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Number of paths to a datastore
VMware vSphere 6.0 I might be light on details, but I don't quite know where to start. I'm a "SAN beginner", but have been handed a built system and expected to support it. I have a NetApp SAN that...
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Cannot attach VM Kernel adapter to vmhba for iSCSI port binding
Hi Gurus, I have a strange problem. I am trying to bind a VMkernel adapter to iSCSI storage adapter but the VMKernel adapter that I want to use is not shown in the list. Let me attach the screen shots...
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vSAN Design and Sizing Guide 6.5 miscalculation?
I'm going through the VMware vSAN Design and Sizing Guide 6.5 trying to get a better grasp on vSAN. Going through "14.2 Capacity Sizing Example II" I want to verify that the calculations done for...
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Increasing datastore capacity: how long?
I "inherited" an older 5.5 environment. It has several 2TB datastores attached to each host (HITACHI Fibre Channel Disk) that are all pretty much filled up. There's also a 20TB datastore connected via...
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datastore has a folder with *.rdmp and vmdk files cannot delete
I am trying to remove datastore but it has a folder of a VM thats has a bunch of rdmp and vmdk files on it i cannot find whast vm is using it or even if its in use. I tried moving the folder and...
View ArticleRaid 10 vs Raid 5 read performance
We are using VMware and have a HPE 3PAR storage as primarydatastore.We just bought 2 new ESXi hosts (HPE DL380 Gen10) with local SSD disks(6x400GB) so we can create a local datastore to reduce the load...
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vSphere 6.0U1b can't connect to newly created vVOL ProtocolEndPoint
I downloaded the latest vVNX to test the vVOL, my lab has 3 hosts with ESXi6 U1b and vCSA 6.0.0.10200. The vVNX is deployed to another esxi 6 and with one virtual HDD ( carved from 240G SSD drive...
View Article[solved] Intel rs3wc080
Hi,i have purchased an vSphere 6.5 Essetials Bundle to evaluate some Datacenter ideas. I have installed an Rizen-Server which works fine with ESXi 6.5u1. The only problem i have is the RAID-Controller....
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Advice on disk setup and how to access across multiple VM's
I am really confused with this. I have a Home Lab on a HP Gen8 MicroServer running ESXi 6.5u1.1 Datastore 400GB with some Server/Client VMsThe Datastore is part of a 2TB SATA Disk. I have 1.43TB...
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Eliminar datastore inactivo
Hola a todos los que lean este post. Soy nuevo en este gran mundo que es la virtualización. Recientemente tuve necesidad de reinstalar ESXi en un host porque estaba con problemas al iniciar el SO y no...
View ArticleMoving large VMDK files to new VM container
Hi All Hoping someone can help We have just migrated an existing service from one VM to another using vSphere 6.0. As part of this I needed to unmount the drives which were connected to the old VM and...
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ESXi 6.5 unable to add new datastore
Hi, I have just installed a new Dell PowerEdge R640 with vmWare ESXi 6.5 installed. I have 2 RAID disks. 2x 600GB SAS in RAID 1 and 2x 2TB SAS in RAID1, ESXi is installed on the 600GB disk. I have...
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Change DNS mounted NFS volume
Hi our topology is as follows: We have a Netapp Storage Controller with two nodes each node contains an IP address and hosts different datastores (essentially each aggregate is hosted by a...
View ArticleQLOGIC or EMULEX HBA for ESXi 6.5
Hi all, We are planning a new hardware purchase to replace our current ESXi hosts running on HP DL380 G9 servers. So far we have had some issues with the HBA PCIe 8Gb (QLOGIC and some EMULEX ) cards...
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Which RAID is best for ESXi vSphere running Symantec Messaging Gateway?
Hello, My organization is currently running Symantec Messaging Gateway on an ESXi hypervisor. We are wanting to upgrade the hardware to a new Dell PowerEdge T130 server so we can utilize a RAID array...
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Storage oddities - Corrupted Partition Table resulting in Vanishing VMFS5 and...
I've had something odd occur twice now in our environment, each occurrence in a different datacenter. I'm a bit stumped, and a little concerned that I can't determine the root cause for this. What...
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chkdsk within a VM
Good Morning Storage VM people, I have a SQL DB who insists on occasionally doing a scheduled reboot to do a chkdsk on the NTFS filesystem within a VM. This takes a while and causes downtime of that...
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Best way to use local disks
Hi, I am not a Vsphere expert and have inherited a VMware estate with 16 MacPros (Cyllinder ones) running ESXi with VCSA all hooked upto an iSCSI LUN over 2 x 10G ethernet.We use this to run our CI...
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Best Practices for NFS Datastore
I'm trying to get some advice on how to best set up an NFS server to use with ESXi as a datastore. I took a stab at it with CentOS 7, but the performance is abysmal. I'm hoping someone can point out...
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Use HPE D3600 storage as shared with two ESXI hosts
Hello there,I'm not very fluent in this kind of hardware so I need some assitance I own HP D3600 12Gb SAS Disk Enclosure with two separate I/O moduiles. I want to connect this hardware to two different...
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