Re: Lefthand/HP4330 design question
Andre, I'm not sure of the exact distance between the sites but it is short, the two buildings are across a small parking lot fromeach other, short enough to be within the range of the multi-mode fiber...
View ArticleRe: Looking for BEST Inexpensive iSCSI storage
Our company have been running open-e and kernsafe iscsi (Data Storage Software for NAS, iSCSI, SAN, FC | Open-E and http://www.kernsafe.com/) for two years, they are perfect, high availability and very...
View ArticleOut of storage ips for nfs
I manage a hosting environment today with over 200 hosts and 20 plus filers using nfs for 90 percent of the storage connectivity. We run a /24 network and have recently run out of ips to assign to any...
View Articlei need to browse my backups in VDP
i need to browse my backups and download it on my pci using web client to access VDP
View ArticleAny problem if i upgrade to VMFS5?
Hi Guys, May i have any problem if i upgrade the File System of my storage from VMFS-3.46 to VMFS-5? Problem like lose all files and folders in storage? In attach the printscreen of message to better...
View ArticleRe: Any problem if i upgrade to VMFS5?
Welcome to the Community - This is just a standard warning that if you have any non-ESXi 5 accessing the this VMFS datastore they no longer will be able to -
View ArticleDELL MD3000i with ESXi 5.1 iSCSI Adapter
I know that Dell's official stance on MD3000i and ESXi 5.1 is "not-supported", but I have it running successfully in several locations; all of which started life as ESXi 4.x host servers and were...
View ArticleRe: Noisy neighbor with RDMs
NetApp uses memory for write caching quite differently compared to other vendors. That's why it needs less NVRAM. Look here: NetApp NVRAM and Write Caching | Niktips's Blog I think you problem most...
View ArticleAdded NFS datastore, during SVM's really bad throughput, then timeout
In my lab, I have two microserver hosts running esxi/vcenter 5.1. I also have an NFS server based on server 2012 that is presenting local storage to both a xenserver environment and the esxi cluster....
View ArticleRe: Added NFS datastore, during SVM's really bad throughput, then timeout
Hi, Increase the nfc timeout value as per this Kb VMware KB: Storage migration fails with the error: Could not complete network copy for file RegardsMohammed
View ArticleCan I share a datastore between vcenter and a non-vcenter ESXI host?
Is it dangerous to grant a "free edition" licensed ESXI host access to an iSCSI LUN that is used by a VCENTER environment, if the ESXI versions match? Can the free edition store and run virtual...
View ArticleRe: Can I share a datastore between vcenter and a non-vcenter ESXI host?
That will work. You may want to make sure though that vCenter Server and the free host do not try to access the same VMs simultaneously (although the file locking should avoid issues). Keep in mind...
View ArticleRe: Any problem if i upgrade to VMFS5?
I've done the upgrade several times. It's painless. As long as the message pops up like what you go (stating that all the hosts support VMFS-5) you are good to go.
View ArticleSAN volume - Datastore - and VMDK considerations
I created a 2047GB volume on my SAN. I created a datastore in vCenter utilizing all space. I now need to add a disk to a VM using that datastore. What is the best practice in sizing VMDK on a...
View ArticleRe: SAN volume - Datastore - and VMDK considerations
Usually you'd use a datastore for multiple VMs, but from what you say I assume it's planned for a single virtual disk only?The amount of free disk space to keep on a datastore depends on whether you...
View ArticleRe: Noisy neighbor with RDMs
To support the point, here is the quote from NetApp documentation: When a system doesn’t have enough disk drives to accept the write workload, writes may have to start running synchronously with disk...
View ArticleRe: SAN volume - Datastore - and VMDK considerations
Sizing of vmdk depends on multiple factors depending on your organization requirements and following are some of the points you need to consider.. 1) Current storage space usage. 2)...
View ArticleRe: Any problem if i upgrade to VMFS5?
This is just a warning mentioning that all vSphere hosts accessing the datastore you are planning to upgrade are vSphere 5 or later. vSphere does this compatibility check and as you can see in the...
View ArticleRe: DELL MD3000i with ESXi 5.1 iSCSI Adapter
It is difficult to provide the exact solution without looking at the logs. But going through the comprehensive details you provided following are few things you could consider to execute a) Remove the...
View ArticleManually quiesce VM I/O
Can I manually quiesce a virtual machine I/O? I've read that a good practice before making a extent on a VMFS datastore is to "Quiesce I/O on all disks involved". But how it's done? Thank you
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