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  LS: / vmfs/volumes/ESXi1-datastore3/dc1: no such file or directory

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• Error input/output of the VMFS5 local data store

  Hello

  I have 3 locally on the hard drive on my server from IBM. 1 250 GB drive, I used to create the data store Linux (datastore1) and other 2 disks that I created the Windows data store (datastore2)

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  # (unknown)

  ~ # esxcfg - scsidevs - l

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  Seller: SMART model: USB - IBM Revis: 0000

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  VML.0000000000766d68626133323a303a30

  VAAI status: unsupported

  MPX.vmhba33:C0:t0:l0

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  Size: 0 MB

  Full name: Local USB CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0)

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  Device console: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0

  Seller: KVM model: vmDisk-CD live again: 0.01

  : SCSI 2 is Pseudo: false status: on

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  Is Local: true is SSD: false

  Other names:

  VML.0005000000766d68626133333a303a30

  VAAI status: unsupported

  NAA.5000c500478aee93

  Device type: Direct access

  Size: 286102 MB

  Full name: IBM-ESXS Serial Attached SCSI disk (naa.5000c500478aee93)

  Multichannel plugin: NMP

  Device console: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478aee93

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478aee93

  Seller: IBM-ESXS model: ST9300605SS Revis: B556

  SCSI level: 6 is Pseudo: false status: gradient

  RDM Capable is: true is removable: false

  Is Local: the SSD of is wrong: false

  Other names:

  VML.02000000005000c500478aee93535439333030

  VAAI status: unknown

  NAA.5000c500478b8d3b

  Device type: Direct access

  Size: 286102 MB

  Full name: IBM-ESXS Serial Attached SCSI disk (naa.5000c500478b8d3b)

  Multichannel plugin: NMP

  Device console: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478b8d3b

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478b8d3b

  Seller: IBM-ESXS model: ST9300605SS Revis: B556

  SCSI level: 6 is Pseudo: false status: gradient

  RDM Capable is: true is removable: false

  Is Local: the SSD of is wrong: false

  Other names:

  VML.02000000005000c500478b8d3b535439333030

  VAAI status: unknown

  NAA.5000c500478d724f

  Device type: Direct access

  Size: 286102 MB

  Full name: IBM-ESXS Serial Attached SCSI disk (naa.5000c500478d724f)

  Multichannel plugin: NMP

  Device console: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478d724f

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478d724f

  Seller: IBM-ESXS model: ST9300605SS Revis: B556

  SCSI level: 6 is Pseudo: false status: gradient

  RDM Capable is: true is removable: false

  Is Local: the SSD of is wrong: false

  Other names:

  VML.02000000005000c500478d724f535439333030

  VAAI status: unknown

  ~ # esxcfg - scsidevs - m

  NAA.5000c500478d724f:1 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478d724f:1 4f83af28-52abeaf2-6475-5cf3fcba46f2 0 Linux Data Store

  NAA.5000c500478b8d3b:3 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478b8d3b:3 4f7cfc39-4d17993a-a08c-5cf3fcba46f2 0 Windows Data Store

  Data store of Windows NAA.5000c500478aee93:1 /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.5000c500478aee93:1 4f7cfc39-4d17993a-a08c-5cf3fcba46f2 1

  Here is the output of dmesg: I suspect to be a hard drive problem

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 46:25.385Z cpu5:382346) WARNING: UserObj: 675: could not crossdup fd 8, / dev/ptyp0 CHAR type: busy

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 46:25.385Z cpu5:382346) WARNING: UserObj: 675: could not crossdup fd 10, / dev/ptyp0 CHAR type: busy

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 46:25.385Z cpu2:382348) WARNING: UserLinux: 1340: unsupported: (void)

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 46:52.510Z cpu16:4112) NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2318: Cmd 0 x 28 (0x412440db9c40) to dev 'naa.5000c500478b8d3b' on the way 'vmhba2:C0:T0:L0' failed: H:0 x D:0 x 2 P:0 valid 0 x 0 sense-data: 0x4 0x32 0x0. Bill: NO

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 46:52.510Z cpu16:4112) ScsiDeviceIO: 2316: Cmd (0x412440db9c40) 0 x 28, CmdSN 0x2a to dev 'naa.5000c500478b8d3b' has no sense H:0 x D:0 x 2 P:0 valid 0 x 0-data: 0 x 4 0 32 x 0 x 0.

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 47:34.631Z cpu18:4114) NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2318: Cmd 0 x 28 (0 x 412441635000) to dev 'naa.5000c500478b8d3b' on the way 'vmhba2:C0:T0:L0' failed: H:0 x D:0 x 2 P:0 valid 0 x 0 sense-data: 0x4 0x32 0x0. Bill: NO

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 47:34.631Z cpu18:4114) ScsiDeviceIO: 2316: Cmd (0 x 412441635000) 0 x 28, CmdSN 0x1c to dev 'naa.5000c500478b8d3b' has no sense H:0 x D:0 x 2 P:0 valid 0 x 0-data: 0 x 4 0 32 x 0 x 0.

  (2014 06-16 T 10: 47:41.476Z cpu18:4114) ScsiDeviceIO: 2316: Cmd (0x412440da3500) 0 x 28, CmdSN 0 x 21-dev 'naa.5000c500478b8d3b' has no sense H:0 x D:0 x 2 P:0 valid 0 x 0-data: 0 x 4 0 32 x 0 x 0.

  Please guide me to solve this problem. Thank you all in advance

  /virtu4

  This problem is solved.

  Thanks to the communities for not responding, that made me to fix this myself

  /virt4

• Reformatting my data store

  Hello

  I have a 1.36 Terabyte ATA drive in my ESXi machine. The maximum size of a VM is 256 gigabytes because my block size is 1 meg.

  I need to create a virtual 800 meg. Based on my reading I have to reformat the data store.

  I have two virtual machines on this data store I want to keep. My plan is to:

  1 export the two virtual to the FVO.

  2 remove the data from the VSphere Client store.

  3. Add the datastore to return. I need to reformat the data at the time store?

  If I am invited, I will choose 8 meg blocks so I can have large virtual methods.

  My plan is viable? I just can't remember if adding a store of data raises the need for a new format. Should I still remove the data store for the reformat once I exported the virtual methods in the ovf? I would like to go with the VSphere Client if possible since I'm not real handy with linux commands.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Mike Gallery

  Mike,

  (1) I would recommend export under VMs VMware, not OVFs.

  (2) Yes

  (3) Yes, you will be asked for the size on the creation of the data store.

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• 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

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• Get-hard drives - storage drives data store migrate between data warehouses

  Hi all

  
  

  Our current storage configuration with specially designed split-role of the bases of data storages (OS, LOG SQL, SQL DATA, APP, Exchange roles, etc.)  I do a storage store on my VMware Infrastructure and hoped to target only the disks of virtual machines that are on any data store and migrate them to another.  Rather new to PowerCli if you're wondering why the bellows of the command does not work and the reports that the file is locked.
  

  
  

  Get-hard drive - data store 'Datastore01 ' | Moving-hard drive - data store Datastore02

  If the machine virtual itself is made aware of the command?  Would I have to enumarte the virtual machines on the first data store and then target discs that everyone has and redirect it to the hard disk Move command?

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  Yes, you are banging in the sequence of commands trying to move a file on the data store without referencing the virtual machine. According to the State of the virtual machine (lit or not) of different things happen

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  Another thing to keep in mind is that the configuration of the VM is also on a data store, so if you want to move the entire virtual machine you can just move the hard drives

  If all the virtual machines on a data store have all their HDs on this data store then you can do something like

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  Get - VM - data store 'Datastore01 ' | Get-hard drive | Where-Object {$_.} FileName.Contains ("[Datastore01]")} | Moving-hard drive - data store "Datastore02".

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• A cluster of vCenter will share a single data store on a NAS?

  I have a vCenter 3 ESX host cluster. I want that these 3 hosts to share a single data store on a NAS (Dell Powervault md36xxi).

  
  

  The goal is that if one of the hosts go down, the other two still have access to the unique shared data store on the NAS.

  So far, I've been able to create a separate data store for each host on my NAS.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  Since we normally have a 1:1 mapping between LUNS and data store, if the three hosts share the same LUN, then they will also share the data store even... just the map the LUN to all three hosts, using the vCenter create a store of data with vmfs format and three guests will share the data store. If after having create the data store on the hosts of the first, if other hosts do not see yet the store data, just try to rescan the host for new storage devices and data warehouses.