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Re: Storage help ESXI 5.5
Hi, thanks for your help. Yes i'm 100% sure that i'm looking at correct datastore. I added screenshots so you can see.How can he see only 1.88Gb left? Is it possible that it's hidden files?
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Does the usage remain the same after updating it, i.e. clicking "Actualiser utilisation stockage"? André
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Extending Physical Mode RDM.
I have a need to extend a disk that is currently presented as a physical mode RDM to a single VM on an ESXi host running 5.5 build 3116895. I have followed the procedure per the article below:...
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Can you confirm if that volume is replicated by RecoverPoint? If yes, check the following: http://www.mikes.eu/index.php/how-to/254-how-to-resize-a-lun-that-is-already-replicated-by-emc-recoverpoint.html
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The LUN is replicated by recoverpoint. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give this a try and let you know how it turns out!
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It was in fact a RecoverPoint issue. There was an option in recovery point to resize the replication set. After selecting that option, the host was able to see the additional storage. Then we were...
View ArticleObscure VMFS behaviour - via iSCSI to a QNap
This weekend I was busy with a very obscure VMFS-recovery.An iSCSI-volume of a Qnap-storage had about 2/3 of its vmdk-files damaged. Those flat.vmdks that appeared to be damaged actually were moved 224...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 6u2 and EMC UnityVSA and VVOLs -> Protocol Endpoints are not...
For anyone who is faceing this issue and the answer provided (local/<username>) thing didn't help: it's not your fault. It's the lousy EMC bootstrap script that fails to create a self-signed...
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Help understanding reclamation for thin provisioning
Hi,Can some confirm or correct me on my understanding of potential areas that require disk reclamation in a vsphere environment? Also have a few questions. As far as I know, reclamation can happen at...
View ArticleCannot delete a vmdk file from datastore in the GUI or using CLI, getting an...
Hi, I cannot delete a vmdk file from my datastore. The file in question (S9_1-flat.vmdk) cannot be deleted using the vSphere Client or using CLI. I've attached the output from my SSH session:...
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Are you able to see the vmdk in datastore browser ? Try to delete it from there Cannot remove file
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Hi Suresh, I've tried that, but I get the following error (screenshot attached): Error caused by file/vmfs/volumes/50bb5d47-5677d7b4-cb59-90b11c1479d7/S9/S9_1-flat.vmdk
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could you please provide me the output of the following command , vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/50bb5d47-5677d7b4-cb59-90b11c1479d7/S9/S9_1-flat.vmdk Just to check if this file is locked by any host by...
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Hi Suresh, Here is the output from the command: ~ # vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/50bb5d47-5677d7b4-cb59-90b11c1479d7/S9/S9_1-flat.vmdkLock [type 10c00001 offset 79634432 v 1674, hb offset 3235840gen...
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File is not locked by any host, but as a quick solution you may delete and recreate the datastore as I can see only this VM folder reside on the DS.
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Re: Cannot delete a vmdk file from datastore in the GUI or using CLI, getting...
Thanks for your help, I think we'll delete the datastore.
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This is because the DS is corrupt, run the hexdump command to check the corruption.
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