Re: Add NFS datastore Error
You should be able to check type of share in WD mgmt interface. I am not very sure about the WD interface. Also try following stepsEnsure the NFS server supports NFSv3 over TCP. ESX/ESXi does not use...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Cluster Service Offline Alert fridays
Were you ever able to get this resolved? If so, how? I am experiencing a similar issue.
View ArticleVSA Manager can't connect to cluster during an outage
We're running a 2 node VSA cluster using VSA 5.1.0. vCenter Server and Client are also 5.1. Under normal operations the VSA Manager tab works when running vSphere client from the vCenter Server and...
View ArticleWindows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Hi Everyone, I have a question regarding what the best practise is for storage to a Virtual Machine. We have several ESX 5 host and all are connected with NFS to a SAN (netapp). On the virtual...
View ArticleRe: Windows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Hi, Is this storage needed because you are using windows clustering on your virtual machines? I would say, performance wise, RDM is the best way for you to do this, as it removes the need for you to...
View ArticleRe: Windows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Even NetApp will usually tell you not to use RDMs unless you have a really good reason for doing so (MS Clustering and needing to use SnapManager for SQL would be the reasons they would give)....
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Hello and welcome to the communities. There are many things to consider with each approach, but possibly the two biggest are operational/administrative complexity and your backup strategy. A few random...
View ArticleMove VM from one storage to another
My situation looks like: I have two different vcenters, PROD and DEV, they are using two different datastorage's. My question is: Is there any possibility to move several DEV VM's to PROD environment...
View ArticleRe: Move VM from one storage to another
I'm afraid this won't work without interruption. You may have the least downtime using vSphere Replication in this case. André
View ArticleRe: Windows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Hi, As per study by VMware, there is no ,uch difference between RDM and VMFS( Datatstore) performance. Here is some highlights. For random reads and writes, VMFS and RDM yield similar I/O...
View ArticleRe: Windows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Hi Iw123, thanks for your reply on my question. It is not because we want to use the machine for clustering. it is also for as fileserver / SQL server. The reason why i have ask it is because of the...
View ArticleRe: Windows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Hi jdptechnc, thanks for your reply on my question. is there a site where the test results can be shown? saying that RDW is faster than. thanks
View ArticleRe: Windows Iscsi lun connection or RDM or datastore.
Hi vmroyale, thanks for your reply on my question. the decision was made by a former administrator who left the company, the choice was never really optional. now admins have this discussions because...
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Hi, Here is link http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmfs_rdm_perf.pdf which shows result of RDM and VMFS performane test result. RegardsMohammed
View ArticleRe: Preparing physical Network for NFS end-to-end
OK thanks for the input. So it looks like other than the question of using jumbo frames, limiting the number of hops, beacon probing and separating NFS traffic, most of the other considerations are...
View ArticleVAAI between Two Storage Arrays
If in storage vMotion source datastore is created from one storage array and and destination datastore is created from another storage array and both storage array supports VAAI. So storage vMotion...
View ArticleRe: VAAI between Two Storage Arrays
nope, VAAI will not be used for migration between different arrays. Legacy datamovers, FS3DM (if failed) followed byFSDM will be used....
View ArticleRe: vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Cluster Service Offline Alert fridays
Hello Daniel, Not yet. I got the errors described in my first post for some weeks but now when I go into VSA Manager tab in vCenter I get a new error: "VSA Cluster unavailable". The VSA cluster is...
View ArticleRe: VAAI between Two Storage Arrays
Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware ESXi 5 to VMware vSphere™ Storage
View ArticleRe: How to Upgrade VMFS-3 to 5
Hi, Your VMs will not have to be powered off when you do an in place upgrade from VMFS3 to VMFS5. It's done on the fly, there are however some caveats. Please read this whitepaper about the...
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