Unable to remove datastore
Hi, When I try to remove a datastore from vsphere I get the following error: Call "HostDatastoreSystem.RemoveDatastore" for object "datastoreSystem-15" on vCenter Server "xxxxxx" failed. The datastore...
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Getting alerts that VDP appliance is nearly full.I need to expand storage on it.
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LUN to Datastore
VMware since version 4.0 recommended to use LUN size of 2TB. Is there is any new updates about the LUN recommended size and best practice ?Also is it recommended to use 1 LUN for 1 Datastore, or add...
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Local SSD write performance extremely slow
I'm assuming there's some optimisation/configuration options I should be changing in VMware to optimise for local SSD datastores, as I'm getting horrible SSD write performance when using VMWare...
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iSCSI SAN Storage Not Connecting
I've set up a Fujitsu DX100 S3 SAN with four iSCSI connections. As far as I know it's been correctly set up and I have tested this by connecting the SAN to a server which has correctly mounted the...
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Dell EQL VASA "No Storage System"
I recently installed this in our vS6 U2 environment. I've got a Equallogic SAN we recently retired (this is mostly just to test this out with) hooked into the VASA. However when I go to the Storage...
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Need to run ssh command in powercli/powershell
I have a script i am working on in powercli and need to restart storagerm Service. /etc/init.d/storageRM {start|stop|status|restart} Any help appreciated
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SSD Emulation for Ubuntu VMs
I have an ESX server with datastore created on HDD and deployed Ubuntu VMs on it. For successful deployment of the application I want to have the Ubuntu VM detect the attached vmdk through SATA virtual...
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Data Corrupt During Cloning VM
hi all we are testing esxi 6.5 in our lab and find data corruption during cloning vm.the vm is installed in linux nfs client firstly and then clone/migrate to another datastore which esxi installed.At...
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how to graph results.csv file in iometer
hello i just started using iometer but the results.csv file is very hard to read or im having trouble determining how to convert the results into a graph? is there any easy way to do it? can i use excel?
View ArticleCisco UCS Server RAID Cache
Hi,I'm looking for a supported RAID controller on UCS server that can do caching to SSD for ESXi 5.5 / 6 / 6.5.May I know the Cisco UCS Blade Server / Cisco UCS C Server support the SSD caching on RAID...
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ESXI 6.5/Vmfs 5 or 6?
I have a new server setup with ESXI 6.5 as host going to put 3 vms on the host 1 is AD , DNS, DHCP 2. Sql Express database for program 3 print and file server configs are dell PE R320 Quad core 48GB...
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Does storage vmotion need the vMotion network ?
Hi, Ask one question, does storage vmotion(without host change) need the vMotion network ? And how about storage cold migration ? Thank you.
View ArticleNo such file or directory
Hello,I have the problem that some files with "No such file or directory"Are marked. However, these files are available. They do not delete or change....
View ArticleiSCSI and fibre from different ESXi hosts to the same datastores
Hi, We have a centralized EMC Unity storage which exposes the datastores to our ESXi hosts via iSCSi.We are moving towards replacing all our iSCSi network to FC.In order for that to happen, we bought a...
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Migrating Fibre Channel Datastores to iSCSI.
Hi, I am planning to migrate all the datastores in my environment from fibre channel to 10Gb iSCSI. I'm wanting to do this with zero downtime and after looking online I can't find any articles on this....
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iSCSI storage throughput (benchmark)
Hi All, I am trying to measure and analyze the correctness of data in freshly built iSCSI storage (no VMs) throughput on vSphere 6.5 (Enterprise Plus license). Here is a brief description of the...
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Migrating iSCSI vmks off host proxy switch
We have a dead vCenter. Utterly dead. I'm rebuilding vCenter and will add the hosts into the new vCenter. The complication comes in with the distributed virtual switch with iSCSI vmks. Each host...
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One Netapp NFS datastore is showing read only
Hi All, Facing an issue whereas one NFS V3 datastore is showing readonly on ESXi 5.0 host tried remounting with IP and readding the IPs in access list of NFS volume from storage end but no luck. Tested...
View ArticleNFC protocol
is there any vsphere\vstore API's to use NFC protocol for file copy\transfer?
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