Reclaim zeroed space via Vsphere or Vcenter GUI
Hello All,While i was upgrading our 3 ESXI servers to 5.5 from 5.0 I was playing around in either the windows native vSphere Client or in the vCenter web Client and i stumbled upon an entry offering to...
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Files missing from datastores
This is my home hypervisor, so all storage is DAS non-raid.I recently had a crash of the disk containing all guests. It's now installed with a new disk for guests, but when i look under...
View ArticleMultiple SCSI bus H:0x2 entries across multiple hosts
Hello all... H:0x2BUS stayed busy through time out periodH:0x8The SCSI bus (or this device) has been reset. Any SCSI device on a SCSI bus is capable of instigating a reset.D:0x2CHECK...
View ArticleStorage vMotion for vCenter
I have a Windows 2008 VM for vCenter on my lab. I'm running ESXi 5.1. I would like to know if it is possible to storage vMotion this Windows 2008 VM to another datastore, without loosing to damaging...
View ArticleStorage Vmotion-Warning Message
Dear Community members, I plan to do s storage vmotion of some VMs from CX to Netapp. While I right click on the VM and click migrate, I see a warning message"The entity is managed by VMware vCenter...
View ArticleHow to figure out which ESXi has a Datastore mounted?
Dear Members, I am a new bee with VMware. When I click in the ESXi cluster I see the nodes that are a part of the cluster and can also see the datastores mounted on it.How to figure out which node is...
View ArticleESX Maintenace
Dear Community Members, I plan to installed an additional HBA card to the ESX node in the cluster. Can you please verify the steps below. 1. Take the ESXi in to maintenance mode,2. Shut down the ESXiAt...
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Deploying templates to local disks?
Hello, I am newbie by all means, but I have a personal project that involves creating a small virtual environment with 2 clustered hosts and a number of VMs (TBD) that run on said hosts.The hosts have...
View Articleexpanding vmware lun without extents
Is it possible to expand a lun without using extents?
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A few questions about ESXi queueing
Hi, a few questions about queues in ESXi for the storage gurus : 1. What is the relation between WQLEN value shown in ESXTOP and Maximum Outstanding Disk Requests (described in VMware KB: Setting...
View ArticleDesign question about new BIG vmdks
We are revising out storage configuration with new ESXi5.5 allowing up to 62TB VMDK , and would like you opinion about this for a special application we host . OS > Datastores we always keep 10 %...
View ArticleUnplanned PDL on ESXi 4.1
Hi, I just experienced a PDL on an ESXi host with my datastore. I think I found my solution in the KB, but it seems the commands were for 5+. I've searched very hard for similar esxcli commands for...
View ArticleSnapshot cause server not reachable problem
In Our Setup, we got an alert stating "VM Server is not reachable",While analyzing this, we found that there is no space available on the host. When we move to different datastores, the issue resolved...
View ArticleESXi 5.1/5: Hardware (Broadcom) vs Software iSCSI adapter?
We got some new servers in, with Broadcom NetExtreme II adapters. We are using EQL SANs. Starting with ESXi 5.1 jumbo frames are supported on hardware iSCSI adapters. So I am wondering whether or not...
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 ArticleSoftware to handle CIFS and NFS on VMWare?
Does anyone have experience using software to setup CIFS and NFS on VMware?
View ArticleESXi alerts-Vmotion
Gurus,Can a Vmotion happen smooth if there is any alert for warning in the ESXi node.I see one battery alert from a host . Will it impact to evacuate the hosts by vmotion as I plan a maintenance window...
View ArticleHeadroom calculation in an ESXi
Dear Community members, I have to install an HBA in my ESXi host in the cluster. I have a 3 node cluster. As a part of sanity check ,I would like to determine if other nodes in the cluster has enough...
View Articlemaintaiance activity for SAN Switch
Dear team, our storage informed us that these people are scheduling maitaince activity in the coming weekend, the both SAN switches are in redundant mode so no impact of the UPSactivity on the...
View ArticleHow to change the storage
Hi, There are three storage now. e.g.(Storage A, StorageB, StorageC) I created the virtual machine and configured the storage as StorageA. (This server is running now) But i would like to change the...
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