddisk there's a backup datastore with daily copies of the VMs. I would like to keep another copy of the VM image in another...
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Why not looking into the entry level storages, for example HP MSA 1040 (limited to max of 3 enclosures) but cheap , the 2040 is more expensive but salable. If it's an environment that will not scale...
View ArticleRe: What emulex driver to use? HCL? Vendor?
Sometimes vmware HCL is not up to day, you have to check with the server vendor support What's the server model ?
View ArticleRe: Slow iscsi performance: where do I start debugging ?
Hi Nick, what kind of vmdk did you create?As long as you didn't created an eagerzeroedthick vmdk your tests inside a VM might not show the correct values (depending on the used tool to test). This is...
View ArticleDatastores shared between clusters?
I currently have two clusters, the original 6 node cluster (E6540 processors) with 15 - 2TB datastores and a new 3 node cluster (E5-2670v3 processors).I attached the same 15 - 2TB datastores to the new...
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Hello theire, i have same config with several Clusters as i create Clusters per CPU Architecture. Westmere,ivy,Sandy,Haswell. i don't use EVC. Hm wouldn't sense now an Kind of Problem. 1 Point is...
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No challenge to share datastores between clusters , No EVC constraint , Host hardware , scsi reservation etc.I am using it upto some extend in production environment with multiple hosts. cross VCs is...
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I have shared datastores between clusters and didn't have any apparent issues in the past, but I wasn't sure if it was best practice. Thanks for the replies.
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Re: Thin Provision & Data Deduplication
Hey all, I think this is the solution to the problem that you are seeing Use the SDelete -z driveletter to zero out all unused space on the Windows virtual machine.Perform a storage vMotion of the...
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