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Connecting ESXi to two different iSCSI SANS
I have my vSphere 6 connected to a Equallogic iSCSI SAN and would also like to connect to a new Nimble array. I added the new array to the discovery list as well as the appropriate CHAP information and...
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esxi 6.0: delete snapshot or consolidate snapshots report: XXX...
XXX com.vmware.vc.VmDiskConsolidatedEvent.formatOnVm not found XXXXXX com.vmware.vc.VmDiskConsolidatedEvent.category not found XXXhow to resolve this error?
View ArticleSSD SAN Recommendations
Can anyone recommend an SSD SAN with about 6TB usable after RAID? Do they exist under £25k? Thanks Rob
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vSphere with IBM V7000 compression
Hello, we have installed new IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2. One of the features that we turned on is real-time compression. Everything works as it should but there is a problem where compression gains aren't...
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Re: Unable to remove datastore
Used the following command to find all the VMs with attached CD ISOs: Get-VM | FT Name, @{Label="ISO file"; Expression = { ($_ | Get-CDDrive).ISOPath }}
View ArticleRe: vSphere with IBM V7000 compression
Unless I'm missing something vSphere ESXi will not be aware that IBM V7000 volumes are compressed, so nothing different will be shown on vSphere interface. Something that can be done is install the IBM...
View ArticleBest way to add iSCSI storage to VM Win 2012 R2 File Server
Hi, First of all I don't know this is the right place to post this question / discussion so I also posted this in the vSphere Storage forum. We have created a VM with OS Win 2012 R2 to create a file...
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brocade port licensing
Hello there.I know this is not a brocade community, but I also know that there are a lot of versatile specialists here and I think someone will help me with my question about brocade port licensing...
View ArticleRe: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
Thanks but if I am reading it correctly vmkfstools are used to CLONE the .vmdk file from THIN to THICK provision, for example and not as much as to copy VMs.Can you please confirm?
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Re: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
'vmkfstools' can be used for different tasks. Cloning a virtual disk from one datastore to another, without changing the disk format is actually the same a copying it. However, 'vmkfstools' works...
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Re: brocade port licensing
I got an answer from brocade community:Hello there. This question does come up from time to time, as the Dynamic Port Licensing was recently introduced. It allows the customer to assign ports as they...
View ArticleWhen downloading a thin provisioned vm to USB flash drive it seems to be the...
I built 2 vm's on my local virtual environment to be used in another environment across the country. I thin provisioned both of these vm's and then downloaded them from the data store to a USB flash...
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Re: When downloading a thin provisioned vm to USB flash drive it seems to be...
Welcome to the Community, thin provisioning is a file system feature, that's why the ,vmdk file(s) inflate to their provisioned size while copying them. If you want to move a VM with thin provisioned...
View ArticleRe: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
Understood but the article only provides a CLONE option not the COPY command.The clone option requires partition information line thin and thick formats. For example:vmkfstools -i...
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Re: File Server Datastore Provisioning assistance
Understood but the article only provides a CLONE option not the COPY command.That doesn't really matter, as long as the result is the same. Don't you agree?For valid options run the man vmkfstools...
View ArticleAdaptec RAID 71605Q
My goal is to run esxi on a small ssd, then create a large RAID array that's hanging off an Adaptec RAID 71605Q card, in the same physical system. I'm struggling with this; I have esxi 6 (the free...
View ArticleCan you share local datastores between multiple hosts?
Hi Everyone, I am new to VMWare, and need assistance setting up shared datastores to enable FT. I have 3 ESXI 6.0 hosts with two local LUNS attached to each as datastores. I understand that I need a...
View ArticleThroughput calculation
Hello Team, I'm reading one the design book, in that they said Throughput = TOTAL IOPS * size of the IOPS = 55 MB/sThroughput = 6875 * 8k = 55 MB/s i just want to understand how they have calculated...
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Re: Can you share local datastores between multiple hosts?
Traditionally you could not do many things without Shared Storage including FT and Local Disks could not be used. However VSAN introduced using Local Disks as shared storage and v6.1 allowed FT....
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Re: Adaptec RAID 71605Q
Well, I figured it out (thank you, Jesus!). Adaptec - Adaptec Driver: Adaptec RAID 71605Q Firmware/BIOS Update Ver. 7.5.0 Build 32106 Download Detail Yeah...troubleshooting 101: check the firmware on...
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