Re: How to interpret attached device information
So, I can answer this myself now. I just went ahead and tried to create a VMFS datastore, using the web client. The web client datastore creation wizard explains, in very clear terms, that each...
View ArticleiSCSI
All, I'm trying to connect my NAS to my ESXi using the iSCSi but its not detecting my NAS. I can ping it and ESXi can ping it as well. I added a vkernal using the IP of the NAS and under the iSCSI I...
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Welcome to the Community - When you say you "added vkernal using the UP of the NAS" I assume you are referring to a VMkernel Port with an IP address that is on the same subnet as the NAS device and not...
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I just found out from the NAS manufacture told me their NAS is not compatible with VMWare. So what are some other NAS's I can use with ESXi?
View ArticleRe: High latency from only one host
Hi Chris.Two questions:1. Have you tried to disable the NIOC and then check the latency?2. Same with SIOC.
View ArticleSeveral important questions regarding SIOC / Storage IO Control
So I've read many articles, blog posts and even watched the VMworld 2010 session regarding SIOC, but I still have some important questions I would like to verify before I go ahead and implement this...
View ArticleRe: High latency from only one host
Hi. Thanks for the reply. I should have came back to update this. Turns out it was a bad nic on the 10gbe mezzanine card on the netapp. Had a bunch of crc errors. Thanks.
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Fast VP + Vmware
Hi there, I'm new here, and I´m new to all this VM stuff, storage, san, etc etc... and I got some questions about VMware and FAST VP. As far as I know I have to move a VM to a LUN on the FAST VP pool,...
View ArticleRe: Using a vSphere Storage Appliance at a remote site
Any input on this question from anyone who is using or knows VSA? Thanks for your input also - this is some helpful information on how your product works. At the current time we are considering only...
View ArticleSharing secondary disk between Linux and Windows Guests
Hi Guys, I have a requirement to have a Windows guest and Linux guest share the same disk (formated as NTFS) and both systems need full access to the shared file system. From what i have read this is...
View ArticleNFS Recommendations ?
We are setting up a new vSphere 5.1 system with Essentials Plus.Don’t want to go the SAN route. Any recommendations on decent NFS/NAS system?thanks
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Re: Shared storage recommendations for 3xESXi 5.1 host cluster
Hi Patrick Apologies for the delay in responding, I have been on holiday Thanks for the tips! Useful to know the RAID group / vDisk arrangement in terms of controller ownership. You were right about...
View ArticleRe: NFS Recommendations ?
Ok, So I checked with the team lead for the system info they are going with,, The specs are – 2 Dell R720 PE Servers128 GB RAM (1600 MHz RDIMMS -Performance Optimized)16 – 600GB 10k SAS 2.5 in internal...
View ArticleRe: NFS Recommendations ?
Last time I checked, VSA required 3 servers and vCenter couldn't run on them. This was back in 5.0.
View ArticleRe: NFS Recommendations ?
from the 5.1 VSA guide.. ESXi HostsTwo or three ESXi hosts version 5.0 or later. All hosts in the cluster must havethe same version of ESXi. You can also use existing hosts that have virtualmachines...
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Re: Shared storage recommendations for 3xESXi 5.1 host cluster
Hi No unfortunately i have no experiences with the VNXe series. Here you can find the official performance figures from HP: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13551_div/13551_div.html I bet...
View ArticleRe: How to know any particular LUN is attached to how many hosts and which...
If you have a particular LUN selected, go to the storage views tab and click on maps. You can then customize the map to only show datastore and hosts, or datastore and VMs or any number of...
View ArticleRe: Using a vSphere Storage Appliance at a remote site
this may help: vSphere Storage Appliance Cluster Service (VSACS) White Paper
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