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Using Windows Storage Server 2012 as iSCSI Target in Production Environment
My searches in this forum haven't yielded discussions on this. Please forgive me if I missed previous posts.Would you use a Windows Server 2012 R2 as your (only) iSCSI target / shared storage for your...
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Re: VMFS lock mechanism
Hi there, What vendor and model is your storage? You can set the SATP claim rule if you wish and also the PSP, but it might be worth first reviewing the best practices for your particular array to make...
View ArticleHow can I shrink a thin provisioned vmdk file?
Hi, I want to shrink a thin provisioned vmdk file, because in the affected virtual machine OS there are many GBs free, but the thin provisioned disk is nearly the same size like a thick provisioned...
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Due to the unified block size of 1MB, Storage vMotion will not help. However, the KB article you mentioned also contains the steps to reclaim zeroed blocks from the thin provisioned disk using the...
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Hi André, but there is no option to reclaim zeroed blocks from the thin provisioned disk without downtime of the affected VM? Regards, Andre
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That's unfortunately true. What I could think of - didn't try this myself so far yet - is to Storage vMotion the VM twice (if there's sufficient free space on another datasatore). In the first step...
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Hi André, this task we have tested already, because my hope also was to shrink the file in that way.But unfortunately nothiung happened during both SVMotion's... Regards, Andre
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Re: How can I shrink a thin provisioned vmdk file?
Please don't mind me asking, but did you select the target virtual disk format in the wizard, and did you zero out unused blocks within the guest OS using e.g. sdelete as mentioned in the KB...
View ArticleAn unmanaged I/O workload is detected on a SIOC-enabled datastore
Below mentioned Even got triggered from ESXi host .Please suggest on this An unmanaged I/O workload is detected on a SIOC-enabled datastore
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Moderator note: Technical question, so moved to a relevant forum area - vSphere Storage
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Bump - anybody? Please?
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Re: Using Windows Storage Server 2012 as iSCSI Target in Production Environment
I don't know if WSS is supported, search here: VMware Compatibility Guide - Storage/SAN Search Would an SDS solution such as VSAN not be an option for you?
View ArticleRe: VMFS lock mechanism
Dear martinriley, The storage is a shared two nodes iSCSI, low end provided by Infotrend, and it does not support ALUA, only a floating VIP to handle failover.Yes, I can set the SATP claim rule and I...
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Re: Using Windows Storage Server 2012 as iSCSI Target in Production Environment
Stick with supported platform from HCL, running production workload on unsupported systems is asking for trouble.
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New SSD Not Showing in vCenter or ESXi
Hello All, I'm fairly new to VMWare/ESXi. I just added (1) SSD to each of my three hosts, but it is not showing anywhere in vCenter. I rescanned all three hosts to discover new storage/vmfs volume...
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Obscure behaviour of a snapshot - looking for an explanation
I am working at a recovery case that looks really really strange. When I was called everything looked like a normal case of the "my datastore suddenly lost all VMs" issue.And indeed - looking at the...
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As you have not yet created a vmfs volume on the new drive, it will not automatically appear as a datastore. Can you try adding new storage and follow the wizard?
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Fresh install of ESXi on VCenter managed host with existing VMFS datastore...
I want to do a fresh install of ESXi on a host which is already part of a an existing cluster in VSphere. This host is connected to a VNXe 3XXX via iSCSI/Unisphere & has access to several...
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My recommendation is if you're not sure, disconnect the host from SAN before start the upgrade. Here are some steps to prepare for the upgrade from the following KB article: Best practices to install...
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Re: New SSD Not Showing in vCenter or ESXi
Hi Vfk, Thanks for your reply. I ended up having to go into BIOS and initialize the drive for RAID 0. All is well now.
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