Raid 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 ArticleShare Datastore Cluster between two Host Clusters
Hello all. I'm in the process of separating a large cluster containing Development, Test and Production VMs into two clusters - one for Development and the other for Test & Production. My plan...
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 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 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 ArticleCan I assume that flat.vmdks always start at the beginning of a 1 mb block ?
I have a question about reading raw VMFS-volumes.Lets assume I found the start of the VMFS-partition.Can I assume that if there are flat.vmdks on that volume - that those flat.vmdks will always start...
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 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 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...
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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 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...
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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Wrong capcity value for a DS6k volumes in vsphere client -> Storage Adapters...
Hi all, I have created volumes on a DS6000 subsystem and assign them to a ESX 5.1 hosts that has been added to my Vsphere client V5.1. I can see the LUNS in the "Configuration ->Storage...
View ArticleSafest way to remove in-use storage
We are decommissioning multiple old ESXi4.1 hosts from our environment after having migrated all the VMs off of them and on to new ESXi5.1 blade hosts. Storage was presented to both types of hosts to...
View ArticleI can't unmount an NFS share ESX 4.0
I'm trying to unmount an NFS share. When I try it in vsphere I get a message: Error during the configuration of the host: NFS nError: Unable to Unmount filesystem: Busy. When I try in esx:esxcfg-nas...
View ArticleRDM-LUN mapping
Hi there, in creating RDM disks I'm asked to store the RDM-LUN mapping files either with the Virtual Machine or in a specific DataStore.My understanding is that such files are sparse files, meaning...
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