Re: Lefthand/HP4330 design question
Luca, Thank you for the link, it may take me a few reads to fully process it. I'm not sure at the moment if we have a "proper" multisite configuration or not.
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No problem, it was in fact supposed to be a hint to check some configurations.About the link connections, if you have a "campus cluster" with no difference in the speed link between intra-site...
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Luca, Does the need to insure site specifc storage apply if network raid 2 is being used? When I asked the VAR installer where any luns created would "live" he said everywhere, that they would be...
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Yes, the explanation about the LUN spreading is completely correct, if you use Raid-1 (I think you were meaning this, not 2…) basically each side has a copy of the LUN itself. What changes (and that's...
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Re: NFS Shares no longer work in VMware after Firmware upgrade
JD, thanks for the quick reply. I am curious as to which Services settings you are speaking of? I have gone into the configuration tab of the ESXi server. From there I have checked the...
View ArticleRemove access to san from esxi 5.1 when dummylun is presented
We have a EMC Clarion CX4 san connected to several ESXi 5.1 hosts.Following procedures in kb2004605 we have successfully unmounted, detached and physically unpresented luns from the esxi host. There is...
View ArticleRe: Jumbo frames, changing MTU size without powering down guest VM
Yes, it is something I do in my lab quite frequently without using maintenance mode. As memaad points out, maintenance mode is always preferred to avoid unnecessary risk, but that is ultimately up to...
View ArticleRe: Migrating from VMFS3 to VMFS5, converting thin to thick disks
Sounds like it may be something specific to your environment. I am able to successfully storage vMotion a Thin VM from a VMFS3 v3.58 with 8 MB block datastore to being Lazy Thick on VMFS5 v5.58...
View ArticleVM Datastore location on a DS Cluster.
Good day everyone. Is there a way in the client to view in wich datastore from within the dscluster each vm is located. After configuring the ds cluster on the summary tab the storage information...
View ArticleRe: Jumbo frames, changing MTU size without powering down guest VM
I ended up making the change ( during off hours, I also had a disk image backup minutes before making the change) and it didn't cause a problem. Unfortunately I didn't have the ability to vmotion with...
View ArticleRe: VM Datastore location on a DS Cluster.
Yes it is possible, Select your vm, and go to the storage views tab.
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Re: Thin provisioned disk moved to other datastore becomes thick provisioned?
Well, this is certainly a tedious "feature". In my case I just wanted to upgrade a local disk in a lab server and copy the VMs over to a new one before removing the original. Some of my VMs are thin...
View ArticleRe: NFS Shares no longer work in VMware after Firmware upgrade
OK so this is still an issue. I am working with EMC/Lenovo and they stated that the SAN uses NFS version 4. Does ESXi 5.0 Build 504890 support NFS version 4?
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ESXi supports only NFS3 over tcp. Storage Protocol Comparison – A vSphere Perspective | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs
View ArticleUsing Multiple Subnets for NFS Storage Traffic
How important is it to use more than one subnet for NFS storage traffic? I currently have only one IP address on the NFS array assigned and one vmkernel port for NFS within ESXi. I have reduntant...
View ArticleDeploying Equallogic VSM OVA strange DNS settings error
I found what to me seems to be a strange bug when deploying the Dell Equallogic Virtual Storage Manager (EQL VSM).When chosing to deploy the OVA file you input what DNS servers to use in the VA.When...
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Re: Remove access to san from esxi 5.1 when dummylun is presented
Thanks for answering my question. Nice to get feedback from someone who has done the procedure a couple of times.There is very little information around psedo-lun and how to handle them.Probably...
View ArticleRe: Remove access to san from esxi 5.1 when dummylun is presented
I've decommissioned SANs (HP EVA) with their pseudo-LUN 0 in both ways without real issues (except ignorable error messages that ESXi lost access to the pseudo LUN 0), it doesn't really matter in the...
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