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Locked files - VMFS 6
You probably know the error message: operation impossible since file is locked.If a VMDK is locked you can not start it inside a VM and you can not copy it. The knowledgebase basically tells you to...
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vSphere 6.0 Web Client cannot browse Datastore files (but old VSphere thick...
Why doesn't the vSphere 6.0 Web Client allow me to browse the files on a Datastore? Using Internet Explorer 11 (11.2363.14393.0 Update Versions: 11.0.75 (KB4339093) on Windows 10.Flash Player Win...
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Storage vMotion Best Priactice
According to the Frank Denneman article it says even though you can use mgmt network for Storage vMotion, its recommended not to because MGMT network isn't secure. I was not able to find any...
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FC zoning Windows server into configuration when there are ESXi hosts present
Hello, We have a FC SAN using 2 brocade switches/fabrics. Currently we have 10 ESXi hosts using FC SAN. The ESXi hosts HBA ports and SAN controller ports are zoned together and we serve datastores via...
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Problems with missing extents ...
Good news !Last weekend I found a new approach to handle missing / lost extents of a VMFS-datastore.Unfortunately I was not able to fix the headers of the lost extent so that I was not able to re-add...
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MSA 2050 Direct attached iSCSI
Hello All,We are trying to bring up configuration if Del server with vSphere 6.5 and MSA 2050I am trying to verify connection by just ping host port IP on MSAOn both vSphere and MSA it shows both ports...
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Feature request for the vmkfstools command
Feature request:the command vmkfstools -p 0 name-flat.vmdkdisplays the mapping of the fragments of a vmdk on the VMFS-volume.When the VMFS-volumes uses more than one extent and one or more of this...
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vSphere 6.5 shows MSA 2050 4.360 TB volumes as 4TB.
Hello All, We have configured vSphere 6.5 to use iSCSI vou,es from MSA 2052.But weird thing that 4.360 TB volumes visible like 4TB. Why is that? Thank you
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VVOL shows 0 bytes available unable to browse datastore
Running ESXi 6.1 update1 using Pure Storage. I had VVOLs set up and functioning for one small custer in my environment. I migrated a VM to the VVOL datastore and created a couple other VMs...
View Articlehow to locate system boot partition when you have two identical datastores...
my ex-colleague has loaded another set of disks (3 disks of raid 5) from another ESXi into the current ESXi before he left. so i have two datastores, each datastore contains the same system partitions....
View ArticleConfusion with VASA Certification with Dell Storage Center
I am doing VASA and VVOL certification for Dell Compellent storage center.I am facing some issues with the setup and want to have clarity to run our certification test. Type of Certification:Single...
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Will VMFS unmap freed data and give back to its backed storage after deleting...
I ask the question as I did the test below, and found no data block was not freed in lun level after deleting the VM.if ESX host frees data block in block/LUN level when deleting VMDK file, it can help...
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NFS as datastore
1. Do I need to create a VM Kernel in order to achieve this? (like creating an ISCSI VMkernel)2. Do I have to enable ISCSI in the software HBA if shared storage is NFS?2. Is NFS recommended as shared...
View ArticleFour HPE DL380, Redunant Switches, MSA 2050, Replication
I need to implement four HPE ProLiant DL380 machines, two 10 Gb switches for redundancy, and two MSA 2050, where one MSA is offsite for backup purposes - a building across the street. Each host will...
View ArticleDatastore cluster maximum size
In vsphere 6.5 the maximum size of a vmfs volume is 64TB. I do not see a maximum for a datastore cluster size. Does this mean I could combine 512 (max fc luns per host) 64TB datastores into a datastore...
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NFS multipathing with vDS
Hello, Can anyone help me find a suitable ref architecture to add a NFS v4.1 datastore with multipathing on vsphere distributed switch? Actual configuration: 3 ESXi 6.5 hosts with 2 vDS connected to 4...
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Disabling port-binding - grey out ticked box
I've configured an iSCSI over a dedicated connection and my setup, as far as I'm aware, does not include any port bindings. I explicitly want to avoid iSCSI port binding. My settings are showing it...
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ESXi 5.5 No password and Need access to Data on the RAID configuration
Hi Everyone, First time here and have a bit of an issue. I work IT and 2 years ago we decommissioned a server running ESXi5.5. We migrated over to Synology and never had to worry about that server...
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Better to present drive through vSphere or direct ISCSi?
A little bit of a NOOB looking for best practice. I have ESXi vShpere 6.5 U2 installed. I want to share a pretty large drive ( < 4 TB) across the organization. I have a WIN 2012 VM configured,...
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VASA 2.0 HP 3Par VVOL Disk Size
Hello to everyone! We recently have installed 3par, but not running it in production yet. Also we are running vmware 6.0. When i try to attach 3par VVOL i see a limit of a Disk Size to 16TB 3par...
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