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Can't add local storage after change raid config :(
Hallo , I have a server running esx 5.5 with two virtual disk (the first RAID 1 , Seccond RAID 5) local storage.I change the seccond RAID to Raid 10. Restart my server. Go to : Add the storage, Storage...
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Found the answer : 1. Connect SSH to the esx2. partedUtil mklabel /dev/disks/<disk id> msdos
View ArticleRe: Best Practice for connecting NAS Storgae
It's not a best practice configuration to run management and NAS connections on the same NICs. Ideally, more NICs for the NAS iSCSI connections are the ideal solution.With the current hardware, the...
View ArticleRe: I am out of ideas - High Latency on a LUN - on hosts with no VMs
Hello ChadI have seen a very similar case last year and was able to relate it to a VMFS-problem.Would you mind and tell me the size of the datastores you use and the VMFS-version ?A good test to see...
View ArticleAbout VMWare ESXi 5.1 Storage vMotion
In papaer http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-vsphere51-vmotion-performance-white-paper.pdf， mention that“Writes to a region that has already been copied...
View ArticleDoubt about Write Latency observed in Datastore
Hi, I'm having the following doubt. I have a VM with a virtual disk that resides in a local Datastore backed up by 7 SAS disk in RAID5. The virtual disk was created as Thick Provission Lazy Zero. I...
View ArticleUsed space increasing in datastore but not in Windows
Hi all, My vms using disk as thin provisioning. today i checked the size disk in datastore and see that the disk for C drive is increasing day by day. yesterday was 50GB but today is 75Gb but i remote...
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Have you taken any snapshots of the VM? Or it could be you are using software that makes use of snapshots even though you are not explicitly taking snapshots. Check if there are snapshots in the...
View ArticleRe: Used space increasing in datastore but not in Windows
Hi, this machine does not have any snapshot. i found this link about relaiming free space Reclaim disk space from Thin Provisioned disks | Rickard Nobel but im confuse about below: 1. why Think not...
View ArticleRe: Used space increasing in datastore but not in Windows
The system drive C is the default location of the hidden system file pagefile.sys. You don't say what version of Windows you have with this problem. The default size of the pagefile.sys varies...
View ArticleRe: Used space increasing in datastore but not in Windows
thanks for your suggestion. let me tried it.
View ArticleCorrect steps to remove a datastore in vmware
Good afternoon mates, To remove a datastore in vmware, I must follow the following step: 1-Unmount all my Host Esxi from the datastore that I will remove. Since the datastore can see all my Esxi. 2-...
View ArticleRe: I am out of ideas - High Latency on a LUN - on hosts with no VMs
This is what I get... Mapping for file TESTVMDK.vmdk (505 bytes in size):[ 0: 505] --> [VMFS -- LVID:50c75412-191793a2-0743-00215acb1ce2/50c75412-dd165a5e-d47f-00215acb1ce2/1:(...
View ArticleRe: I am out of ideas - High Latency on a LUN - on hosts with no VMs
Poor example - a text descriptor vmdk will always be in one piece.Run the command against a large flat.vmdk
View ArticleRe: Correct steps to remove a datastore in vmware
Assuming you're using vSphere 5.x/6.x, check the following VMware KB article: How to unmount a LUN or detach a datastore device from ESXi hosts (2004605) | VMware KB About your steps, the number #1 is...
View ArticleRe: Doubt about Write Latency observed in Datastore
There have been instances where the information on the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client is not sync up with esxtop. Might be beneficial to look at the esxtop real-time data also. Need to also look...
View ArticleRe: I am out of ideas - High Latency on a LUN - on hosts with no VMs
This one is a bit larger.
View ArticleRe: I am out of ideas - High Latency on a LUN - on hosts with no VMs
Hello Chadthis vmdk seems fine to me - it does NOT display the issue that I observed in the case I had in mind.I dont have ANY reason to assume something is wrong with the VMFS-volume.
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Storage help ESXI 5.5
Hi maybe someone can help me with this.I have a VM datastore that has low disk space.If I browse datastore, I don't have for 127Gb of files (see sreccnshot below).I went on SAN Equalogic software and...
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Are you sure that you are looking at the correct datastore ?Can you show a screenshot of the datastore overview ?
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