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Datastore Degraded with all appliances online
Hi, We need some help. We have a cluster with 3 nodes, on the vsa manager tab we can see:We can see all appliance online but there are one of these that not export his datastore.We checked all network...
View ArticleiSCSI connection via vMotion interface?
I am going to move an old iSCSI SAN that is configured on a vSphere 4.1 system to a new vSphere 6.0 and use it for backups. The old iSCSI SAN controllers are set up with the IPs in a 172.16.0.1/24.We...
View ArticleRe: VM Message : There is no more space for virtual disk xxx.vmdk
Hi Porto, I have a very similar problem, same initial message ( There is no more space for virtual disk ServerName_2.vmdk. You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk space on the...
View ArticleLosing Heartbeat to Mushkin Reactor 1TB Drive
I have 2 Mushkin Reactor 1TB drives installed in my Dell T620 running ESXi 6. They are connected as single disk virtual disks on the raid card and both are mounted as individual datastores in vSphere....
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi 5.5 U1 configuration with QNAP TS-870 using iSCSI
LSCurrierSo how did you go with the iSCSI or NFS data store after the updates ? which one is performing faster for ESXi data store using Ethernet cable.
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi 5.5 U1 configuration with QNAP TS-870 using iSCSI
I still have my ESXi server configured to use NFS with my QNAP TS-870. I have not worked anymore to get iSCSI going - though I would like to at some point. Luke
View ArticleRe: iSCSI connection via vMotion interface?
Is it possible to set this up – that is,,, set up a second vkernel on the vMotion switch in a different network / VLAN?Yes, it is possible, but try at least use a different network and VLAN.Wouldthis...
View ArticleRe: Space Reclamation on All-Flash array w/vSphere 5.1
esxer This is the KB article for you to read Using esxcli in vSphere 5.5 and 6.0 to reclaim VMFS deleted blocks on thin-provisioned LUNs (2057513) | VMware KB hopefully that helps.
View ArticleRe: datastore does not start
The host's vmkernel.log file should contain valuable information.For an overview of log files, and how to access them, see e.g. https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2032076 André
View ArticleI have some datastores connected to ESXi 6.0 hosts that have some disk...
I have some datastores connected to ESXi 6.0 hosts that have some disk signature issues after a storage migration. We were able to force mount them at the time to get the environment back up. Now we'd...
View ArticleRe: Storage Profiles Issues
Can you post the details of what the incompatibility message is from the first screenshot?
View ArticleRe: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
Thanks. Like with SCP command the vmkfstools command will work in SSH Putty?If not, how to enter vCLI prompt? Also, I see the command as follows:vmkfstools -i...
View ArticleBalancing VMDK between 2 SANs with sDRS?
Let’s say that you have two SANs with three datastores each. --SAN1---|---SAN2---------------|---------------1DS1---|---2DS1----1DS2---|---2DS2----1DS3---|---2DS3-- Now let’s say that you have 4 VMs...
View ArticleBest practices for SQL vmdk location
Hi, I am having a bit of trouble in my own head trying to work out the best way to provision SQL disk in our vsphere environment. I have a datastore cluster which has everything in it. OS, data disks,...
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Re: Storage Profiles Issues
Well, i believe I've found the answer to my own question. It appears that this is not supported. You cannot have sDRS balance VM's withing a DS Cluster based on Storage Profiles. VMware,if you reading...
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Re: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
Also in addition to my post, can the vmkfstools command be used to copy files/folders between HOSTS?
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Re: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
To get an overview of the available command line option, run either vmkfstools --help from the command line (i.e. through a putty session), or take a look at the documentation (e.g. vmkfstools). You...
View ArticleRe: NFS storage won't connect over custom TCP/IP stack
Any luck figuring this out? I'm experiencing the same issue. I'm unable to mount my NFS storage when using a custom TCP stack, works as expected when using the default tcp/ip stack.
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