Using a synology device as shared storage for vmware
Hello all, Do any of you use a synology device for vmware? I have a production virtual environment set up now with some dell equallogic sans and some r720 servers. In addition, I have a development...
View ArticleProblem with multi connections on iSCSI Target
Hi there, i'm running into a problem with my Synology DiskStation and vSphere 5.1. I created a LUN on my Synology and set up an iSCSI Target with multiple connections allowed!While having only one ESXi...
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How to add a second iSCSI software HBA on ESXi 5.1
Hi All: I've been googling around for a solution I have no clue yet. First of all, my previous virtualization technologiesbackground was using Linux kernel-based hypervisors like KVM and Xen. Now I'm...
View ArticleRe: How to add a second iSCSI software HBA on ESXi 5.1
You can connect to another storage using the existing iSCSI software initiator, but you cannot create another one. André
View ArticleRe: How to add a second iSCSI software HBA on ESXi 5.1
Hi André: Thanks for your reply. So it means that I cannot have another physically separated network or VLAN to access another iSCSI storage. I mustuse the same network used by the first iSCSI storage,...
View ArticleRe: How to add a second iSCSI software HBA on ESXi 5.1
From a networking point of view it should work to bind additional VMkernel port groups with uplinks to another network/subnet to the software initiator, but I'm not sure whether this is supported. André
View ArticleRe: How to add a second iSCSI software HBA on ESXi 5.1
Hi André, Ok, Thanks.!! regardsLucas
View Articleslow disk speed on win 2003, while fast on win 2008 - esxi 5.0
We have a hp proliant server with 16gb memory and lsi sas 1068e raid controller on it. esxi 5.0there are 4 sata disk connected to the controller and 2 raids 1 createdthere are 2 win 2008 r2 servers...
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Re: Can we create over 2TB datastore?
You have to do multiple LUNs < 2TB. Extents is the *only* way to get a block datastore over 2TB.Cheers, Yours Udin
View ArticleRe: slow disk speed on win 2003, while fast on win 2008 - esxi 5.0
Not necessarily the solution, but certainly related could be the partition alignment. Windows 2008 properly aligns the partitions at a 1MB boundary, whereas Windows 2003 uses 63 blocks = 31.5kB. This...
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Re: Datastore browser limit?
In default installion of apache2.2 on debian never enable mod_rewrite default. So you may need to enable . First install the apache2.2 with this command : debian user please use “su” before start this...
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Re: Duda a la hora de crear storage en esxi 4.1
I think spanish is not familiar to all, I have translate it to english using google translate so that some one can help you ... Hello I have a question l averdad not publish that article. Doubt is the...
View ArticleRe: New to Netapp - 3200
I really think you need to do NFS. That way you are able to get the most out of the NetApp's deduplication.
View ArticleRe: New to Netapp - 3200
Hi, I would say as per your requirement for virtual machine. Have you done any research on requirement of Storage for virtual machine you are deploying. Like for DB or File server virtual machine...
View ArticlevSphere Essentials, 2 hosts + 1 SAN (4NIC), directly connecting the SAN? (no...
Hello, I have a small question.A "low budget" isolated system of a SAN and 2 ESX hosts.The SAN is DELL MD3200i and has 4 ethernet/iscsi NICs.The hosts have each 6 NICs. I was assuming I could connect...
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Datastore Reports Negative Free Space
Hey Community! So, this is a real interesting one. We detached our iSCSI storage on this machine and was starting to clean up the local disk, when - following a reboot - we saw this as being reported....
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Re: Looking for BEST Inexpensive iSCSI storage
Hello mates, I know the old post but I have to add something from my experience and knowledge to this and other virtualization storage and performance discussions. 1. almost every virtual environment...
View ArticlePrivate VLAN(PVLAN) VSphere 5 to Cisco IOS
Hello, I have configured PVLAN on VmWare side and I can ping within the Community VMs fine but I can't ping to the Gateway or go on to the Internet from any VMs on Community PVLAN or Promiscuous Ports....
View ArticleMonitoring IOPS across multiple ESX hosts in vcenter
Short background: We have inherited a rather messy setup with ~30 ESX hosts and ~150 datastores with almost 500 guest VMs. Unfortunately the naming and organization is very chaotic. We are looking into...
View ArticleRe: Poor Performance on 8Disk Raid 10
Assuming its a 4+4 RAID10 set, the number of IOPS is pretty ok considering a single SATA disk can do 80 IOPS.Just add more and more disks till your satisfied.
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