Thin Provision & Data Deduplication
Hi All, I have a 490GB datastore that I have attached as a Thin Provisioned disk to a VM running Windows Storage Server 2012. On the drive within the OS, I have enabled data deduplication. Of the...
View ArticleAfter restore of VM, web client does not see VM , it is there with vSphere...
Removed from inventory and added again in the web client , still does not show in the vm list. HELP! Thanks,Dan
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RAID card for Mac Pro 5.1 internal hard drives.
I want to install ESXi on a Mac Pro 5.1 using the internal drives (DAS). This works just fine, but when it comes to creating a RAID on the internal drives there are some issues. I need help to find a...
View ArticleHorrible latencies on fixed VMware data storage
Hi, I do have one of my MS-SQL servers that it is having a LUN/VMware data storage with extremely poor and high write latency values. This is the only LUN that is showing this problem. Average write...
View ArticleFile server SDRS decisions
Hi All, when creating a datastore cluster just for a single vm e.g a file server would it be best to have SDRS turned off or on to manage or balance space? I can understand why a database such as...
View ArticleBestpractice storage???
Question bestpractice stockage :Quel est le pourcentage d'espace à laisser libre sur un LUN?Quel est le pourcentage d'espace à laisser libre sur une Baie? Question bestpractice stocking: What is the...
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HP VSA 11.0 (2014) - Bad storage performance
2 hosts: Dell PowerEdge 720xd running vsphere 5.5 update 110 disks per host. 10k RPM 1.2 TB 2.5inchOne HP VSA per host, 2 vCPU and 8 GB memory per VSA. All the latest updates for VSA. Almost all the...
View ArticleNeed to temporarly disable storage rescan to avoid APD\PDL condition
Hi Floks Is there any possibilty to disable the continous storage discovery by esxi host for temporary purpose. Briefly: Our storage team is planning to perform maintenance activity on one of the...
View ArticleInsufficient disk space on datastore
I am attempting a storage vmotion between NFS datastores and get the error "Insufficient disk space on datastore". ESXi 5.1b The VM has three disks and a snapshot:55 G, thin100 G, thin50 G, thick eager...
View ArticleNeed to figure out IO issue between ESXi 5.1 and Netapp storage over NFS
Trying to figure out an IO issue that has been bugging us for quite a while now and not sure where to start to troubleshoot the issue.We are in the process of migrating an application from the AWS...
View ArticleType of vmdk reporting
Is there any way through which I can find out what type of vmdk's(eager zeroed, lazy zeroed and thin) are present on a datastore using powercli or vcenter reporting?I need to do it for all datastores...
View Articlevswp, vmdk or vmsd files left behind on datastore after VM deleted from disk?
Are there any scenarios when VMware will be failing to completely delete VM from the disk, meaning even though VM is successfully deleted in vSphere, VM directory is left behind on datastore with some...
View ArticleSCSI Reservation Conflict -
ESX 5.5AMS 2300HP Proliant BL460c G7HP Flexfabric Getting these every five minutes in vmkernale.log: 2014-05-06T15:02:04.540Z cpu15:33069)lpfc: lpfc_scsi_cmd_iocb_cmpl:2145: 1:(0):3271: FCP cmd x0...
View ArticleStorage VS Storage
Hi, We are currently in a process of deciding which storage we should choose for our VMware environment. The environment is put together of 3 physical Dell servers, and one EMC NX4 NAS box with two...
View ArticleConverting a virtual disk into a Raw Device Mapping (passthrough)
Hi folks, I need to import a VM into a ESXi server 5.5.I have all the files, meaning vmx and vmdk files.One of the requirements is to have the final VM to use passthrough RDM.Last time I did this was...
View ArticleDRS practice question help
Been taking the self paced exam and having a touch time with a question and wondering if anyone can help me out on it. I attached the question to this topic.
View ArticleVMFS file system corrupted(urgent Need help)
Hi All,Please provide the solution one below issue. We have one Vcenter 5.1 with 8 esxi5.1 node cluster under that of 300 VMs. Storage is using from HP MSA P2000 G3 with 3 LUNs.First LUN for ESXi OS...
View ArticleVSphere 5.1 Compatibility with Buffalo terastation
We are looking for a storage server to be used in a two VSphere host environment. We are considering the below Buffalo Terastation. I couldn't find it listed in the compatibility site, I'm assuming...
View ArticleManagement Plugin for vSphere: which vStorage API
Hello,sorry for a basic question.. I have been reading about vStorage APIs and Storage Vendors Solutions for VMware. I have noticed that lots of vendors have special plugins for vCenter that allow to...
View ArticleHorrible iSCSI performance - ESXi 5.5 + Storwize V7000
Hello folks,Subject says it all. Here's the scoop:Back end: IBM Storwize V7000, two canisters, each one with 2 x 10Gb connections (total of 4 x 10Gb connections)Front end: ESXi 5.5 U1., configured with...
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