IBM DS3400 Hardware Acceleration (VAAI)
Hi there, I have been searching whether Hardware Acceleration (VAAI) is supported on IBM DS3400, it appear to be yes (VAAI-Block HW Assisted Locking, Full Copy, Block Zero) according to VMware's...
View ArticleAdding a second Storage array
We are in the process of adding a second array to the environment (currently have Equalogic adding Nimble) and the ultimate plan is to slowly phase out the old one. We will need to keep both of them in...
View ArticleHaving issues getting vVOLs to work with 3PAR
Have a 3par 7200 running fw: 3.2.1.200 I have connected vCenter 6 on a HP BL460 G9 running vSphere to the 3PARs VASA url. However I cannot get the PE to be visible to the ESXi host. I run the...
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3Par Deduped Savings
Greetings, We have a 3Par 7400 running OS 3.2.1 (MU2). On this SAN, we created TDVVs (Thinly Deduplicated Virtual Volumes). They are presented to our ESXi hosts with one datastore per LUN. We are...
View ArticleCan't create claim storage transport rule !!
Hi,I need to Mask all traffic coming from specific iSCSI or specific protocol type , Can any one advice how to create a rule by transport type ? I tried the below but not working,: /var/log # esxcli...
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VMFS Lun resignaturing required?
Hello Community, We have VADP in place and all the LUNs presented to ESXi hosts are zoned to the backup physical server as well. Backup guys have some issues and they are migrating the backups to a new...
View ArticleVSA that supports VVols
Hi all, Does anyone know of a VSA that supports vvols ? I have taken to Google and don't appear to be able to find any. This doesn't have to be production ready, BETA appliances would give me enough to...
View ArticleCluster Validation Errors
Scenario:Trying to do "cluster across box" with Server 2012 R2 and ESXi 5.5 using http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-55-setup-mscs.pdf and I am...
View ArticleHA with local storage
Hello, I'm trying to setup a cluster between 2 hosts with HA on vSphere 5.5. I'm wondering if it is required that shared storage be used for all partitions or if it is possible to have some partitions...
View ArticlevSphere HA cluster of 2
Hi there, As vSphere HA requires shared storage, I'm wondering what are the best practices for implementing shared storage with the following characteristics:1. Reliability/redundancy2. Similar IO...
View ArticleVVOLs CoW based snapshot - still short freeze of guest?
Hi, as i read Cormacs blog Virtual Volumes – A new way of doing snapshots | CormacHogan.com about VVOLs snapshot leveraging classic CoW mechanism from now on i wonder if the esxi 6.0...
View ArticleAdding Storage Issue
Hello All, Added a new storage array and running both old and new at the same time until we get it migrated. I added a few new datastores and all hosts can see the datastores i added in the beginning....
View ArticleFresh vCenter 6 install + 3PAR v400 array latest firmware = file creation...
Hello all, I have a 3PAR V400 array with the latest 3.2.1 mu2 p12 firmware and a fresh vCenter 6.0 server setup. I have followed all HP 3PAR guides to configure VVOLs and all appears functional and...
View ArticleMigration between FC Datastore to vSAN Datastore
Hello, I was able to run Storage Migration to move all of my VMs from FC Storage to vSAN Storage. I have an utility folder which holds 30 to 40 different types of ISO for different OS and Applications....
View Article2 essential plus cluster - migrating away from VSA
Dear Members, Currently I have 2 clusters of Essential plus 3 hosts each and using Vmware VSA. I am in the process of planning to migrate all these away from Vmware VSA for another storage. Essentially...
View ArticleProblem in vmotion on VSA
Hiwe have configured new VSA with two-nodes, then manually shutdown one of ESXi, but running VM shutting down on faulted ESXi and bring it up on another ESXi host.so this is not suitable for us,...
View Articlebest practices for setting up a file server data HDD
I'm fairly new to VMWare ESXi and have been setting up a Dell T20 as a test machine. I'm setting up a VM for a Windows file server and was wondering what the best practices for setting up a data...
View ArticleCannot use local SSD to create vFlash Cache. The disk appears to have an...
~ # esxcli storage vflash device listName Size Is Local Is Used in vflash Eligibility------------------------------------ ------ -------- ----------------- ----------------------naa.xxxxxxxxxxx 190208...
View ArticlePrograms to enroll to develop a VASA Provider(VP) for an Array Vendor.
Hi, I have to develop and implement a VASA provider(VP) for an array vendor that should support enablement of vvols for end-users working in vsphere environment. What are the programs to get...
View Articlewhat is the IO path from VM(in ESX) to the VVOLS(in storage container) via PE?
Hi, I am new in implementing vvols and I have a query in regard with IO communication between a VM (in ESX) and to its specific vvol(in storage container) via PE . Is it one PE per vvol or one PE...
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