esxi 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 ArticleNAS in 'read only' mode after issues, can I pull the VM's off of it?
Alright. On Tuesday I got an email from my NAS that I had a drive failure. NBD, I had a spare ready to be installed. During it's rebuild process (of the RAID 5 array) the NAS locked up and had to be...
View ArticleHDS HUS-VM vs. NetApp 6220
Hi all, We are in the process of upgrading our current NetApp 3140 MetroCluster solution. We are out of I/O and diskspace also controllers are running out of both CPU and RAM. Currently we are looking...
View ArticleCannot alter files in datastore browser
Hi - can someone please help? Even though the accounts I use have the administrator role on the hosts and the enter datacenter specifically, I still receive the message that I don't have the...
View Articledatastore getting low on space
we currently have a vm which is stored on a single Datastore.(2 TB) Is there a way to move individual vmdk files to different datastores without causing an outage? I looked at this link below , will...
View ArticleRaid configuration on HP P2000 SAS?
Hello, I would like to setup a new VMware infrastructure (ESXi 5.1) to host non-critical applications and non-production VMs, in addition to our main VMware infrastructure. I would like to use 2 HP...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 -> 5 / VMFS 3 -> 5 migration and live Storage vMotion
Hi Community! I'm looking at migrating VMs from 4.1 to 5 and then storage vmotioning them from old VMFS 3 to VMFS 5 datastores. If the old VMFS 3 datastores are presented to the new ESXi 5 hosts (4.1...
View ArticleESXi5.1 and Large Amount of Local Storage
Hi, I have a ESXi 5.1 host with a VM acting as a file server. The host has over 4TB of local storage which is not in use. Is it possible to present this 4TB as a single volume to the file server VM?...
View Articlehow to limit datastore overallocation level with SDRS rules
HiWe use thin provisioning but have a business policy to limit overallocation to 200%. We have alarms setup for this.I recently setup SDRS but I found its recommendations would take datastores over the...
View ArticleiSCI storage work with errors
Hello! My problem is incorrect operation of storage. Starwind 6.0 and ESXi 4.0.There is no possibility of any store operations. Standing mirror on two disks.iSCSI Software Adapter, Networking -...
View ArticleATS (VAAI) issue and replicated Datastore
hi guysWe have a case open but maybe you guys have some feedback the story is as follow: Last week DatastoreXX was recreated from scratch.RecoverPoint is used to replicate Datastore-VMs.So...
View ArticleUnable to force mount a LUN/VMFS
Hi, I experience a strange issue. I try to test a storage outage DR plan. I have one vSphere 5.1 (1117900) cluster with VMFS datastores stored on an EMC storage array (VNX5100). Some of these...
View ArticleSDRS invalid - Esxi host removed
Hi All, If I remove ESXi host from my cluster, will SDRS become invalid? Vmware docs state that SDRS is invalid only when vCenter is unavailable or vm is started by vc connected to esxi host. Could...
View ArticleProfile driven storage - usefulness ?
i am trying to understand the usefulness of profile ( or policy) driven storage. In our situation we use vsphere 5, and we have virtual machines, whereby the OS is installed on hard disk 1, page file...
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vSphere shared storage
My home server recently crashed and my work put me through a week long vSphere class(and gave me the licenses and such to get familiar with ), so I'm putting it all together now. Of course I find...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 - configuring storage - I've made a mistake
I've made a mistake; but I'm too much of a novice to understand where. Can I please get some direction? I've built a ESX4.0 box on some old hardware, it has quite large disks, the array ended up being...
View ArticleIs there an alternative to upload to datastore other than Windows GUI?
Is there an alternative way to upload iso's to the datastore on vSphere/ESXi other than the Windows vSphere Client GUI? I've got four ESXi 4 update 1 hosts and a vCenter Server 4 running as a VM on one...
View Articlehow to delete unused LUN
Hi EMC eng migrate data in old LUN to new LUN without using vmware svmotion or any thing only EMC command, all VMs were down to perform this. after he create new LUN we still see the OLD LUN connected...
View Articlestorage unclaim
Hi experts, am more intrested to do tasks in esx command level.colud you please help me tto understand how storage lun unclaim works from esx/esxi end without removing the unused datastore from...
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ESXi 5 shows a datastore with no free space but it's empty
Hi all, We have a HP P2000 FC storage and I did set up a new 2.4 Tb LUN and presented it to the ESXi cluster.All the hosts can see it fine ( Capacity 2.18 Tb and Free Space 2.18 Tb ). See highlighted...
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