HP Proliant DL360e + Bus host H221 + HP P2000 G3 storage array

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• Setup.pl running on the host with no existing data storage

  I have a new environment, I'll put up: Dell Vmware 5.0 guest (s) and a 10 Gb Equallogic SAN PS61xx

  I am the great Dell documentation and want to run setup.pl to configure my Vmware Vswitches, then install the DellMultipathing (MEM)

  I installed Vsphere CLI on my workstation to mgmt and you attempt to run this command:

  Setup.pl - installation - server = 172.19.0.203 - bundle = dell-eql-mem-esx5 - 1.2.0.365964.zip

  This operation fails because there is no data presented to the host still store

  I'm in the chicken and egg scenario, I need available storage to be able to connect to the storage!

  How to do this? running off a VMA device would be different? (I think VMA runnign out of my workstation management using VMware Workstation)

  Thank you

  Looks like you have currently not iSCSI installation program.  The option - install option assumes iSCSI is already running.   You simply install the software.

  In the user guide starting on page 7 is the use of setup.pl to configure iSCSI and then install MEM in addition to this.

  Setup.pl - configure - bestpractices - server = hostname [-username = username]

  [- password = password] - NIC = NIC1, NIC2,... - ips = IP1, IP2,...

  [- vswitch = vswitchname]  [- mtu = mtu]  [- vmkernel = vmkernel_prefix]

  [- netmask = masque_sous]  [- enableswiscsi]  [- nohwiscsi]  [- groupid = IP of the PS Group] [- vds]

  [- logfile = nom_fichier_journal]  [- heart rate = IP]  [- chapuser = username]

  [- chapsecret secret =]  [- vihost = vihostname]  [- viusername = viusername]

  Kind regards

• Move the virtual machine from one host to another with shared storage

  Hello

  I have a question on how to move a virtual machine from one ESX 4 host to a host ESXi 5.  These hosts have access to the same shared storage but the ESX 4 host is outside the network and host ESXi 5 is inside the network so vMotion is not an option.  They are in different groups.  I know that there must be an easy way to move this virtual machine, but for the life of me, I can't find it.  I guess I have remove the virtual machine from the external cluster but how to make the virtual machine in the internal cluster?

  Thanks in advance...

  If both host access to the data store even where VM's store, just stop the virtual machine, remove inventory on ESXi 4, go to ESXi 5 vSphere vSphere, browse the data store where the VM is stored, do a right-click on the .vmx file and add to the inventory.

• HP ProLiant DL160 - cannot create the data with local storage (controller, no RAID) store

  Hi all. I appreciate your time and comments.

  Using VMware ESXi (initially), installation (VMware ESXi 5.5.0, 1331820) will very well (install on USB). Able to enter in the console of the vSphere Client, everything seems normal. Any attempt to use local storage, however, is filled with this error message: http://i.imgur.com/40ySsOS.png

  "It was not correct to specified parameters. Vim.Host.DiskPartitionInfo.spec"-" 'HostStorageSystem.ComputerDiskPartitionInfo' call for object 'storage system' on ESXi "< ip address >" failed. "

  I tried both the base (from VMware) installation disc and the "Custom" (HP) HP installation disk. Both have the same problem: all facilities, but local disks - as seen while - are not able to serve local storage. It worked very well (previous incarnation was as Server 2003 file server, no reported\noticed questions). It's not under warranty, its going to be used as a laboratory server. All this seems to work well.

  Specifics:

  HP DL160 G6

  Storage card: ICH10 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller

  Discs: 3 G MDL 500 GB 7200

  Controller and the disks are perceived by the system: http://i.imgur.com/3PAKQHL.png

  Can someone point me in the right direction on what to go here? Research on the error messages do not lead to a lot of help. I'll get more pending. I would be grateful.

  This could be a problem with the current data on the disk. I suggest clean you the partition info using the DD explained to the KB VMware: Troubleshooting in the add storage Wizard error: cannot read this disk partition information to see if that solves the problem.

  André

• Which host is connected to these storage of data?

  OK guys... Im stuck on stupid here.

  I have a list of a slew of data warehouses that have less free space 20% capacity. I just need to find which esx host (or clusters) are connected to data warehouses and export them to a csv file. I thought that it would be a simple command, but ive not had much luck.

  I found the below command and he does report the host connected to the DS, but it returns the host connected to a full ' [string]: join; which is very difficult to sort through when you have 100 + data warehouses.

  Get-Datastore $_. Select Name, @{N = "Hosts"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($_.))} Extensiondata.Host | %{(Get-vue $_.) Key). Name}))}}

  
  

  Name                                    Hosts
  -------                                    --------
  DS_01 ESX_srv1, ESX_srv2, ESX_srv3...
  

  The foregoing would be very nice If I could do to return the cluster name (who I could ask easy host), but I had no luck with either.

  Thanks in advance!

  KeV - o

  You could make a

  Get-Datastore $_ | Get-VMHost | Get-Cluster
  

  A little messy that it would match the cluster for each host, if you know what is correct then you could do:

  Get-Datastore $_ | Get-VMHost | Select -first 1 | Get-Cluster
  

• vSphere Host can't see NetApp storage

  Experts in expensive storage...

  We have recently installed vSphere (ESX 4.0) on a blade server that connects via the Cisco MDS switches to a NetApp 3140.  I believe all zoning is configured from the MDS switches I can FC Ping both the ESX box and the NetApp.  However, the NetApp does see not all CF developers even if they are in response to a Ping FC of the MDS.

  Initiators connected on adapter 0c:

  None connected.

  Initiators connected on adapter 0d:

  None connected.

  Initiators connected to adapter 0:

  None connected.

  Initiators connected on adapter 0b:

  None connected.

  I have connected a call with NetApp, but does anyone have information on what I need to check?

  Thank you

  Damon

  Emulex two ports connect you successfully cloth, but no any NetApp targets found,

  could you please a recheck both ports target NetApp and Emulex ports added to the fc switch even area? Thank you

  usually says it below the successful.

  ~ # cat/proc/scsi/lpfc820/6

  Emulex LightPulse Fiber Channel SCSI driver 8.2.1.30.56vmw

  EMC LPe11002 - E 4 GB 2-port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter on PCI bus 0000: 08 01 irq 168 port 1 device

  BoardNum: 1

  Firmware version: 2.72A2 (Z3F2.72A2)

  PortName: 10:00:00:00:c9:82:97:e7 Nodename: 20:00:00:00:c9:82:97:e7

  SLI Rev: 3

  NPIV supported: max 100 VPIs VPIs used 0

  SRIP max 512 ISPR used 6

  VPORT list:

  Link Up - ready:

  PortID 0 x 10500

  Fabric

  Current speed 4G

  Physical port discovered nodes: count 2

  T00 FACT State 06 WWPN 010000 WWNN 50:06:01:60:c1:e0:d2:22 50:06:01:61:41:e0:d2:22<---target>

  T01 FACT State 06 WWPN 010400 WWNN 50:06:01:60:c1:e0:d2:22 50:06:01:69:41:e0:d2:22<---target>

  ~ #

  Binoche, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA

• Cannot add P2000 SAS LUN to host vmware

  I have two HP DL380 G6 vmware hosts and a P2000 storage device. The P2000 is connected directly to the two hosts with two SAS controllers. In hosts, I installed HP Sc08e PCI HBA adapters. A host (running ESXi 4.0) is connected to the storage and can make use of data warehouses. The other host (running ESX 4.0) does not see the new storage adapter.  During POST, the server lists the new adapter so the hardware itself is aware that there is a new HBA, but within Vsphere host is not simply see the adapter.

  The P2000 LUNS are mapped to all ports of P2000 for two guests. P2000 configuration the two hosts are set up for exactly the same thing.

  Can anyone suggest why I'm having this problem?

  Thanks in advance.

  Are the two hosts on the same build? According to the HCL , looks that the driver has been added to ESX 4.0 with update 1. Before that, you need to download and install manually.

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/4_0#drivers_tools

  André

• ESX host reboots randomly

  Hi friends,

  Two ESX hosts with different hardware and different storage arrays restarts randomly once a week.

  Please check the below details:

  Group 1
  =======

  ESX 4.0 261974 build

  Server model: Dell PowerEdge R805

  : Processor AMD Quad-core Opteron (tm) processor 2376

  Storage model: Local Storare + NFS mount

  System reboots one or two times a week

  Feb 21 14:20:01 cfdresx1 crond [8037]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the root user
  Feb 21 14:22:55 cfdresx1 login: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the root user
  Feb 21 14:23:16 cfdresx1 sshd [2518]: received signal 15. closing.
  Feb 21 14:23:17 cfdresx1 sshd [28064]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the admin user
  Feb 21 14:23:17 cfdresx1 sshd [28141]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the admin user
  Feb 21 14:23:17 cfdresx1 sshd [29326]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the admin user
  Feb 21 14:23:18 cfdresx1 sshd [7983]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the admin user
  Feb 21 14:23:18 known cfdresx1: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the root user
  Feb 21 14:23:18 cfdresx1 last message repeated 3 times
  Feb 21 14:23:22 cfdresx1 sshd [14542]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the admin user
  Feb 21 14:23:22 known cfdresx1: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session closed for the root user
  21 Feb 14:27:20 cfdresx1 sshd [2464]: server listens on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
  21 Feb 14:27:58 cfdresx1/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd [2700]: pam_per_user: create_subrequest_handle(): search for user 'root' card
  21 Feb 14:27:58 cfdresx1/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd [2700]: pam_per_user: create_subrequest_handle(): creation of new subquery (user = 'root', = 'system-auth-generic' service)
  21 Feb 14:27:58 cfdresx1/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd [2700]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:auth): authentication failure; logName = uid = 0 euid = 0 TTY = ruser = rhost = user = root
  Feb 21 14:28:25 cfdresx1/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd [2700]: pam_per_user: create_subrequest_handle(): search user ID 'vpxuser '.
  Feb 21 14:28:25 cfdresx1/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd [2700]: pam_per_user: create_subrequest_handle(): creation of new subquery (user = "vpxuser", service = "system-auth-local)
  Feb 21 14:30:01 cfdresx1 crond [6866]: pam_per_user: create_subrequest_handle(): search for user 'root' card
  21 Feb 14:30:01 cfdresx1 crond [6866]: pam_per_user: create_subrequest_handle(): creation of new subquery (user = 'root', = 'system-auth-generic' service)
  Feb 21 14:30:01 cfdresx1 crond [6866]: pam_unix(system-auth-generic:session): session opened for user root by (uid = 0)

  
  Group 2
  =======

  ESX 4.0 261974 build

  Server model: HP Proliant DL380 G5

  Storage model: EMC FAS 2020

  Processor: Intel Xeon E5310

  Fibre channel drive (Smart array P800)

  System restarts once or wice a week

  17 February 13:46:49 cfesx02 vmkernel: 3:06:29:42.934 cpu1:6071) VSCSI: 6025: handle 8245 (vscsi4:0): device destroying world 6072 (pendCom 0)
  17 February 13:46:49 cfesx02 vmkernel: 3:06:29:43.057 cpu1:6071) DevFS: 2370: could not find the device: 7f20c802-NP-5 - delta.vmdk
  17 February 13:46:49 cfesx02 vmkernel: 3:06:29:43.206 cpu1:6071) VSCSI: 6025: handle 8246 (vscsi1:0): device destroying world 6072 (pendCom 0)
  17 February 13:46:50 cfesx02 vmkernel: 3:06:29:44.356 cpu4:6088) VMotionSend: 2921:1297971987014193 S: sent all modified pages to destination (band network bandwidth ~115.203 MB/s)
  17 February 13:47:14 cfesx02 vmkernel: 3:06:30:08.548 cpu5:4137) WARNING: NFSLock: 2036: disk is locked by other consumers
  17 February 13:47:14 cfesx02 vmkernel: 3:06:30:08.548 cpu5:4137) NFSLock: 2677: can't get the lock on file 5 - NP - 36a6887b.vswp 0 x 410003234410 on 192.168.48.32 (192.168.48.32): busy
  17 February 15:02:28 cfesx02 vmkernel: TSC: 0 cpu0:0) Init: 418: cpu 0: tsc measured at the beginning of 2300092987 Hz speed
  17 February 15:02:28 cfesx02 vmkernel: TSC: 10276 cpu0:0) Init: 419: vmkLoadEntry = $[0x390ab9a0]
  17 February 15:02:28 cfesx02 vmkernel: TSC: 18114 cpu0:0) Cpu: 346: id1.version 100f42
  17 February 15:02:28 cfesx02 vmkernel: TSC: 25157 cpu0:0) CPUAMD: 214: detection of xapic on AMD_K8:tcr = 0x4fc820
  17 February 15:02:28 cfesx02 vmkernel: TSC: cpu0:0 30887) CPUAMD: 315: effective family = 16

  Could someone please let me know why the reboot is happening?

  You can also drop in the newspapers of the host-d and/or information provided by a dump of support?

  My suspicion is that you can have something material related current. Have you checked the hardware section of the cilent VI or the HP tools?

  -Cody

  http://professionalvmware.com

• HBA host in vFog information

  Hello
  We have recently installed Pro 6.5 vFoglight and want to justify using this tool in the provision of access to ESXTOP. The main reason that we would use ESXTOP would study any latency of I/O by HBA on a given host.
  While vFog offers a wonderful view of this sub ' monitored hosts > vm explore ' tab in storage, information by HBA seems incomplete. Is not save or view information such as the queue, kernel latency or latency device latency (see screenshot below).
  
  I cannot find any mention in the documentation about the necessary/recommended statistics level connection vCenter and I wonder if, in order to view this information, it should be increased from 1 to ?
  Thanks in advance,
  NickB

  This shows only the ESX 4 and data hosts more later and then only with more vCenter Update 4 or vSphere vCenter 4 and above. (I can't have these quite correct, leave a note at [email protected]). Before these versions vCenter didn't recover the data from the ESX hosts and there is nothing exposed in the API to pick us up.

• ESXi host has no persistent storage / fsUUID is null

  Hello

  The issue I'm having involves a HP N40L Microserver w / local storage on a HP SmartArray P410 controller.  6 hard drives configured in a RAID10 array and the multitude of ESXi what OS runs on local USB.

  A recent issue w / the matrix raid caused a crash of the VMS resident and now "host ESXi has no persistent storage" message.

  I solved the problems of disk HARD w / table (replaced a disk), and the table is presented in the peripheral topic under "HP Serial Attached SCSIDisk.  ID is naa.600508b1001c8d82bf5f4a33f0e2bc04

  However, the data store does not appear in the tab of data warehouses.  I refreshed and restarted several times w / no success.

  This data store was run on an installation 5.1 ESXi (ISO custom HP) for a few years without problem.

  To try to solve the problem, I installed ESXi 6.0 U1 on a new USB stick which fortunately is now running in the Microserver but presenting the same behavior for the data store.

  Output of list of file system of storage of esxcli-

  Mount point

  Name of volume UUID

  Type of mounting

  Size

  Free

  -------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------------------------  -------  ----  ---------  ---------

  / vmfs/volumes/56b8f1c5-732f51cf-68ec-a0b3cce4eb3a	56b8f1c5-732f51cf-68ec-a0b3cce4eb3a	299712512 88342528 true VFAT
  / vmfs/volumes/bd8588e2 - 04362b 85 - E425 - db3beeb1519c	bd8588e2 - 04362b 85 - e425 - db3beeb1519c	261853184 261844992 true VFAT
  / vmfs/volumes/fd2695e7 - 253111b 8 - b8f2 - 4a0b47e4542e	fd2695e7 - 253111b 8 - b8f2 - 4a0b47e4542e	261853184 69287936 true VFAT

  Esxcfg-scsidevs output - c-

  UID device	Type of device	The console device	Size	Multipathing PluginDisplay name
  MPX.vmhba32:C0:t0:l0	Direct access	/VMFS/devices/disks/MPX.vmhba32:C0:t0:l0 Mo 15484 NMP	USB Direct-access local (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
  NAA.600508b1001c8d82bf5f4a33f0e2bc04 Direct access	11446225MBNMP	Serial Attached SCSI disk HP (naa.600508b1001c8d82bf5f4a33f0e2bc04)

  I'm trying to go back through the list of commands, I tried to get more information and at some point received a response from "fsUUID is null" when you try to search the naa identifier.

  All the input welcome, thank you.

  Please tell me what FreeNas has to do with this?
  I'd say we look closer together. If you want to - call me through Skype
  Ulli

• 5.5u2 ESXi host will not mount CF data warehouses

  I am the admin in a test lab, so many times I have to "make do" with what I have for the material.  I recently reassigned a R910 Dell with 64 GB memory in a 5.5u2 ESXi host.  It has some storage SAS (2.5 to) and some (CT 11) directly connected FC storage and some FC HBAs for use by VMs to send data to the tape library.

  Recently, we had a power failure, and this host does not reconnect to the CF storage when she returned to the top.  (Duty to "make do" with what I means not having is not the capabilities of UPS).  I can tell the host of HBA see it properly and sees the LUNS on RAID controllers, but refuses to mount.  I go through the add storage Wizard, and he sees that there is a store of data storage VMFS, but always refuses to mount.  I also tried to remove the redirection to the two FC HBA that have been set up for this purpose, but it made no difference.

  I have now three users unable to work because they cannot access their virtual machines on storage of this FC.  I can't even transfer them off to use the SAS storage form.

  I think it might be the cause file system damage, but I'm not sure.  Someone at - it suggestions?

  Have you ever tried to set up data warehouses from the command line (see, for example, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011387)?

  André

• VSphere hosts high availability 2

  Hi all

  I am trying to achieve the following by using the essential plus the package. I had 2 identical machines with 2 TB of storage. The two are running ESXI and I want to configure high availability and load the pendulum. From what I've read on for them is that vmware needs shared storage so kind of san if I want to use high availability. But I don't have this machine, what I want to achieve is the following: Vmware reflects the discs on both machines (network raid 1) and if a hardware failure occurred on one of them, the other machine will start all the vm remaining. In the same way vmware should do load balancing. From what I've read on the internet vmware had VSA, but this has been discontinued. VSAN is not an option, because I don't have 3 machines. One possible option would be for example starwind but I would have preferred an option of vmware itself.

  So in short it is a way to configure high availability and load with 2 hosts balancing and not shared storage? Preferably without third party software.

  Kind regards

  Sebastian Wehkamp

  Technically, you can use DRBD and Linux (or FreeBSD and POLE if you're on the dark side of the Moon) to create a device block tolerant replication between a pair of virtual machines running on a hypervisor nodes. Throw in

  failover NFSv4 point mounting on top and you have a nice VMware VM data store. Tons of a defined software storage vendors have exactly this ideology within their virtual storage devices if you do not go to the difference

  However as StarWind Virtual SAN is FREE for the installation of 2 knots in the scenario of VMware (Hyper-V licensing is different if you care) and can be run on a free Hyper-V Server (no need to pay for licenses of Windows), you CAN end up with a faster

  back from road StarWind. Depends on what you want from a set of functionality (iSCSI? NFS? SMB3? Online dedupe? Cache?) and what forum do you prefer for public support to ask questions

  --

  Thank you for your response. I thought that since preparations are exactly the same secondary machine would be able to easily start the vm of lost. For synchronization, I thought it would be something like drbd, when unable to connect with the other secondary hosts will become primary. This works in the case of a hardware failure, and network failure half a brain will take place that must be resolved manually. I play with it replicaton and reconsider the starwind software.

• Store prices a 4.0.0 ESXi host procedure

  Hi guys,.

  I have a big problem!

  Hard & VMware

  Material:

  HP Pro Binder DL 380 G5

  RAID 6

  PowerEdge P400 Smart array

  300 GB 10 K 6 SAS HARD DRIVE

  Total storage space 1.2 TB

  VMware:

  ESXi 4.0.0 171294

  local data storage: data store 541,75 GB

  What I need now is to move to Datastorae without delete or reinstall the entire Vmware. What is needed as possible to increase or tie the total storage to vmware otherwise this Esxi 4 is useless.

  I have attached a few screenshots maybe it will help you understand.

  I have read many of the same problems here but no useful solution to increase the storage without reinstallation. Hope someone can help me because I can't back it up with my backuptools only with the datastorebrowser and it would take several days.

  If you need further information, please ask me for an easy fix, I am also prepared to make a cash donation

  concerning

  Zafer

  I solved the problem for me. For all those who receive the same problem do not like me. If you have this version: 4.0.0 171294 ESXi

  FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF THE FILES WITH THE APPLICATIONS.

  NO MATTER HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE!

  1. install Vsphere Host update utility

  2 Update(all firmwares and patches) the host who needs more data space

  3. connect with VSphere and set the VMware host in maintenance mode

  4 Referesh MI diskusage host configuration

  5. hardware > storage > Dtx200 > ADD storage

  6.HDD/LUN

  7. Select storage to add > next > finish

  8 restart the server VM

  9 assign storage to the virtual machine (VM) and have some fun for your virtual machine to start without an errormessage.

  Hope that will help someone not reinstall or update the VMware Server to another version.

  Now I can enjoy my weekend

  Greetings

  Zafer YIHAAAAAAAA

• NFS share for one (1) added when adding to a new host in the existing data center

  I'm sure it's a simple answer, but I've been beating my head on the wall, trying to find a solution. The scenario is as follows:

  1 Vcenter has several hosts in different groups. All built at the same time with a NFS share that is shared among all.

  2. I add a new host to the data center (I tried independently and also added to a cluster as well).

  3. the new host sees its local disk as a data store, as expected, but I have to add the shared NFS datastore.

  4. at the level of the host, I go to configuration-storage-add storage and the NFS share.

  It shows and normal with NFS (1) as the name. I can't rename it as it says THAT NFS already exist. I understand that there are in the vcenter DB, but how to add this new host or host an existing environment and maintain the name of the NFS share? vCenter 5.5, 5.5 esxi

  Thanks for your help

  Neil

  finally found the problem,

  the mounting data store I used FQDN.domain.com /Datashare

  I needed to use the FULL domain. DOMAIN.COM /Datashare

  Plugs in the name of area COMPLETE the variance in the symbolic name that caused the problem.

• Can't do multiple hosts access to the data of the other local host store

  Hello!

  I'm faced with a problem I have no idea how I can solve it. I have a cluster of ESXi 5.1.0 799733 with 3 guests and a shared iSCSI storage. I do vMotion well, as my VM files are stored in the storage. These 3 hosts are managed my vCenter 5.1.0.5300 build 947940.

  Now, I would have a few virtual machines on the local storage of the host cause some performance issues, and so I would like to make Storage vMotion. In addition, Storage vMotion is allowed to my cluster.

  I know that each host needs to access the storage time origin and target to make Storage vMotion. I also know that 5 VMFS is a cluster file system.  Search this documentation [1], it says that I must use in the web client of vSphere (I prefer to use vSphere client), the data store and click the "mount a store of data to some hosts. But there is no icon!

  I also tried clicking 'Add storage' on vSphere Client GUI, by selecting "VMFS", without success.

  Attached to this post is my cluster infrastructure. The DS_LOCAL_ * are storehouses of data space and DS_SAN_ * are SAN datastore.

  Where mess me things up? Help, tip or documentation pointing will be nice.

  Many thanks for any help

  Lucas

  [1] VMware vSphere 5.1

  You can not access local data warehouses of other armies. However, with vSphere VMware 5.1 introduced a new VMotion feature, which allows you to migrate virtual machines without shared storage "(hôte de changement et magasin de données»)." However, this feature is available on the Web Client.

  André