ESXI 6.0, problem of data store local ssd

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• install esxi 4.1 and the data store on the same server

  Hello

  I want to install esxi 4.1 and the data store on the same server.

  My problem is that I can't make partitions to really separate them and I would reinstall esxi without wiping the data store.

  Y at - it another way to put a record out of the raid only to install esxi.

  I also do not install on a USB key.

  Thank you

  AZEL says:

  Hello

  I want to install esxi 4.1 and the data store on the same server.

  My problem is that I can't make partitions to really separate them and I would reinstall esxi without wiping the data store.

  Y at - it another way to put a record out of the raid only to install esxi.

  I also do not install on a USB key.

  Thank you

  AZEL,

  Can you give us more details about your current environment?  What is the size and the data store space used? Do you have any storage of additional network attached to the host (for backup purposes)?

  My assumptions of your post do you have 1 stand-alone host with ESXi 4.1 aready installed and you also have a local data store on the same host, but you want to re - install ESXi 4.1 while keeping the contents fo the data store.  Is this correct?

• vSphere - external USB drive to the data store local copy

  Hello world

  Yesterday, I created this post: http://communities.VMware.com/message/2135813
  With your help, we managed to find the only way to install ESXi to ISO image to USB external hard drive is to be attached to the machine near her and run the Setup from there, cannot be done directly.

  Today, we need your help in the next step, as it seems.

  We have a Dell r.620 physical machine with VMware ESXi 5.0 installed U1. We have an external hard drive with the operating system installation ISO images, software backup and a little more.

  The question is - how to copy the data from the external USB connected directly to the ESXi host to the data store local disk on the host.

  Yes, we know that we can do in the way that connect us to the machine on the same location and copy it into the data from there store. But we would do it directly. And we don't very well see by ourselves or using Google Uncle again.

  Poor ability to research, or is not possible?

  Thank you very much for your help!

  The court to do is to use the Datastorebrowser or WinSCP

  ESXi itself can only read the Fat16 drives - so what looks like the short path is the long way ;-)

• What is the best way to backup of virtual machines on a standalone ESX with the data store local

  Hello

  I want to save the virtual machines on a host ESX autonomous. and all of these virtual machines is the local data store.  What is the best way to save these virtual machines in this situation?

  And probably we don't provision VTL on the local data center, so it is possible to use VCB to backup? And VCB is a good choice compared to the traditional method that installs the backup client in each virtual machine?   Because I think that in this situation with the data store local, it cannot not reduced the load on ESX hosts and network overhead can be avoided.

  Thank you!

  LAN

  > 1. VCB usable remote tape library? I mean it's not local library and uses the tape library to another network data center.

  VCB is completely unrelated to the tape library, it is a framework, not a backup solution. If your standard backup software can work with the remote tape library you can try it to ungrateful with VCB.

  > 2. what the difference bwteen hot - added NBD and modes if there is that an ESX host with store data local and want to use a virtual machine like VCB proxy? I think that they are the same: the VCB proxy read data through the I/O of the ESX host stack in this situation.

  NBD works on network and the backup traffic goes through the service console connection. Hot add uses special machine for assistance to connect vmdk to and uses of e/s disk stack instead of e/s network.

  > 3. Veeam Backup is free software?

  No, it isn't.

  ---

  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• ESXi 4: error in live migration (VMotion) to the different data store (Local SATA to iSCSI SAN)

  Hi all

  I have a problem during VM migration live in the different data store, the specifications of the virtual machine is just Windows 2003 x 64 installed with the latest VMWare tools.

  Here is the error message:

  Move the virtual machine

  Win2003x64_RST01

  A general error occurred: detected Source this destination could not resume.

  The active state of VM migration

  any idea what could cause this please?

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Check that the machine ESX4 has prevention performance virtualization and data, indicators enabled in the BIOS. I could move 32 bit machines vmotion Unflagged VT turned on in the BIOS, but 64-bit machines could not begin until I activated the flag of VT in the BIOS.

  Also try to clear the mask of the source of the VM CPU before migrating, providing the hosts have the same hardware.

• alleged connection to the data store local preventing vmotion

  I have a VM that signals a connection to the local data store on its host, and therefore can't do vMotion elsewhere.  The virtual machine has two virtual drives, which are both on a SAN storage.  The virtual machine has been previously connected to an ISO on the local data store, but it has since been replaced by client device.  He always insists that he's using something on this data store, however.  I've looked through the vmx file and don't see any reference to it.  I also tried to remove the data store, but he claims that the file system is in use.  The hosts have been recently updated to esxi 6.0 U2, and it's the only VM that now seems this behavior.  Any suggestions on what could be the cause?  It is a server important enough in this environment, and be locked into a single host makes me a little anxious.

  Turns out it was because of an old cliché.  If you get an ISO from a data store and take a snapshot, the virtual machine will keep a link to that store of data even after changing the client machine.  As soon as you delete the snapshot, this relationship goes, and access to this database is therefore more a review when searching valid hosts.

• Error in creating data store Local VMFS 2.3 TB RAID - 5

  Hi all

  I just reinstalled my ESXi 4.0u1, the local disk is configured as 6 x 500 GB SATA RAID - 5 altogether, it gives me 2.3 TB of disk capacity

  However, when I am about to create VMFS Local data store on the ESXi server it was fll of error as the following attached photos:

  can someone help me please in reconfiguring the VMFS 2 TB and 300 GB each?

  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Maximum size of the LUN is a little less than 2 TB.  Re-create the matrix, with two LUNS that is two 1.15 TB, both RAID-5.  Create a data store on the first, then add the second as a measure.

  Please give points for any helpful answer.

• VMware ESXi 5.0 - "move to" data store a vmdk file has left at the original location

  Hi all

  I had to free up space on a SAN data store.  For this I used the function "move to...". "browser data store in VsphereClient.

  Did not notice directly but after I moved my E: drive vmdk file, he took no source data store.

  How can I make sure that vmdk (the source data store) may be deleted without impact on the vm?

  1. If 'vmkfstools d' report without lock, so I guess I could assume it is safe? Is there another way to check?

  2 vmkfstools seems not having the '-d' option in vSphere CLI? (East - this only accessible from ssh console on an ESXi? quid vCenter then?)

  In the data store, the files were:

  -Vm\win2k8_data.vmdk [SAN03] (data disk D :)

  -[SAN03] vm\win2k8_data - ctk.vmdk (-ctk looks that it has been created by Veeam)

  -[SAN03] vm\win2k8_transactlog.vmdk (E: transaction log 128 GB drive)

  -[SAN03] vm\win2k8_transact - ctk.vmdk (-ctk always assuming that it was created by Veeam ~ 8 MB)

  Steps to follow:

  -J' turned off the virtual machine using these car

  S ' installs 2 files on the E: drive

  -Removed the vm disk (<-my mistake? maybe this step left a lock file? in power vm off?)

  -Added the disk from the data store where I copied it

  Thanks for the help!

  behd

  Hi Behd,

  The best way to check if the vmdk on the source is not being used would be to add this vmdk to an existing virtual computer and turn on... ? If not used or is locked by one that turns on with success.

  If it has an instance running it wouldn't let you put under tension and raise an error of file locking. ?

  Avinash-

• Device problem using data store

  I have a 6.3 TB RAID system that ESXi 4.0 can identify as capacity.

  But when creating the data store it uses only 370 GB of it.

  Do I did wrong?

  

  

  

  

  Welcome to the Forums - it is a very common error - ESX and ESXi cannot recognize or use the sotrage 2 TB or less, so you will need to cut the 6 + TB LUN in less than 2 TB LUN

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• Unable to scp - r of the local data store a host to another data store local host

  Using PuTTY to connect to the host server

  Running command to copy VM to a data store to another data store (the two DS hosted locally on 2 different servers)

  Error: are different major versions of Protocol: 2 vs 1

  -J' tried confirmed that the only protocol on two host servers are defined in Protocol No. 1 and as I use Putty I have the Protocol in 1 also, but the same error occurs.

  II

  1 - Check the SSH configuration on both sides and compare... (/ etc/ssh/sshd_config)

  The remote server will only accept v2 connections and you try to do

  a connection v1. So either enable support of the v1 on the remote side. Or use

  keys v2 and id_rsa/id_dsa.

  2. check the versions ESX & patch level you used on both sides (ESX 3 xx build xxx)

  3 - also, you can check ssh version of protocol running rpm - qa | grep openssh.

  Good luck!

  GM

• ESXi 5.0 problem adding a store of data on LSI 8308ELP

  I'm moving to ESXi 4 5.0

  I installed 5 ESXi on a USB

  I have a LSI 8308ELP with 4 disks in RAID 5 and they check as well.

  ASUS whitebox P8Z77

  Whenever I try to add the storage on this unit, I get this error:

  Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" to "ha-datastoresystem" on ESXi "192.168.1.10" object failed.
  Operation failed, the diagnostic report: unable to create the file system, please see VMkernel connect you for more details: no such device or address

  I have no idea where to start.  This controller works like a champ on my server ESXi 4.0 and a card mother ASUS P5

  Any help is apprecaited,

  Is the LSI 8308ELP a SATA or SCSI card? Because if it is the card SATA version it is not supported by ESXi 5 according to the HCL

• VMWARE ESXi 4.1: Add a DATA store via a new 4 TB SATA HARD drive

  Hi all
  Thank you for all the support and the good work that you provide!

  I'm not a VMWARE specialist.
  I'm on a DELL T610 with a VMWARE ESXi 4.1. Several virtual methods machines operate on a RAID5 grap with a PERC6i controller.
  The CDROM SATA drive is visible and usable on the hypervisor.
  In fact, I add a 4 TB SATA (Seagate ST4000NM0033).

  I see my HARD drive in the BIOS and I see too much on the vmware console:

  / dev/discs # esxcfg - mpath - l
  ........
  SATA.vmhba34 - sata.0:0 - t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  The Runtime name: vmhba34:C0:T0:L0
  Feature: t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  Full device name: Local ATA drive 4 TB
  Adapter: vmhba34 channel: 0 target: LUN 0: 0
  The identifier for the adapter: sata.vmhba34
  Target ID: sata.0:0
  Plugin: NMP
  State: Active
  Transport: sata
  .....

  
  Or:

  / dev/discs # esxcfg - mpath - b
  NAA.6842b2b0092e9100141774ac16c2a585: disk DELL Local (naa.6842b2b0092e9100141774ac16c2a585)
  vmhba1:C2:t0:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 2 target 0
  
  MPX.vmhba0:C0:t0:l0: Local TSSTcorp CD (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)
  vmhba0:C0:t0:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba0 channel target 0 0
  
  T10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC: Local ATA disk 4To
  vmhba34:C0:t0:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba34 channel target 0 0
  
  T10. DP___BACKPLANE000000: Local pregnant DP Svc Dev (t10. DP___BACKPLANE000000)
  vmhba1:C0:T32:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 0 target 32

  Or:

  / dev/discs # ls-l
  ........
  -rw - 1 root root 0 3 Sep 15:48 t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 73 Sep 15:48 vml.01000000002020202020202020202020205a315a3138454b43535434303030-> t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  .........

  ===========================================================================

  BUT: I can not add a partion on it:

  Fdisk u t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC

  I can not Use the graph console of the hypervisor , If I add un storage LUN , Nothing in the list... I can not Add ... I do not see it.

  You have a track for move me? Forums et doc VMware ne not allow me to unlock my brain ()...

  I thank all for your interest and your help.

  ESXi 4.1 disc limit is 2 TB less than 512 bytes, ESXi 4.1 will not recognize more than 2 TB, check for other options as well.

• Performance data store local vs fiber SAN disk IO

  I'm looking for a table of comparison of performance or other documents that will give me the change in the performance of the disk i/o for virtual machines that are hosted on local data warehouses vs fiber attached LUN.

  Does anyone know where I might be able to find this information?

  (HA, DRS and VMotion are not at stake here).

  Thank you.

  You won't find that.  There is NO way to give a comparison that you are comparing apples and screwdrivers, they are not the same family.

  SAN's storage shared, managed by a central unit full time on a fiber infrastructure.  But it depends on your switches fiber, HBA, your configuration, the disks in the SAN, the manufacturer of SAN, speed of the disks, the number of disks... It goes on and on.

  Each SAN / fiber / Configuration is very different.

  Local storage depends on the RAID configuration, manufacturer, your RAID card, disks... once again more info that can be included.  The line at the bottom is Local disk can be more responsive at times, but since you are limited to the number of disk (6 or 8) are limited to the performance, but the flow is the key.

  You will get a FLOW much more fiber than the local disk.  More load, less stress (since he is not relying on the local system to provide the resources AND the host operating system).

  SAS is better than SATA for the case of all VM on both systems.  so keep that in mind.  It is also very important to comparative analysis.  IOmeter will help you determine what is best for you.

• Expand the Local data store

  Hello

  I have an ESX 4.1 with only a data store local (RAID5) on virtual machines on a DELL Server

  I want to enlarge the data store, I don't have enough free space to create multiple virtual machines.

  To do:

  -Install a new hard drive (with vmware powered)

  -Add the new hardisk to Raid5 with DELL Open manage

  -wait finally extend raid 5

  -Power Off Vmware machines?  or continue started?

  -Develop with local Vshpere the data store vmware (what time must expand?)

  I want to know if I can do an extension with the new space unpartitioned on local existing datastore without losing my virtual machines? I have only the local data store with esxi when I develop the esxi continue to work?

  Can someone help me?

  Concerning

  Yes, it's quite OK.

  If this solved your problem, please mark it as answered.

  See you soon,.

  Adil Arif

• Kickstart: Local data store destroyed do not reinstall it

  I noticed that when I reinstall ESXi 5 on a server already built, the previous local data store is not destroyed.

  I said to make a 'install' and 'overwritevmfs '.

  install - firstdisk = mptsas, local - overwritevmfs

  in the upper part of the kickstart but the store of previous local data remains.

  I tried to use clearpart

  clearpart - alldrives - overwritevmfs

  Yet the local data store of the previous generation, as well.

  Part of my process of kickstart is to rename the store local data (datastore1) to a meaningful name that includes the hostname so if I reinstall, the data store rename fails (since there is no datastore1 on the 2nd install).  Also, I need to know the name of the data store, as I'm checking out the files ' / ' when installing (via oem.tgz) and move before the first reboot in the section post % (or they will be gone). The only persistent location is the local data store. This also effects kickstart for resettlement syslog that goes to the local data store as well.

  Suggestions on how do I delete a data store local existing during the installation (unless you delete the RAID and re-create)?

  -JC

  I wrote the following script to rename the local old data store ESXi 5.0 using Primo-kickstart script:

  _____________________________________________________________________

  AcceptEULA

  #clearpart - firstdisk = cciss, local - all - overwritevmfs # removes all partitions on local drive (for G1 blade servers) but will not erase the label VMFS

  clearpart - firstdisk = hpsa, local - all - overwritevmfs # removes all partitions on local drive (for G6 blade servers) but will not erase the label VMFS

  install - firstdisk = hpsa, local - overwritevmfs

  rootpw SECRET

  reset

  % include/tmp/networkconfig

  % pre - interpreter = busybox

  # extract information network startup

  VMK_INT = "vmk0".

  VMK_LINE = $(localcli réseau ip interface ipv4 get | grep "${VMK_INT}")

  IPADDR = $(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk '{print $2}")

  NETMASK = $(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk '{print $3}")

  GATEWAY = $(esxcfg-route | awk '{print $5}')

  DNS = "10.130.0.21,10.130.0.22."

  Hostname = $(nslookup "${IPADDR}" | grep adresse | awk '{print $4}')

  echo ' network - bootproto = static - addvmportgroup = false - device = vmnic0 - ip = ${IPADDR} - netmask = ${MASK} - gateway = ${GATEWAY} - nameserver = ${DNS} - hostname = ${HOSTNAME} "> / MC

  p/networkconfig

  firstboot % - interpreter = busybox

  # Extract the host name of the host number

  # Example: HC - moon01.tapkit .net = ' 01, sc - moon02.tapkit .net = ' 02, sc - moonNN.tapkit .net = 'NN ',.

  HL ='hostname-s | WC-c"

  hostNum = $(nom d'hôte-s | cut-c'expr $hl-2'-'expr $hl-1')

  # Rename the local data store to something more meaningful

  # Find the current local data store NAME (exclude all the SAN HSV200 data store)

  DatastoreName = "$(liste étendue d'esxcli stockage vmfs |) grep ' esxcli - trainer = csv - format-param = fields = "Device, model" list of basic storage device | grep - v "HSV200". grep - v "Device". cut - d-f1' | AWK '{print $1}')'

  NewDataStoreName = "datastore$ hostNum.

  # Rename the data store

  Vim - cmd hostsvc/datastore/rename $DatastoreName $NewDataStoreName

  # copy % first startup script newspapers to persistent data store

  CP /var/log/hostd.log "/ vmfs/volumes/$NewDataStoreName/firstboot-hostd.log".

  CP /var/log/esxi_install.log "/ vmfs/volumes/$NewDataStoreName/firstboot-esxi_install.log".

  # Needed for configuration changes that cannot be performed in esxcli (thank you VMware)

  reset

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  I hope this helps...

  A big thank you to William Lam for his great contribution: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/automating-esxi-5x-kickstart-tips.html

  Gilles Marcil