Re: Duplicate LUN ID from different iSCSI Target
Hi,Found that the VNXe3150 generating LUN ID based on the LUN that's owned by which controller. If LUN created and pointed to SPA and the LUN ID generated as 0 then the second LUN that will be owned by...
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
That's exactly what I expected to see. The VM has an active snapshot dated Feb. 2nd and instead of adding the snapshot (...-000001.vmdk) you added the base disk, which resulted in loosing the deltas in...
View ArticleRe: iscsi datastore lost after esxi host crash
Which ESXi version do you use?From what you write it looks like the LUN is detected but ESXi doesn't recognize the partition type. As a first step I'd suggest you check the partition type on the host's...
View Articlehow to create iSCSI storage for ESXi host on windows server 2008 R2
In this article we will discuss how to create iSCSI storage for ESXi host on windows server 2008 R2. To begin with download and install iSCSI 3.3 target from here and install on your windows server...
View ArticleRe: how to create iSCSI storage for ESXi host on windows server 2008 R2
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View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
Hi thanks I have deleted all from the snapshot manager and there was something in there.it has now consolidated the vmdk on DISK_1 but when I look an hour later it is still showing the same time as...
View ArticleRe: VMs Unknown state. Storage not visible
I'm having a very similar issue at present with SAS attached IBM storage on IBM hosts. Everything works as expected, until a host is shutdown or rebooted - after this, all VM's become inaccessible and...
View ArticleRe: VMs Unknown state. Storage not visible
Hello, I am unable to respond to your email right now. I am attending a training until March 26th and I will be back to office on March 27th 2013. Thanks and Regards,Sameer Khan
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
it has now consolidated the vmdk on DISK_1 ...Are you sure? That's not what I expected from the log files and the time stamps!? I expected "Windows Server 2008 Std R2-000001.vmdk" to be merged into...
View ArticleRe: HP P2000 G3 FC Direct Attach?
Today I received an answer to my request from VMware partner support.They confirmed that the P2000 G3 FC is supported in a FC direct attach configuration. I post this here as the information may be...
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
Hi the change has updated the vmdk on DISK_1 but only at the time I ran consolidation.there are no more snapshots listed in snapshot managerand as you can see from the screenshots I took just now the...
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
there are no more snapshots listed in snapshot managerAlthough most of the time this is ok, you should not necessarily rely on this (it's only a text file which contains the snapshot information)....
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
It seems like your backup process is very manual. Have you ever thought about utilizing an image based backup solution. There are some very powerful yet inexpensive backup solutions on the market...
View Articleswitch to Round Robin
Hello Folks, I am a bit confused. I have my storage (EMC CX) set to failover mode 4, rebooted host and now see they are set as VMW_SATP_ALUA_CX. I believe now, I can go to each datastore and change the...
View ArticleRe: Disk device path not specified for RDM backing
Any update on this? I am experiencing the same problem.
View ArticleRe: switch to Round Robin
For datastores, use RR and ALUA mode (failover mode 4). For MSCS cluster members (RDMs) you need to use Fixed.
View ArticleRe: switch to Round Robin
Thanks Matt. I wasn't sure if there was something I had to configure afterwards to make use of multiple paths
View ArticleRe: Extremely high virtual disk latency on only 1 guest
UPDATE: We discovered we had a bad SFP in the SAN switch. We replaced it and the latency is down to <2ms. We've migrated several guests back to it and everything is running fine. Thanks again to...
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
thanks André you have been a great help and guided me to a better understanding of this.The good news is the backup data was all available and restored for the client, so this has been a lesson without...
View ArticleRe: vsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
Hi Noonan1970 thanks for that information I had not yet found anything to replace the manual option I have been using until now. I will definitely look at that solution
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