VM Datastore location on a DS Cluster.
Good day everyone. Is there a way in the client to view in wich datastore from within the dscluster each vm is located. After configuring the ds cluster on the summary tab the storage information...
View ArticleThin provisioned disk moved to other datastore becomes thick provisioned?
I had to move a couple of VM's from one datastore to another because of a disk swap. After copying them back I noticed it took forever. What happened? The VM's had thin provisioned disks, and after...
View ArticleNFS Shares no longer work in VMware after Firmware upgrade
I have also posted this question in the EMC/Iomega User group. I am hoping between the two groups I will be able to figure out what is going on. I have a single VMware ESXi 5.0 host. I also have an...
View ArticleUsing Multiple Subnets for NFS Storage Traffic
How important is it to use more than one subnet for NFS storage traffic? I currently have only one IP address on the NFS array assigned and one vmkernel port for NFS within ESXi. I have reduntant...
View ArticleRemove access to san from esxi 5.1 when dummylun is presented
We have a EMC Clarion CX4 san connected to several ESXi 5.1 hosts.Following procedures in kb2004605 we have successfully unmounted, detached and physically unpresented luns from the esxi host. There is...
View ArticleMigrating VMs with RDM LUNs from One Cluster to Another With Both Clusters...
Hello all, I have two VMware ESX 4.1 clusters (Cluster A and Cluster B) comprising of three hosts each.The cluster environment has four Datastores: DS_1,DS_2,DS_3 and DS_4. Please note that hosts on...
View ArticleError on ESX configuration when trying to specify swap file location
I am trying to specify a swap file location with my ESX servers and it worked on one of them but my second one keeps erroring out. I initially specified a location on this box and then turned it off,...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with my infrastructure ?
hello, to everybody. currently I build up following infrastructure on vmware vsphere 5.1 Enterprise... the following is given: hardware:7x hp DL 380 g7 server with 2 sockets cpu and in each case 192 GB...
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 ArticleFree space with Compellent san
We are currently moving from some Hitachi sans to Compellent. Compellent thin-provisions any volume you create. We create vm's as the default thick. The problem I have is that if I storage vmotion...
View ArticleDeploying Equallogic VSM OVA strange DNS settings error
I found what to me seems to be a strange bug when deploying the Dell Equallogic Virtual Storage Manager (EQL VSM).When chosing to deploy the OVA file you input what DNS servers to use in the VA.When...
View ArticleConnect Linux VM to an existing iSCSI LUN
We have a physical server that is running Oracle Enterprise Linux that connects to some LUN's via iSCSI that are running on SSD. We'd like to virtualize this server and reconnect to the same LUN's if...
View ArticleThe specification of VAAI.
Hi I want an information about the specification of VAAI. I am doing the test of VAAI like below. Assign three Datastores(ds1,ds2,ds3) to the esx server, and repeat Storage Vmotion. First I moved the...
View ArticleNew SAN: Opportunity to re-architect my VMFS
Hi All We are in the process of implementing our new Dell EQL iSCSI SAN.This is giving me opportunity to re-architect my datastores, and I'd welcome any input. On the outgoing Hitachi FC SAN we have 6...
View ArticleESXi host configured with boot from SAN LUN
I have ESXi hosts configured to boot from SAN LUN with four active paths and RR PSP. I lost connectivity to the LUN on one of the paths which trigerred a failover, I did not notice any disconnect...
View ArticleLocal Storage
Sorry in advance for the incredibly basic question that I'm sure is already answered somewhere in the community. I'm going to be installing 5.1 for a single instance host using the free version of 5.1...
View ArticleUsing a synology device as shared storage for vmware
Hello all, Do any of you use a synology device for vmware? I have a production virtual environment set up now with some dell equallogic sans and some r720 servers. In addition, I have a development...
View ArticleHow to add a second iSCSI software HBA on ESXi 5.1
Hi All: I've been googling around for a solution I have no clue yet. First of all, my previous virtualization technologiesbackground was using Linux kernel-based hypervisors like KVM and Xen. Now I'm...
View Articleslow disk speed on win 2003, while fast on win 2008 - esxi 5.0
We have a hp proliant server with 16gb memory and lsi sas 1068e raid controller on it. esxi 5.0there are 4 sata disk connected to the controller and 2 raids 1 createdthere are 2 win 2008 r2 servers...
View ArticleNew to Netapp - 3200
Hey Everyone, On Monday we will be deploying a 3200 device, our first SAN at this company. I have worked in other Enterprise environments using EMC Fiber Channel but I am wondering what you would do...
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