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disk latency
we are using vrealize so we saw disk latency on vm's . values range from 5 to 13. What value should be normal ? 1 or 2 ?
View ArticleDatacore API and PRTG
Hello, At present, I'm in stage project with PRTG monitoring. I've a server of test with ESXi 5.5, therefore, I would like to have your advice on : - verify the state and the available place of...
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How to create a forensical sound copy of a powered off ESXi-VM ?
Hello allI have been asked to create a copy of a VM in such a way that the copy can be used as a piece of evidence in court.A quick search in google only showed a couple of hits and surprisingly I...
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What is the Procedure to Reboot a iSCSI target on a NAS
Hi, all I am new to VSPhere/iSCSI I have a setup with two datastores, a local datastore with the VMs and a second 'backup' datastore to which I backup the VMsThe second datastore is via iSCSI to a NAS....
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Free VMFS datastore space not the same on free LUN space
Hi all, We have warning alerts on few datastores in our cluster (6.0). When I look 3PAR side, the free space is more important than vcenter side.For example :SAN : LUN 4TB. Used 1.3 TBvCenter :...
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VMware datastores inactive and unmounted (greyed out) - ESXi 6.0.0/MSA2040
Hi all, We are using MSA 2040 Storage for our 2 ESXi hosts (Version 6.0.0), our switch model is HP Fibre channel switch SN3000B. We have tried almost everything- upgrading the firmware, detaching the...
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Using Storage in another cluster/datacenter
Hi, I havea simple question I think: is it possible, to use a VMFS-Volume, which is connected through FC/FCOE, across two cluster/datacenter at the same time without corrupting the datastore?That...
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Help: I cannot create Thick Lazy Zero disk in ESXI 6.5?
I have these 3 Nutanix blocks running Esxi 6.5. Everything is done up properly but when I create a new VM and choose Thick Disk Lazy Zero. The disk in the VM will appear as a Eager Zero Thick Disk. I...
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unmapping and remapping LUN used by veritas cluster
Hello All, We have a two node veritas clustered VM and there is a physical RDM shared between these VMs using physical bus sharing. Now the pointer file is on a datastore where we are facing issues due...
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Re-adding ESXi host after re-installing
Hello, I had to re-install ESXi (without deleting VMs) on a host so after reinstalling it, I've disconnected the ESXi host from vCenter and attempted to re-add it to vCenter however, I got the...
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MSA 2040 Direct attached iSCSI
We are setting up a VSphere 5.5 environment - 3 hosts directly attached to an MSA 2040 with iSCSI. Is directly attaching the host to the MSA an issue or should we be using switches? Our hardware...
View ArticlepartedUtil that comes with ESXi 6.0 vs gdisk Linux
I just came across an interesting case:An ESXi 6.0 host with 3 datastores run into a powerfailure.Result: all 3 partitiontables were blank. partedUtil only displayed an unknown partitiontable type and...
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Disk latency
Hi All I'm wondering if someone can help me with the following. We're having what would appear to be general storage latency issues in our VMware environment. Picking one VM that has been reported to...
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How to throttle Storage vMotion bandwith?
I am migrating one large VM (2TB+) from older storage (CX4) to new storage (VNX 5200). When I try to SvMotion it,users notice dramatic performance drop on VM. I suspect that is because new storage is...
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0x800703fa Error Code from Virtual Machine
DearsHiWe faced below error in client device view agent log files, user use Zero client and was disconnected from virtual machine randomly , this error code is retailed to user disconnection?how can I...
View ArticleVirtual machine provisioning 1Tb for a 512Gb disk/Machine virtuel avec un...
I have make a vm, vpshere esxi, with a 512Gb virtual disk, but the vm is provisionning about a TB of space stockage.Vmdk size is about 1Tb.Can some one help me please. J'ai fait une machine virtuelle...
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vSphere 6.5 and external storage array with dedupe
Hello, I have all-flash array with deduplication and compression enabled connected via 8Gb FC to two ESXi 6.5 hosts. I want to know if there is any way of presenting used space on array after dedupe...
View ArticleBug with Datastore Clusters? SDRS config not applying to machines
Hi guys,I found the below article, and found it very useful for me to audit guest datastore settings across our vCenters.Script to check for VM Automation Level in a Datastore Cluster However, I...
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'Keep VMDK together' keeps unticking automatically ? Why.. - Storage DRS
Hi all I keep unchecking ' Keep VMDKs together' on my main cluster, but it turns it back on again randomly and then everything space alerts when it puts them all together again Looks like it is a known...
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