Delete Datastore
Hi gurus I want to delete a datastore but I am facing the "datastore in use" error, I have checked that no one VM has an iso pointing to this datastore, all VM has been migrated to another Datastore,...
View ArticleCan we add multiple Storage to our existing License
Hi VMware and Team, We would like to enquire if our current license can support multiple SAN Storage? Thanks & BR,Logan6017-3000398
View ArticleStorage vMotion vs LUN resize
vSphere 6.7 (storage vMotion set to manual) I inherited an environment where all the LUNs (NetApp SAN) were sized at 6TB. The environment is growing, at least a few (2-5 of 100) VMs are constantly...
View ArticleMark as flash Disk?
Hello all, I have a few questions about this feature.1. What does "Mark as Flash Disk" actually do?2. Is there an advantage of marking an SSD LUN which is falsely recognized as HDD as Flash Disk, in a...
View Articleunable to increase SAN datastore in Esxi6.7
Hello Everyone,we have a storage only have one pool and one volume, before it's mapped to one vSphere 6.5 hosts A by SAS cable, only one VM 01 is stored on this storage.now two we have 2 of 6.7 host in...
View ArticleHosts losing access to NFS share
Hey guys, I have a weird problem and it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I have two vSphere 5 hosts which are connected to IBM N-Series filer running Data Ontap 8.0.2. P3We are using this...
View ArticleHaving issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Have a 3par 7200 running fw: 3.2.1.200 I have connected vCenter 6 on a HP BL460 G9 running vSphere to the 3PARs VASA url. However I cannot get the PE to be visible to the ESXi host. I run the...
View Articlehot-extend shared vVol disk in MSCS
Hello, We are evaluating the replacement of RDMs used as shared disks of MSCS deployments by vVol. We are facing a blocking operational issue with this deployment as hot-extends of the shared vVol...
View ArticleNo able to increase LUN
HI I have this stange situation and I hope someone can help I have expanded a LUN and rescan storage, the adapter pick up the new size but when I try to increase the datastore I get empty I dont know...
View ArticleiSCSI vs NFS
Hi VMware has not released this paper's new version since 2012 - https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/storage_protocol_comparison-white-paper.pdf I went though...
View ArticleUnable to remove datastore
Hi, When I try to remove a datastore from vsphere I get the following error: Call "HostDatastoreSystem.RemoveDatastore" for object "datastoreSystem-15" on vCenter Server "xxxxxx" failed. The datastore...
View ArticleHow Should VMware do Kubernetes Backup for Project Pacific?
Hello All! I'm the product manager responsible for the data protection features of vSphere and I'm here to ask a favor. VMware has a robust set of solutions for protecting VMs and we want to have a...
View ArticleUnable to create virtual machines in new datastore--frustrated beyond belief! :/
Hey all, I am about to tear out the rest of my hair. I am hoping someone here has seen this behavior and can point me to a solution. I simply have tried everything I can think of, an nothing is making...
View ArticleWin 2012r2 physical compatibility RDM free space DELL SCv2020
Hi,We have a Win 2012r2 VM running on 6.0 ESXi. It has attached 4 RDM disks in physical compatibility mode. These LUNs belongs to a DELL SCv2020 compellent.Each LUN/Volume is configured with ~6TB in...
View ArticleThe need to run a chkdsk equivalent on a attached datastore?
My storage admin just told me that they are seeing possible corruption (maybe false positive) on a m disk in a v7000 SAN.As they cant see inside a LUN they have presented to my hosts the SAN admin is...
View ArticleWhen will we get support for 4Kn / 4096 byte sector FC storage targets?
4K device targets have been shipping for years, and it's increasing impact to not have support. There is still only support for locally attached 4Kn SAS/SATA spinning disks. When will we get support...
View ArticleProblem with recreating a missing descriptor file
Hi, I trying to recreat vmdk file from flat.vmdk as VMware Knowledge Base , but i can't get into the section of the virtual machine: /vmfs/volumes/5cb5fcec-19f64160-4478-14dae93d862e] cd ******-sh: cd:...
View ArticleWhy QAVG is so high ?
In vCenter, the datastore latency is very high. In esxtop. DAVG is good, but KAVG & QAVG is very high, but at the HBA level, the QAVG is low, what is the problem? The Storage is EMC VPLEX, at the...
View ArticleA general runtime error when configuring Dell SC series live volume on...
I have an environment that consists of 3 hosts and 1 SC5020F storage center. The DR site is also similarly kitted out. When running the live volume configuration wizard, everything is fine, I can see...
View ArticleSpace allocation on NetApp LUN
Hello, I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue. Short facts about our system:- NetApp AFF220 IP-Metrocluster (ONTAP 9.6 P3)- VMware ESXi 6.7 U3- Thin provisioned LUNs with space...
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