Block Changes Rate on a Datastore LUN that's under replication
Hi, As we are observing LUN-to-LUN replication slowness, taking long time to do incremental sync, need to find blocks change rate (per day or per hour etc.,) on a specific LUN (Datastore) mapped to the...
View ArticleWhats mean .sdd.sf file?
Hi guys, I was wondering what exactly means or do the file called ".sdd.sf" Thanks in advanced for your help Warm Regards! Omar MP
View Article"unmount" option is not available
When I right-click a datastore, the "unmount" option is not available. I don't know why.
View ArticleCopying data from Virtual Machine Disk to Local disk is toooooo slow
We have recently implemented vMware visualization. We have vSphere 5.5 and View 5.2 and done server & desktop visualization.We have SAN as HP 3Par and Esxi hosts are HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Now...
View ArticleReclaim space on Raw device mapping disk
Hello, I know how unmap command works and how to reclaim space on thin datastore. But is there a way, how tu reclaim dead space on disk which is connected via Raw device mapping ?
View Articlebymistake mask production lun
Dear Team, on one esx host i have two lun from two different storage both have same lun id i.e.3 LUN from DS3400 storagevmhba2:c0:t2:l3vmhba2:c0:t3:l3vmhba5:c0:t2:l3vmhba5:c0:t3:l3 LUN from DS8800...
View ArticleBest Practices for Datastores setup
I need some advice on best practices for setting up datastores, and in particular nfs data stores. Things I am looking for is that is it best to setup datastores for different types of data or one...
View ArticleRemoving datastores from a datastore cluster
What issues / caveats are there if you have a single datastore that is not part of a datastore cluter, when all other datastores are part of the cluster? I have one datastore that needs to be...
View ArticleDatastore Cluster Issue
I've got a datastore cluster and every datastore that can be accessed by this particular compute cluster has been added to that datastore cluster. SDRS is enabled. All datastores are 2TB.However, now...
View ArticleVMware shared storage Design Advice using an IBM Storwize V3700 // 6 Gbps SAS...
Hello experts, as part of a Server Consolidation using Virtualization project for a new customer, we are planning to repurpose an existing IBM Storwize V3700 as VMware shared storage. This Storage is...
View ArticleVM storage paths
Hi, we are adding a new SAN to our VM.our VM/blade system has no free fibre channels.the current SAN has 2 paths to the blade. can we just hot unplug 1 of these fibre connectors and use it for the new...
View ArticleHow to determine if xcopy is being utilized for storage vmotions
My array is VAAI and xcopy capable. Is there a way to look back at storage vmotions that happened during a given day, and confirm that in fact xcopy was utilized to allow the array to do the copying...
View ArticleDatastore shows as (inactive) after Unmounting and Deleting in vCenter?
Hi Community, Why do VMFS datastores that have been Unmounted and then Deleted in the vSphere Client still appear in vCenter (albeit italicized and greyed out) ? What makes them finally go away from...
View Articlevsantraces folder in datastore
I'm looking to clear up some under utilized datastores, but I am now seeing a vsantraces folder. Is there something that needs to be reconfigured before deleting this datastore? I unfortunately did not...
View ArticleNFS and LACP
I have a vSphere 5.0 deployment where I have to leverage NFS. I have the below contraints and wanted to share my approach to see if any one has any strong feedback or could play devil's advocate....
View ArticleVM(s) producing load on a particular datastore? (GUI?)
We are seeing some latency at our application during testing. We also see that it is due to load on one of the datastores (high queue depths for this LUN from the SAN). We have a large number of VMs...
View ArticleCan not use entire space available in datastore
Hellowe have a HP DL580 G7 server with P410i raid controller and 8 x 1 TB HDDs.I create a raid 1 with 2 HDDs(1 TB) and raid 5 with other 6 HDDs(5 TB) and install ESXi 5.1 in first datastore (1...
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P2000 G3 FC Disk Latency ESXi 5.5
Hi All, First and foremost hello to everyone in the VMware community, new here and this my first post and i am hoping someone will be able to assist me as i am at wits end. Our Setup Hosts : DL380...
View ArticleUnable to Create a VMFS Store to a New Mapped LUN
Hi All, I've created new LUNs in my FC SAN, like I've done a million times before. However, when I attempt to add a new LUN in vSphere, the server doesn't see any new LUNs available. I've rescanned...
View ArticleMultipathing Issue
Hi,In our virtual environment, we have components as:- Storage: Hitachi (USPV model) and EMC (VNX7500 model)- Physical servers: Blade HP C7000 BL620 G7 and BL680 G5- ESXi version: 5.0.0, 623860 Our...
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