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...
View ArticleFree 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 :...
View ArticleUsing 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...
View ArticleHelp: 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...
View Articlebnxtnet HWRM Hardware Resource Manager errors, ESXi 6.5
Seeing an issue attempting to connect to Dell SC storage via BCM57402 NICs using bnxtnet driver version 20.6.302.0-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 on FW version 20.06.04.03 (boot code 20.06.77). Dell branded...
View Articleunmapping 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...
View ArticleRe-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...
View ArticleNeed 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
View ArticleVMFS6 and Auto-reclaim with Dell Compellent
I am trying to see if there is anyone with Dell Compellent (SCOS v7x) that is successfully seeing Auto-Reclaim work against a VMFS6 volume. The HCL says that Dell Compellent with v7.x SCOS code will...
View ArticleDisk 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...
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...
View ArticleMSA 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...
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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...
View ArticlevSphere 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 ArticleHow 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...
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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleDell MD3200/MD1200 6Gb/sec Shared SAS performance tests
We recently acquired a Dell MD3200 and MD1200 6Gb/sec shared SAS storage system and I have spent a couple of days setting up some tests to see how it compares to our old iSCSI EMC Clariion. Wasn't...
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