Re: Unable to remove datastore
You cannot remove an inactive NFS datastore with Storage I/O Control enabled. However, when the back end volume is ungracefully removed, Storage I/O Control cannot be disabled.Check this KB for more...
View ArticleRe: XFS datastore over NFS - any tips?
Creating an XFS File System To create an XFS file system, use the mkfs.xfs /dev/device command. In general, the default options are optimal for common use. When using mkfs.xfs on a block device...
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View ArticleRe: Thin Provisioned Alerting
Check this blogVMware KB: Modifying an existing alarm using the vSphere Client fails with the error: The triggers for this alarm ca…
View ArticleRe: Cannot increase datastore size in vSphere
I know this is old but I google searched and came across this so I thought I would add my solution. I was in the same situation as you, I increased the size of my raid volume and my datastore was stuck...
View ArticleRe: Active vs Passive vs ALUA Storage
As some have indicated both the Active/Passive or Active/Active AND the Symmetric or Asymmetric architecture of a system are important considerations. The following is from this HDS publication:...
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Re: Active vs Passive vs ALUA Storage
Wow, so in this case I assume the current EMC VNX is just mid-range Assymmetric Active-Active architecture (because I need to configure or select SPA or SPB manually). and that does make sense KLStay,...
View ArticleRe: RDM and DELL Shared PERC 8
Solved with this workaround:http://hughnote.blogspot.it/2009/08/raw-disk-mapping-of-local-storage-on.htmlThis solution worked perfectly in my case, as the LUN is just "seen" as LOCAL, but it's a real...
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Storage i/o Control - Error
Hello community, i scream a big hello to the community . Her is my small mistake:I wanna enable storage i/o control on my ESXi 5.1 (managed by vSphere 5.5 web client), datastore is a CX4-120 (latest...
View ArticleQuery related to RDM
Dear Team, One user requested me to map a RDM instead of creating a vmdk. need ur help so that i can describe things more effectively and help user to understand. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleRe: Using older SAN models for an esxi 5.1 laboratory.
Personally I would just use iscsi or nfs from linux but since you want real hardware here goes 1. You can direct connect to you has for fail over tests you need two has otherwise you are good2. If...
View ArticleRe: Adding storage to a esxi 4.0 server
Storage vmotion makes this possible but I do not think it was exposed in the ui in 4 so you can upgrade to 5 or you can shutdown vms and copy. If you had 5 and vcenter you could also use replication....
View ArticleRe: How to enable Storage DRS for a VM?
It is not disabled. This only disables it for initial placement the only stuff that can cause storage drs on a virtual machine file is VMware vSphere 5.1 here Thanks
View ArticleRe: Query related to RDM
Did the user give you a reason for this request? Unless there's a requirement for an RDM (like MSCS) I would not recommend creating RDMs. This may even affect the hosts and cause long boot times. André
View ArticleRe: How to enable Storage DRS for a VM?
You can right-click the Storage DRS Cluster and choose Edit Settings, click Virtual Machine Settings.In the Automation Level column you can see the current Storage DRS settings on a per VM level and...
View ArticleRe: Query related to RDM
thnaks andre, you mean to say that if we want to do MSCS clustering then we can use RDM??? in MSCS also includes sql clustering. please correct me if i am wrong.
View ArticleESXTOP - VMs slowness and freezing
Hi, We have been experiencing slowness and freezing of VMs. I have attached the esxtop log from an ESXi server. Can someone help analyze this? I believe the issue is with our SAN not being able to...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 installed on internal drive ,No RAID
Hi, I am new to Vmware . I have purchase server T320 . which has below config. RAID ConfigurationUnconfigured RAID for H710P/H710/H310 (1-16 HDDs)RAID ControllerPERC H710 Integrated RAID Controller,...
View ArticleRe: Query related to RDM
Depending on the MSCS setup, you even need to use RDM (see VMware KB: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) support on ESXi/ESX )You can run several services with MSCS (File, SQL, ...) André
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