Reason for un-mountability: the original volume has some extents online
I've raised a support request, but thought I'd post this here to see if anyone else has seen the same issue on ESXi 5.1,914609. We are implementing an HP Cloud Matrix system with ESXi 5.1 as one of the...
View ArticleCan I max out datastore space if it only contains a single vDisk?
I've come across documentation and discussions that state you should always have a certain percentage of free space for all datastores containing vm data. Well, what if that datastore only holds a...
View ArticleESX5.5 upgrade changes wwns from physical to virtual
I have sever Dell R720 Running ESXi 5.1 these servers use FCOE on intel 2P-x520 10 GB modules And cisco Nexus 5500 Switches for FCOE and networking. When I upgraded to 5.5 from 5.1 the WWNs changed...
View ArticlePatching hosts and Physical RDM query
Hi I am currently involved in a project in patching our esxi5 hosts one host at a time. I just recently joined a new company so am newer to this organisations environment.We have 3 seperate clusters...
View ArticleWhich certification course do I opt for ?
Hi , Im a test engineer in Qlogic India.I have been Testing Qlogic Fibre Channel & CNA VMware drivers for Qlogic and other Vendors for past 3 years.I have developed interest in VMware OS features...
View ArticleHow can I disable/enable ATS on a vmfs5 datastore with active I/O
Hi All, I have a requirement where in I have to disable and then enable ATS on a vmfs5 datastore with active I/O. Since it has to happen on a per lun basis, I have ruled out the possibility of using...
View ArticleVSA 5.5 Installation failed with ERROR- Customize VM on host
Hi, I am trying to implement the VSA within 2 hosts and vCenter 5.5 running as VM, also installed VSA cluster service. There is no error reported on IP configuration, but during the Install VSA Cluster...
View ArticleAdded an HBA & LUN to just one node of a cluster; HBA sees LUN, but is LUN...
We've got two ESXi V4 servers in a HA/DRS cluster, with each of them having one FC-HBA and access to the same single Datastore. The cluster is managed by vCenter 5.5.0 I've added a second FC HBA to...
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All paths are dead from one of the vmhba fc adapter...
Dear Team, the devices/luns which are mapped to one of my vmbha3 fc hba adapter are dead, following si the snap of the same. and the SCSI adapter status is UNKnown, following is the snap of the same....
View ArticleExpanding a Datastore-Unable to grow filesystem
Greetings all, I am attempting to connect my VMware esxi 4.1.0 server to a Modular Disk Storage Array (SAN) and running into difficulty. The SAN is configured with a 3 terabyte virtual disk and set to...
View ArticleCan I use a NAS as a remote datastore
I currently have 5 cisco ucs esxi hosts at my main location. I am looking to get rid of old servers at each smaller branch location. I was wondering if I could place a NAS at each branch and use the...
View Articledisklibcerttool is not working after running VAAI plug-in upgrade test case
hi I am working NAS VAAI Plug-in and for VAAI certification i need to run all the test cases in a one test session. In Vaai Upgrade plug-in its uninstall current version and install new version of a...
View ArticleISCSI config LeftHand and VMware MPIO
Having trouble getting VMware to actually use the second nic on my LeftHand P4300. I can find loads of documentation on how to configure VMware for MPIO with LeftHand but they never talk about the...
View ArticleTarget Port Limitations
Hi All, I noticed on page 4 of the vSphere/3Par best practices document, that a maximum of 32 host initiators per port is suggested. It goes on to say that although HP supports 64 host initiator ports...
View ArticleUnmanaged I/O Workload Detected - 3Par Adaptive Optimization?
Hi All, I'm receiving several of these per minute in vSphere:"An unmanaged I/O workload is detected on a SIOC-enabled datastore: XXXXXXXXXXXXX". We only have a single datastore per LUN, and confirmed...
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properly zoning esxi host
Hello, I'm new to FC. I have an esxi host, which I need to create a zone for on my FC switch. When I look in vSphere, I see two addresses for my QLogic HBA. It shows 20:00:00:26:ff:xx:xx:22:01...
View ArticleHow do I get a localy attached RAID-Array into a Linux-VM - vSphere 5.1
Hello VMware folks I am trying to set up a file server with a mirrored data storage. So I installed a LSI MegaRaid SAS 9266-8i into my hoste machine, attached two HDD's and configured a RAID-1 virtual...
View ArticleSDRS storage recommendation alarm; no recommendation to apply running manual...
On vcenter 5 build 804277 we have a storage cluster. We also have some dedicated vmfs5 datastores that are not in the cluster. All datastores are from the same Lefthand storage array. The dedicated...
View Article2 Esxi-Hosts (VSpehre 5.5, HP DL380 G7) with two HP P2000 G3 SAS Storages:...
Our customer want to build the following scenarios: 2 Esxi-Hosts (VSpehre 5.5, HP DL380 G7) with two HP P2000 G3 SAS Storages. Each one of the two P2000 have 2 SAS Controller which are crossover cabled...
View ArticleLooking for BEST Inexpensive iSCSI storage
Host's Dell PowerEdge r710 running ESXi 4.1 Enterprise Plus with Dual Xeon 5570's 32GB ramMultiple Intel iSCSI nics, but looking to go Intel 10Gb cx4 or multiple Intel ET2 Gigabit iSCSI nics - budget...
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