How to query and delete remnant vvol?
Hello, We had some configuration issues with the NTAP plugin during NFS vvol datastore creation where it would create the vvol on the array, but throw and exception during the mount to hosts. Because...
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Re: NFS share getting a (1) appended when adding to a new host in existing...
I had a similar issue like this mounting our NFS storage . This is what I did to resolve the issue and I'm hoping it'll lead you to resolving your specific issue if it's not exactly like mine: The...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 Enclosure Query
Gidday I have LUN 0 showing as the chassis of the MSA2040 as well. The trick to preventing it clashing with storage LUNs is to use explicit mapping for the volumes and start the numbering from 1, that...
View ArticleAny API to creae VM Storage Policy for vVol
Hi, Is there any VMware API to create VM Storage Policy for vVol? I find VM Storage Policy about VSAN and tag based but didn't find vvol type. Thanks a lot!
View ArticleHow to know a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host?
Hi there,I am wondering how to know if a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host? Here is the steps and problems I got.1. Add iscsi static target to host.2. Rescan Hba3. If the datastore is...
View ArticleRe: How to know a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host?
Since this is a storage question and not related to the Web Client SDK I will move it to the vSphere Storage forum.
View ArticleRe: How to know a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host?
The host's Events log should log an event whenever a datastore is added or removed. This is accessible via the vSphere client by clicking on the host, then clicking the Tasks & Events tab, and...
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Re: How to know a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host?
Thanks EZ, I just check the event viewer but I could not identify the difference whether the datastore will be auto-mounted or not.Here is the event from auto-mount datastore and non-auto-mount...
View ArticleRe: How to know a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host?
Hi Wood, check the following article.Unmounting a LUN or detaching a datastore/storage device from multiple VMware ESXi 5.x/6.0 hosts (2004605) When the device is detached, it stays in an unmounted...
View ArticleRe: Network access to datastore
Well, I inherited this... had to check. A ghettoVCB script
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Re: multi-writer?
I am visualizing ORACLE RAC on vSphere 6.0 VSAN datastore using this following this article VMware KB: Using Oracle RAC on vSphere 6.x VSAN Datastore . In every ORACLE RAC VM, the SCSi controller type...
View ArticleRe: How to know a iscsi datastore ever mounted/unmounted on a host?
Great thanks Ralf~I just follow your steps and this way do help me to obtain my goal Unfortunately in my case I only allow to access information from MOB but not esxcli command.I have no idea how to...
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Storage Disconnection with message "with reason code 0001"
Hello Team,Can anyone please shed some light on this message, that we see just before disconnection of iscsi storage from esxi host. This logs are vobd.log2015-08-12T15:45:07.712Z: [iscsiCorrelator]...
View ArticlevSAN Question
Hey guys, I am trying to get a better understanding of vSAN. My current configuration is that I have two hosts with two separate datastores. They are not in a cluster. Would vSAN help me converge the...
View ArticleStorage vMotion leaves log files on old datastore
We recently added several new datastores and have been moving all of our virtual machines to these so we can retire our old SAN. This worked with no issue for the all but one virtual machine. This one...
View ArticleRe: Storage vMotion leaves log files on old datastore
please could you post shots about old datastore/folder content and infos about vm disk state (snapshot, need consolidation, etc...)?
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Re: Storage vMotion leaves log files on old datastore
Here is the view of the old datastore. The VM does not have any snapshots of it, that was one of the first things I looked for.
View ArticleRe: vSAN Question
vSAN has a lot of requirements, for example you will need at least 03 (three) hosts, take a look here for detailed requirements: VMware KB: vSphere 5.5 Virtual SAN requirements
View ArticleRe: vSAN Question
As replied earlier there are lot of requirements . If it is only for learning then you can have one more host and then configure it to failure to tolerate to 1. You can also create nested esxi and tag...
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