Re: HP/3PAR StoreServ 7000
3PAR is a great option for EVA customers but don't agree that it was terrible - far from it. There was good reason for it to have over 150,000 of them out there. It was an innovative product when it...
View ArticleDatastore in 2 SAN box with 2 hosts
Had 2 SAN Box attached to 2 hosts. Each host connect via switch to SAN box. Both host and SAN box are located in 2 datacenter. 1 host to 1 SAN box in1 datacenter. However the datacenter is connected...
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You shouldn't have any issues connecting the hosts to both storage systems (assuming they are supported and on the same subnet). What you need to ensure though is that the datastore names are unique...
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Just to confirm : host, storage, san switch in DCs are having zoning and allocation seperate but are in the same LAN ?
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VMware 5.1 Disk Size
VM Guru’s, One of my VM guests will need a hard drive around 5 TB in size. The HD will host large imaging files. What is the best (recommended) way to accomplish this task? and Why? 1) iSCSI...
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You actually named the possible option which are currently available. Either use in-guest iSCSI or physical RDMs. Which method you select is up to you. Personally I'd probably choose the RDM option to...
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Try to rescan the host for new storage devices. It worked for me.
View ArticleRe: Datastore in 2 SAN box with 2 hosts
Hi Andre, Yes both servers and the SAN storage are from same brand and model. Both datastore are on unik datastore name SAN-Datastore01 and SAN-Datastore02. From the host i can vmkping each SAN boxs...
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Yup, the management of host and san box are in the same LAN. The VM and datastore are also on same LAN but on different VLAN. I can vmkping both SAN box from e host. It detec the ip address in Storage...
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Depending on the storage system you use you most likely need to present the LUNs to the hosts!? Did you present the LUNs to both hosts? André
View ArticleLarge volumes, replication issues...
Hi all, 8x hosts on ESX4.1U2Dell Equallogic PS6X00 series We are preparing to upgrade to vSphere5.1 We have a fileserver with 4x 2Tb volumes presented directly using iSCSI initiator. The OS is a vmdk....
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As a.p explained, you should have some kind of allocation at the storage side to make the storage visible at the host side (that's why I confirmed they are isolated). You should have some kind of host...
View ArticleEsxi 4.1 Datastore keeps creating _ folders
Ok I'm totally going crazy and I'm at my wits end here! lol I moved my Datastore from a old server to a new server. I recreated the Virtual Machine and attached it back to the correct datastore...
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Welcome to the Community, that look's interesting. Please attach the latest log files to a reply post to see whether they explain this behavior.Btw, how exactly did you do this: "I moved my Datastore...
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Which log file? I'm new to Esxi. I used the Datastore Browser to download to a NFS then on the new box I uploaded the folder from the NFS to the new box. Created the VM and attached it to the database.
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I'm talking about the vmware.log files which are in the folders you mentioned. Not sure why there is a Windows7.log in of of the folders, however if it contains similar entries as the vmware.log files...
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Well. I can't post my .log files because of security reasons.
View ArticleRe: Esxi 4.1 Datastore keeps creating _ folders
In this case take a look at the most recent one (assuming this is the one used by your VM) and check whether you find references to the other folders. This should help identifying the cause of the...
View ArticleRe: VMware 5.1 Disk Size
ckeith7777 wrote: 3) Or is there another way? Just for a possible third solotion, you could create several VMDKs and use some inside-the-guest-OS disk spanning to create a large disk. However, I...
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