Re: HDS HUS-VM vs. NetApp 6220
HDS initially said it was a bug but version after version, they couldn't resolve the issue. For me, it really means HNAS is not designed for VMware workload which is highly random IO with low latency....
View ArticleProfile driven storage - usefulness ?
i am trying to understand the usefulness of profile ( or policy) driven storage. In our situation we use vsphere 5, and we have virtual machines, whereby the OS is installed on hard disk 1, page file...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 - configuring storage - I've made a mistake
I've made a mistake; but I'm too much of a novice to understand where. Can I please get some direction? I've built a ESX4.0 box on some old hardware, it has quite large disks, the array ended up being...
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vSphere shared storage
My home server recently crashed and my work put me through a week long vSphere class(and gave me the licenses and such to get familiar with ), so I'm putting it all together now. Of course I find...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.0 - configuring storage - I've made a mistake
You cannot utilise a single LUN > (2TB -512b) on ESXi 4.0. First question would be why you're building such an old version? I'm aware the answer could well be related to support for your older...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.0 - configuring storage - I've made a mistake
Hi Josh26, Yes, the hardware is only on the HCL for the 4.0 version of ESX. So as long as I had the logical disks under 2 TB, it'd behave normally, for example I'd be able to have 2x 1.8 TB...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.0 - configuring storage - I've made a mistake
yes, you do this at the hardware/physical/raid controller level - group the disks into an array, and then (in hP lingo) carve the array into two logical drives each under 2TB. Then esx will see it and...
View ArticleRe: Is there an alternative to upload to datastore other than Windows GUI?
Hi,In your reply you have mentioned, "So there is one additional option, again it'll still require the appropriate permission to upload a file to the datastore". What is the appropriate permission??...
View ArticleRe: vSphere shared storage
Welcome to the Community, I think you are mixing up shared storage for the ESXi host and shared storage for VMs. With ESXi you create virtual machines with virtual disks which are basically files on a...
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agree with a.p. basically you create data luns or arrays, and present that to ESX. Then this raw storage is turned into a datastore - this is the storage that is used to hold virtual machines that you...
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it would be possible to create a virtual machine that would run a NAS (CIFS or NFS) server - so create a virtual machine, give it a large amount of disk space from the datastore, and then have the VM...
View Articlehow to delete unused LUN
Hi EMC eng migrate data in old LUN to new LUN without using vmware svmotion or any thing only EMC command, all VMs were down to perform this. after he create new LUN we still see the OLD LUN connected...
View ArticleRe: how to delete unused LUN
Without details it's more guessing. However, you may want to check whether:the LUN is in use by e.g. HA datastore heartbeatinga VM's has an active snapshots which still point to the datastorea VM's has...
View ArticleRe: how to delete unused LUN
dear a.p. as you say and I mention the VMs has snapshot, but the question is how I delete this snapshot ?? if I want to delete the Old LUN Regards
View ArticleRe: how to delete unused LUN
Since the whole data of the old LUN has been copied to the new LUN, you should be able to delete the VM's snapshot using the Snapshot Manager. Can you confirm that the old datastore shows up in the...
View ArticleRe: how to delete unused LUN
the issue here is VM Harddisk still point on old LUN, when I try to delete it refuse.
View ArticleRe: how to delete unused LUN
Now it becomes interesting. In order to avoid possible data loss I first need to fully understand the current situation.As a first step, please provide a screen shot of the files you see in the VM's...
View Articlestorage unclaim
Hi experts, am more intrested to do tasks in esx command level.colud you please help me tto understand how storage lun unclaim works from esx/esxi end without removing the unused datastore from...
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Use this as a starting point:Best Practice: How to correctly remove a LUN from an ESX host | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs
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