SDRS to automatically move newly created vms to a desired datastore
Does anyone know if this is even possible? Senario:Using Desktone to provision vms, but due to a limitation in Desktone the broker will only create desktops on the datastore the parent is on. One can...
View ArticleCannot create VSA cluster
I am running 2 nested ESXi 5 hosts and VSA 5.1. When I attempt to create the VSA cluster I get the following error: Cannot create VSA cluster: Unable to login to VMware Cluster Service at:...
View ArticleHow much free space should be reserved in a datastore
I have been using 1TB datastores and preserving 20% of them as free space to prevent them from running out of space. However now we are moving to larger datastores, 2TB and 4TB. How should I think...
View ArticleHow does multipathing work?
Hi all, I'm getting my notes together for VCP-550 (yes, 550) and have concluded that I really don't understand multipathing. So I will be asking a whole flurry of questions on the subject. First...
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power cycle storage
I have four esxi 5.0 hosts connected to EMC VNX5300 box via FC and to IBM DS3512 box via iSCSI. There are several datastores located on each storage device containing several VMs. I use EMC VNX box as...
View ArticleUpdating Qlogic HBA firmware? Or bundled with the Driver?
I am getting ready to start reinstallation of esxi 5.1 clusters to 5.5. In doing this I am getting all the firmware upgraded. We are System X so IBM has a pretty good bundler of everything. The one...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 User Defined Storage Capability
Is it possible to create a user-defined Storage Capability in vSphere 5.5? I'm trying to create a Storage Policy and when I get to the 'Rule Set 1' section, the only option for capabilities is 'None'....
View ArticleRecovery site mount of VMFS LUN corruption issues
I am in the process of testing RecoverPoint 4.0 replicated LUN in a recovery site. vCenter and vSphere hosts are 5.0 U3. When I mount a LUN from the latest RP snap at the recovery site, I can add...
View ArticleHow to backup a datastore in one host to another host via powercli?
I am to migrate a host from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 . Before doing so i would like to take a backup of all the guest machines in the datastore of a server to another server. What is the easiest way? All...
View ArticleFile system block size
Hello, I'm looking for a way to edit file system block size. I want to setup block size for those elements : //boot/homeswap/tmp/var/var/core/var/log I'm using ESXi 5.0 U3. Thank you.
View ArticleRecompute Datastore Groups Locked
Hello! I have this inprogress-thread locked in my vCenter: Recompute Datastore Groups<MYDATACENTER.MYDOMAIN.COM.BR>In Progresscom.vmware.vcDr<MYDATACENTER.MYDOMAIN.COM.BR>05/02/2014...
View Articlelost virtual machine
hi,this is not q question properly, its a situation, tha i have in the past, and i want to know if i was the only one,once upon a time, i try to clone a running virtual machine, that fails in some...
View ArticleQNAP or FreeNAS?
Hi, I have a small company that has about 30 ESX VMs running. If we want to expand our current storage, which would be better - building a FreeNAS box, or purchasing a commercial unit such as QNAP? Do...
View ArticlevFlash performance metrics missing
Hi,I’m playing with the new vFlash feature in my vSphere 5.5 lab. All seems to be working…but – I’m unable to find the new Performance metrics in vSphere Web client (when looking on “virtual disk” on...
View ArticleWill multiple VDs in RAID allow additional datastores?
I am setting up an ESXi Test Server. I have a Dell R510. I found some SATA disk drives of various sizes I inserted them into the 8 slots. Slot 0 -- 2TB drive Slot 1 -- 2TB drive Slot 2 – 1 TB drive...
View ArticleAdd RDM Mapping to VM using CLI...???
I'm looking gor CLI base utility for attaching an RDM mapping to VM.I could use vSphrere GUI to do the same, but my interest is CLI.For automation scripts, CLI based accessing is needed. I would also...
View ArticleBoot from SAN: WWPN or WWNN ?
Hi,I'm trying to nail some FC concepts, coming from networking side... I think I have the right concept on WWNN and WWPN, although I don't know the details, bothare sent on FLOGI and PLOGI, and they...
View ArticleMove RDM with dynamic disk to Another VM
Hi,I am in a situation where I need to move my RDM from Win2003 VM to win2008, but the complexity here that multiple physical RDMs make single dynamic partition (RDM1 1.5 TB, RDM2 1.5TB, RDM3 1 TB...
View Articlewindows 2012 continuous availability nfs server a viably option?
Hi everyone, I have 2 exisiting servers (64Gb with 2x10Gbe ports) with a sas disk cabinet with 48 disks (some SSD's and some normal drives) My initial thought was to use a Windows 2012 R2 failover...
View ArticleAdd FC Storage via FC 16G switch into VMmark 2.51 encounter one failed issue
Hi, Add FC storage via FC 16G switch into vCenter of steps as below: 1.Login into vcenter was success2.And following guide to create data-center and cluster folder was success.3.Add two host in...
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