Duplicate LUN Exports hidden in Client
Hello, We had some HP 3Par LUNs exported twice to the same host with different LUNs IDs. The duplicate LUNs are hidden in C# and WebClient. That means if I check the LUN in GUI, path count is 4. If I...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between Full clone vs native clone vs lazy clone
When reading VAAI NAS certification guide, I noticed that there are some test cases which perform Native full cloning or native lazy file cloning. I am really confused, what's the difference between...
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'Data Integrity Test -> LUNReset' VMware Storage Certification Guide
Hello,I have installed VMware Workbench 3.5.5.3795915. Prepared testbed (installed vsphere and two esxi(A and esxiB) and on each set up 4 vms( 2 linux, 2 windows accordingly).During the tests i got...
View ArticleFailed to execute createHOMObj for the Setup : No GuestOS section in XML file
Hi I am executing VAAI NAS certification test cases. All test cases are passed except "StressIOMultiLazyCloningSameVolume". This test case require One NAS volume with two virtual machines and IOzone...
View ArticlePowerCLI Q: Storing a VM's virtual hard disk files into folders in Datastore
Hello all, I know how to create VMs in different folder structure in vSphere. This question is more on how to create those VM's virtual harddisk inside different folders in the datastore. This is the...
View ArticleiSCSI MPIO Issues
Hi all. I've set up an iSCSI target on a Windows 2012 R2 server, and successfully connected to it with one NIC. Then I set up the second NIC in the same vSwitch, but overrode the teaming settings so...
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114 TB VMFS-volume and related problems
As far as I know the max size of a VMFS-volume is 64 TB.Now I came across a 114 TB VMFS-volume.Questions:how can such a large volume be created in the first place ?will a large volume like that affect...
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SSD TRIM / UNMAP support in ESXi 6
A client is looking to purchase a new server, and I am inclined to use SSDs for at least one datastore. We would be using enterprise SAS SSDs through a RAID controller (either a HP Smart Array or...
View ArticleVMware Esxi 6 can't create datastore local disk not recognized?
I have a dell vrtx machine with SPERC 8 Controller. I installed Esxi 6 from Dell's site and the storage adapter shows Shared PERC 8 Mini in the Storage Adapters list as vmhba1 in Vsphere Client. When I...
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Space Reclamation on All-Flash array w/vSphere 5.1
All, does anybody have experience using the space reclamation commands in vSphere 5.1 for thin-provision array volumes (i.e. all-flash arrays)? Here's the EMC documentation on it: Reclaim command # cd...
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Is there a metric to show how much data is left during a Storage vMotion
We have remote sites and there are 2 hosts with local disks. So when 1 host has a failure we Storage vMotion with the web client over to the standby host. I know you can see the vMotion progress in...
View ArticleESXi 5.5U3a not discovering Boot from SAN LUN (FCoE CNA Adapter) whereas ESXi...
Dear All, I am just trying to install ESXi 5.5 U3a in Boot from SAN method in HPE BL460c Gen9 (UEFI BIOS) Server. ESXi 5.5U3a could not discover the Boot from SAN LUN where as on the same server ESXi...
View ArticleDatastore Connectivity Issues
Hello All,I am trying to setup backup storage that is available to my hosts. Currently they are connected to a switch that is running at 100MB and i just discovered this. I am trying to setup another...
View ArticleDataStore Cluster - Storage Migration VM with pRDM - Insufficient Space error
DataStore Cluster Issue When trying to storage vmotion a vm with physical RDM larger than destination datastore in a Datastore cluster with SDRS enabled, vCenter report insufficient space on...
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Sharing Disk space between all Vms
We have many Vms and we will like to separate disk-space from execution.So we are trying to have a VM with huge memory dedicated for all logs (2-3 TB) which is accessible to all vms, and all VMS could...
View ArticleNFSv3 rsize question
Hello everyoneI would like to use a Linux based server as a NFS datastore in combination with a Cisco UCS based ESX 5.5 Hypervisor for lab purposes.I managed to speed up write operations using the...
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Storage Profiles Issues
Hi, I am hoping someone can help me as I am having a bit of a blond moment with Tags and Storage Polices. I am messing around just with the basics Storage Polices ie, Gold, Silver, ect. And have the...
View Articledatastore does not start
hello partners i have a issue.when the server shuts down or restarts one of the Datastorage not start.then I have to add the datastore to the VM cant power on. anyone know how it could be corrected??...
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Purple screen after installing HPE StoreVirtual Multipathing Extension Module...
@Hello, we have a ESXi-cluster of 6 hosts (all 6 hosts are identical Proliant DL 385 G7 servers and version of ESXi is 5.5.0, 2718055)Our HP-Lefthand/StoreVirtual SAN is running version 12.6 of the...
View ArticleLosing Heartbeat to Mushkin Reactor 1TB Drive
I have 2 Mushkin Reactor 1TB drives installed in my Dell T620 running ESXi 6. They are connected as single disk virtual disks on the raid card and both are mounted as individual datastores in vSphere....
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