Faults using Storage DRS in vSphere 5
hey there, i've a small problem using a storage drs cluster in an vsphere 5 environment. there are 5 datastores in 1 storage cluster (storage drs = on / automation level = manual mode) in Datastores...
View Articleesxi 5.1 dell openmanage / lockdown mode
This is probably a really basic question, but I am new to this aspect of esxi, and cannot seem to find an answer. I am setting up a server (poweredge r515) running esxi 5.1 (free license). I access it...
View ArticleSSD datastore performance
Would like to get some info on whether or not there are ESXi specific tweaks to get better performance out of VMs sitting on an SSD datastore. Lab Setup:LSI 9260-8i RAID card8 x 500GB Samsung 830 SSDs...
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Moving a VM to a different datastore
Hi,I was running out of space on one of my datastores so i descided to move one of my VMs to a different one.I have ESXi v5.1 with Essentials plus so i don't have Storage vMotion so i shut down the VM...
View ArticleHP P2000 G3 FC Direct Attach?
Hi. Does anybody know if the HP P2000 G3 FC dual controller array is supported in a direct attach scenario of two VSphere 5.1 hosts?If this works which HP HBAs are required to support it? Thanks....
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Symantec LiveUpdate causes high storage I/O latency
I have a Dell T620 server that is running a RAID-10 array with VMWare ESXi 5.0 and hosting four virtual machines including one for Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager that manages ~50 endpoints. I've...
View ArticleHow many paths?
Hi All,How do I confirm that I have the correct amount of paths for iSCSI storage? For instance if I have two physical nics set up in a 1:1 ratio with the storage, using 10GB ethernet, and 4...
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Reduce Provisioned Disk Size?
Hi Guys.First post here so be gentle I have a VM that has a provisioned size a little bit too big for the datastore.I would like to shave 15Gig off it whilst retaining permissions/ shares etc(Its a...
View ArticleTroubleshooting ESXI5
Hi Need to know the best practise for placing a VM on the storage . Also need to know about the Limits of IOPS and maximum that it can be and also categorising the different storage types with its...
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vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Cluster Service Offline Alert fridays
Each Friday I see an alert in the vSphere Alarms pane that the VSA Cluster Service is offline:But in VSA Manager pane on the datacenter object I see its Online: Then I looked in the VSA Manager log...
View ArticleiSCSI configuration with broadcom hba esxi 5.1
Could someone confirm I have set this server up in a recommended way for ISCSI speed and resiliance? 1.x ESXI 5.1 / vCenter 5.11 x Equalogic SAN1 x Poweredge R510 with a broadcom 5709 DUAL PORT2 x...
View ArticleEMC Requirements
We are running an ESX Advanced 4.1 host with a fiber attachment to an EMC Clarion NS120 SAN. Is the EMC Navisphere and Powerpath software necessary to configure Vsphere to see and utilize the disk from...
View ArticleHP StorageWorks x1600 - getting best out of SAN
Hi all, Here is our kit: - x1 HP StorageWorks x1600 G2 SAN (x6 2TB SATA 7.2k HDDs in RAID 10, giving approx 6TB space) - Runs Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Std - x3 LUNS presented to the Hosts...
View ArticleHP/3PAR StoreServ 7000
Good morning. I know the HP/3PAR StoreServ 7000 is relatively new, but HP has reportedly been shipping quite a few, so I was wondering who out in the community is running either the 7200 or 7400 in...
View ArticleAnyone using QSAN P- series ISCSI san?
I have been looking at the QSAN P series san and they are claiming up to 200000 iops and 900MBs through put. Is anyone here using them? What kind of performance do they offer, whats the reliability and...
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Increasing a virtualized esxi vmfs5 local partition
Hey guys, first post here and probably not the last.... I'm building a virtualized lab on my laptop to study for my VCP 5.1 certification and I ran into a little problem here.. I have 2 ESXi hosts...
View ArticleError creating datastore in ESXi
Hello all. I am new to vSphere and got myself into trouble trying to migrage from ESXi 4.1 to vSphere Hypervisor v5.0. The servers I'm using are Dell Poweredge R300s with two WD1602 hard drives...
View Articlevsphere Esxi 4.1 - hard disk reconnected lost data
Hi I have ESXI 4.1 running on a HP Proliant managed by Vspherethe VM is a single Windows Server 2008 R2 Stdit is running on a datastore which is a 250GB hard disk on the proliantI have a 1TB disk also...
View ArticleVsphere 5.1 - Access rights Problems - GRE WEB Plugin - HP Data Protector 7.01
Hi, I have installed the VMware GRE web client on the VCenter server and all is looking good as it should be.But, when I try to request restore on an vitueal machine I get below error: request has been...
View Articleiscsi datastore lost after esxi host crash
HELLO I HAVE A ISCSI DATASTORE WITH SEVERAL VMS IN A SYNOLOGY NAS. MY HOST WAS DEAD AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THE ISCSI DATASTORE TO A NEW ESXI HOST, BUT ASK ME FOR FORMAT. HOW CAN I ADD WITHOUT FORMATING...
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