Unable to add bind iSCSI initiator
While looking to improve on our configuration by aligning with best practice recommendations, we came across this error: Call "IscsiManager.QueryCandidateNics" for object "iscsiManager-690" on vCenter...
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Hi, I ran into the same issue and fixed it by doing the following :1. Disabled the iSCSI software adapter (copying iqn and settings to onenote/notepad first) --- DON'T reboot yet.2. Winscp to the host...
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VVOL Equallogic and VSphere 6
I have been banging my head against the wall trying to get VVOL's established in my test environment. The setup is as follows, 3 hosts, two with HBA iSCSI broadcoms and one Software iSCSI adapter. The...
View ArticleRe: How to query and delete remnant vvol?
Have you tried any of the suggestions in this KB? VMware KB: Unmounting a LUN or detaching a datastore/storage device from multiple VMware ESXi 5.x/6.0 hosts -DT
View ArticleRe: the Dos and Don't of running VMs on Isilon
Simply put: don't run VMs on Isilon. Been there, done that, didn't like it much at all. You will cause yourself grief. We tried with KVM and with ESXi and neither works well. EMC has tried hard to...
View ArticleRe: VVOL Equallogic and VSphere 6
As this appears to be related to the two HBAs only I would suggest checking that your HBA firmware version has support for secondary LUN IDs as this is required for block storage backed VVols. To do...
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Re: VVOL Equallogic and VSphere 6
Yup that was the problem... the HBA daughter cards in the Vertex don't support SecondLUN ID... I have a couple servers with BC5709's but they are runnining 5.5 at the moment... I will have to think...
View ArticleIf all my VM Datastores are backed by the same set of spindles, will Storage...
7 ESXi 6.0.0 Hosts3 Datastores200+ VMs Each of the three Datastores are backed by a single ZFS storage pool across the same disk spindles.If we enable Storage I/O Control for all the datastores, how...
View ArticleInstalling KINGSTON - PREDATOR - HYPERX PCI express storage using ESXI 5.5
Hi Team, We would like to test a PCI Express storage (HyperX-kingston)480GB in a VMWARE ESXI 5.5..We have installed the hardware (PCIe) in the motherboard and the BIOS could recognize the hardware,...
View ArticleRe: Incorrect "Used Storage" reported - ESX 5.5
Currently using 5.5U2 (3116895) and it still isn't resolved. After an upcoming maintenance window I'm moving to 5.5U3+the October patch, so we'll see if it's fixed then. Can't test 6.0a due to my...
View ArticleMissing Sata HDD
I have a cheap ThinkServer TS140 booting version 5.5 via USB Flash.It has 2, 1 TB drives, and a DVD drive that show up with no issues.I also have a SanDisk SSD(120GB) that will not show up as a...
View ArticleLuns Grown do not show new Space
Hi Guys , please assist . I grew some VMFS5 Luns from 5 to 15 TB and they are still reporting 5 TB in size , from time to time , until you refresh the Datastore in vsphere client / Rescan ALL the...
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Thin provision datastore at SAN level?
Is there a good reason to thin provision a vSphere Datastore at the SAN level? I was always under the impression that it's a good idea to Thick provision the SAN volumes and then decide if you want...
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Re: Latency spikes with msa2040 and Hp proliant DL 360 g9 ( 5.5u3 and 6.0 )
I'd be looking into what my servers are doing at that point in time. There's a large spike in write activity at the same time as the latency spike.The spike is pretty quick as well, is it having an...
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How to find a Virtual Volume's I/O rate in vSphere 6.0
When we select a Virtual Volume under the Storage tab in vSphere, it seems like we cannot get the read and write rate of the VVol. Is there any way to see it or is there any API we can use to get it?...
View Articleshared virtual disk in win 7 64
Hi, I got a problem with ussing Shared Virtual Disk in Win 7 64 Virtual Machine. (Esxi 6.0) - I have a SSD storage (450Gb), and i creat 2 VM ussing Win 7 64 on it. (40Gb for 2 VM , and ~400Gb not...
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Welcome to the Community, this won't unfortunately work, because Windows 7 doesn't support shared access to a volume. To use a volume from multiple hosts (like ESXi does this with VMFS data stores) it...
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Re: shared virtual disk in win 7 64
Thanks so much, hope i post my question sooner , and now i know it is imposible. I will try to find another way. Thank you
View ArticleALUA state change
Hello, I'm testing iSCSI storage based on SCST project with VMWare ESX (5.5 and 6.0). Storage worked in Active/Active mode and connected to ESX with two paths.Storage support implicit ALUA with states...
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