Extending existing local datastore on stand alone ESXi Host
Hi, Looking for some advice on adding disks / extending a single datastore. We have HP DL380 G6 Server, running stand alone instance of ESXi 5.1, with local storage only. RAID1 (2 x 146gb) for ESXi OS...
View ArticleIncorrect "Used Storage" reported - ESX 5.5
Hello everybody, We have a strange problem since we migrated some hosts in ESX 5.5... On our cluster, 14 hosts are in 5.5 and 2 are still in 5.1 (we stopped the migration when we stumbled on this...
View ArticleUnable to add bind iSCSI initiator
While looking to improve on our configuration by aligning with best practice recommendations, we came across this error: Call "IscsiManager.QueryCandidateNics" for object "iscsiManager-690" on vCenter...
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VVOL Equallogic and VSphere 6
I have been banging my head against the wall trying to get VVOL's established in my test environment. The setup is as follows, 3 hosts, two with HBA iSCSI broadcoms and one Software iSCSI adapter. The...
View ArticleIf all my VM Datastores are backed by the same set of spindles, will Storage...
7 ESXi 6.0.0 Hosts3 Datastores200+ VMs Each of the three Datastores are backed by a single ZFS storage pool across the same disk spindles.If we enable Storage I/O Control for all the datastores, how...
View ArticleInstalling KINGSTON - PREDATOR - HYPERX PCI express storage using ESXI 5.5
Hi Team, We would like to test a PCI Express storage (HyperX-kingston)480GB in a VMWARE ESXI 5.5..We have installed the hardware (PCIe) in the motherboard and the BIOS could recognize the hardware,...
View ArticleMissing Sata HDD
I have a cheap ThinkServer TS140 booting version 5.5 via USB Flash.It has 2, 1 TB drives, and a DVD drive that show up with no issues.I also have a SanDisk SSD(120GB) that will not show up as a...
View ArticleLuns Grown do not show new Space
Hi Guys , please assist . I grew some VMFS5 Luns from 5 to 15 TB and they are still reporting 5 TB in size , from time to time , until you refresh the Datastore in vsphere client / Rescan ALL the...
View ArticleThin provision datastore at SAN level?
Is there a good reason to thin provision a vSphere Datastore at the SAN level? I was always under the impression that it's a good idea to Thick provision the SAN volumes and then decide if you want...
View ArticleHow to find a Virtual Volume's I/O rate in vSphere 6.0
When we select a Virtual Volume under the Storage tab in vSphere, it seems like we cannot get the read and write rate of the VVol. Is there any way to see it or is there any API we can use to get it?...
View Articleshared virtual disk in win 7 64
Hi, I got a problem with ussing Shared Virtual Disk in Win 7 64 Virtual Machine. (Esxi 6.0) - I have a SSD storage (450Gb), and i creat 2 VM ussing Win 7 64 on it. (40Gb for 2 VM , and ~400Gb not...
View ArticleNetApp storage detection - ALUA vs. AA
We have a small issue were we have LUNs that are being brought into service as AA rather than ALUA. All our hosts are ESX 4.1u1 with NetApp FC storage. The igroup is ALUA enabled. Some hosts bring in...
View ArticleALUA state change
Hello, I'm testing iSCSI storage based on SCST project with VMWare ESX (5.5 and 6.0). Storage worked in Active/Active mode and connected to ESX with two paths.Storage support implicit ALUA with states...
View ArticleSuccess probability of 3 Tb snapshot removal if system itself takes about 3Tb...
Hello. I have a problem... VM located on vSphere 5.1 VMFS5 storage partition has 3 vmdk files (1 for each data partition in windows 2008 server, ~1Tb each). There were snapshot taken from this system,...
View ArticleUsing Vmware 4.0 and having storage issues
I was trying to extend the storage space on one of 2 servers using Datastore1. Powered down the server. It said that I could extend Disk1 to 80GB with 2 remainder.Adjusted up to 80GB then tried...
View ArticlePhysical RDM's to Virtual RDMs Supported in vSphere 6.0
Does anyone know if this process in KB 1006599 works in vSphere 6.0+? VMware KB: Switching a raw data mapping between physical and virtual compatibility modes in ESX/ESXi We are about to migrate a...
View ArticleMerging / Combining multiple VMDK's on different datastores into one VMDK on...
So, I think I know the answer to this (do it the long way) but i wanted to run it by the community just in case I was wrong. The Environment:vSphere 5 EnterpriseESXi 5.1.0.vm: Windows serer 2008...
View ArticleESXi multiple storage array design iSCSI?
Hi, I've a scenario where I've to connect 3 storage arrays to the same ESXi and I've only 2x10Gb interfaces available in the server.Each 10Gb card is connected to a different switch and each storage...
View ArticleVAAI xcopy not working on ESX6.0, used to work with ESX 5.5
We are seeing that VMwareVAAI XCOPY is not working with ESX 6.0. This used to work fine with ESX 5.5. The storage has not been updated, only the ESX server was updated to 6.0 and XCOPY stopped...
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iscsi or nas storage for vsphere essentials plus
We are a small church and have volunteer technical members who have been very helpful in assisting us setup a VMware environment consisting of 2 ESXi5 hypervisor hosts. We are about to make a...
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