Increase in size of data store ESXi after increasing the size of the LUN

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• Resizing data store - ESXI 5.5.0

  Hi all

  Bit of a problem here - I am trying to add a disk to a single host, HP DL380p Gen 8 Server ESXI 5.5.0 (update of HP Image 2) with a controller P420i (6 600 GB discs in RAID6)

  I added the disk in the array existing ok so there is now 7 600 Go discs - ESXI sees capacity update under the storage view (previous capacity was 2 TB)

  

  However under the view of storage of the data store

  

  In the properties of the data store, I can see the ability increases however I can not increase the actual data store

  

  

  Am I missing something?

  Concerning

  James Bell

  Hi there James and welcome to the forums.

  Unfortunately you will not like my answer but can still

  If you look at your second screenshot, you will notice that there is another partition on this 'device' - a 4 GB FAT32 partition. This will be served when you created the data store VMFS5 on this unit you would have been asked a question to see if "free use of space" or "use all available partitions. It would be I think the choice was 'space free use '. What this meant was that the existing partition format would have been kept was that due to the FAT32 partition MBR.

  When the VMFS5 data store was created he could not convert the format of partition a GPT device that allows for the storage of data greater than 2 TB in size and is the reason why you can't currently develop it use the extra space.

  Solution: Move all the virtual machines in this data store, and then delete the data store and recreate ensuring "Use all available partitions" option is selected. Once completed, migrate virtual back machines.

  NOTE: This step is destructive, so make sure you have all the virtual machines on the data store, and anything else is stored before proceeding. This includes VMs that have been deleted inventory or ISOs stored.

  Hope this helps,

  ThompsG

• Data store missing after the reconstruction of the raid array

  One of the players in my raid array has failed a few days ago.

  I had a spare drive in the table so the controller immediately began the process of rebuilding and all servers were running throughout.

  When the reconstruction has been completed (I checked this via the user interface of raid array and the newspaper), I had to stop the server to remove disc defective (not replaceable chassis hot) and when I restarted the server, the data on the raid array store isn't there anymore.  I also checked through the raid controller interface that I removed the (defective) drive and that the table was always in a ready state when he came.

  In vsphere client, when I click on the storage... Add link, the server sees the material but if I click then it tells me that it will be re - format the volume.  See attachment.  I have most certainly does not take the next step and reformat.  Simply, I took the screenshot and regularized.

  I found these instructions, but they are for an older version of ESXi and am unsure if they are correct for ESXi 6.0.0 338124

  VMware KB: Lack of data store after the reconstruction of the RAID disk/LUN

  Here are the steps I should follow?

  If these aren't the right instructions can you tell me the version which is for ESXi 6.0.0 338124 that I couldn't find anything either.

  Thank you

  Hi ThompsG,

  Yes, there are two data stores for the virtual machine located on the RAID array.  The virtual machine itself was stored in a different data store that was not in the raid array.

  I spent about 48 hours last week, including this morning, trying to coax ESXi recognizing volumes, with no luck.  Finally, I gave up and I removed the virtual computer hard drives that were on the corrupt data store.  Then the virtual machine came without problem.

  Finally, since I have everything on these 2 volumes backed up to a cloud provider, I have recreated the two data stores in the raid array and began the restoration process. It is currently running and has about 16 days left to go.

• Copy the ISO data store ESXi on VM

  Hello

  I'm quite new to virtualization and unable to understand the ways to copy the ISO file that is located on the data to a virtual computer store. Basically, I already installed ESXi and couple of Windows 2008 VM. Consider using one of this virtual machine as a server vCenter. Now, I have already downloaded from the VMware website and downloaded vCenter ISO to one of the data store.

  However, unable to work how can I copy the ISO to this virtual machine file so that I can install vCenter server? I have read a few things on the internet and tried to use WinSCP within the virtual machine using the IP host address, but I get "no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.» the connection has failed. It is similarly after I activated the client FTP on ESXi host in the firewall. I am able to SSH (putty) to ESXi host with no problems.

  How can I get this to work? Y at - it a simple method that might work? Is WinSCP way to go? If so, why it wouldn't work? Note it is lab home environment and there is no other firewalls between the two.

  Thank you

  Please use it under VMware documentation pertaining to the same.

  https://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/index.jsp#com.VMware.vSphere.vm_admin.doc_50/GUID-D18E6A2F-03FB-48AC-A2C4-EBCB9E27B9BC.html

  Let me know if you have any doubt.

• List of virtual machines residing on the data store, ESXi and Cluster

  Hello

  I have the server list in csv as VM1, VM2 40... VM40. Need to findout that those VMS resides on the host to which ESXi, data store and Cluster name using the import function. Any help on this truly appreciated.

  Thank you

  VMK

  If you change the last line of the script in:

  } | Export-CSV-path VMsReport.csv - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

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• Need help to save my data store ESXi (free)

  I have a Dell poweredge T110 with ESXi installed on a USB key. I currently have a SATA 1 250 disc as my data store. I have 14 installed vms but only two can work until I get more RAM. I was wondering how can I save my virtual machines? I have a disc of 2 t I can use but its hook up to my media center using NTFS. How can I send my backups on this disc. Any help will be welcome. Thank you

  You can use ghettoVCB or VM Explorer (from Trilead )

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• NETGEAR Stora as data store ESXi 4.0?

  Hello

  I was wondering if anyone has had any success using the Stora as a data store for ESXi.  I tried openfiler unsuccessfully for 2 weeks and went got a Stora without doing research.  Thought that it would be good to go because it was attached to the network.  I had and saw that it is 'not very' what I expected.  Can someone give a newbie ESXi a hand up?

  If this is the wrong place to ask please point in the right direction and I'll post go.

  Thanks in advance

  Russ

  Just for a test, if you are ready to try linux, you can go without affecting one installed the other os, like this:

  • Download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop

  • Burn it to a CD

  • Boot the CD in the desktop (use the option "Try Ubuntu 10.04 LTS" instead of "install...) »)

  • Attach the external drive, it will be displayed as an icon on the desktop

  • Use package manager to download and install (it works as a facility, even if it does not write permanently) nfs-server (by using the shell, that would be like "sudo apt - get install nfs-server)

  • The nfs-server package will be downloaded, installed and started

  • Using the shell, you issue "mount" to see where the USB drive has been mounted (something like/media/LabelOfTheDisk)

  • question "ifconfig eth0" to see the IP address of your Ubuntu (must be using DHCP).

  • Reuse the shell, you must edit the file/etc/exports (like "sudo nano/etc/exports)

  • Add the following "/ media/LabelOfTheDisk IPAddressOfESXi (rw, no_root_squash, sync, no_subtree_check).

  • CTRL + X ends nano, use 'Y' to save

  • issue of 'sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server reload"to load the modified/etc/exports

  • Now you should be able to use the nfs in your ESXi Server (add datastore, NFS, Server = "IP of Ubuntu", folder = ' / media/LabelOfTheDisk ")

  Going like that, you should be able to test your configuration. This is a test, the performance will be at least the mounted disk is most often empty. The disc may be NTFS or vFAT which are not best for linux.

• Data store lost after SAN restart / modify LVM. EnableResignature

  Hi all

  We just had a blackout (planned) and once we have start the SAN and the ESX, one of the LUN seems to have disappeared. I tried to anyone she / it presents another ESX, it seemed that the server did not recognize that it was formatted in vmfs. He would see only as a new partition and asked to formatted it again. After several hours of research and testing, I was able to get my store of data by changing the value of LVM. EnableResignature to 1. Rescan HBAS and he was there like an old snag-00000002-DataStore name... From there a creation of computer virtual and added new disc, from the existing drive and pointed at my old vmdk files. I have no idea of the will what exactly is and if I can set it to 0 (or I'll lose all my vm once again) and why a data store had this problem?

  Any idea?

  That's right, don't let not the will option is enabled.
  This event does not occur very often.

  http://blog.laspina.ca/

• Disc SSD data store unavailable after reboot

  I have a Kingston SSD drive installed in a Dell T620 SAS (Controller H710) basket bottom. It is configured RAID 0 (disk). Therefore, it is OK, and I created a data store using the full disc. It works very well in the virtual machine that it is assigned to you. However, when I reboot and look in the configuration of the storage is not there. I can add and it remembers. The bad news is that the virtual machine, it is affected to cannot start as long as I add back in manually.

  A look at the list of devices, it shows that mounted. The difference between it and other readers is it says unknown partition format, it also says non - ssd.

  I'm just against a unit of failure in charge here? I do not see the SSD drives listed in the list of supported devices, but I hardly find this page.

  < small mug shot >

  Why he let me a second hard drive configured to use the rest of a store of data and then not start because there is not enough room for the Swap and not remove the second disk hard when I tell him?

  < / small rant >

  Hi Lou

  Why do not connect you to a port SATA (my last one)?

  This seems to fix. Also, he appeared as an SSD and remembered all the stuff.

  I guess it has to do with the SAS/RAID connection. Will try another drive to be sure.

  Lou

• Data store renamed after failover

  Hello

  I use vSphere U2 with SRM 5.0 5.0.  Storage is a synchronous of NetApp V3210 at FAS2240-4.

  I did a cover of the SRM and I found that the data store in vCenter was renamed snap-xxxx-datastore_name.  Why the data store has been renamed?  Can I prevent SRM to rename the data store?  Is it possible to get the data store named return to what it was originally?  If so, how can I do it?

  Thank you

  Frank

  This is the default behavior of MRS, and yes it can be changed.  Page 89 of the Administrator's guide.

  Keep the SRM of renaming of the warehouses of data recovery | virtual insanity

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/srm_admin_5_0.PDF

• Data store growing VMFS with the running virtual machine

  Hey, gentlemen.

  Have a quick question. We have configured incorrectly datastore VMFS on VM production, basically, is size of the SAN LUNS to 1.99 and virtual disk was created as thin provisioned and 2 TB.

  vSphere shows no free space. I intend to grow data store, we found 100 GB also on SAN and I have an add on vsphere.

  I'm not sure we need to stop the VM to make this change?

  I guess not, because Guest OS should see no change - drive keep 2 TB, changes will happen only at the level of vSphere.

  If I have good documentation of VMware on VMFS, one of the main benefits of VMFS is:

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/VMFS-best-practices-WP.PDF

  Facilitates the dynamic growth

  Through the use of a volume management layer VMFS allows an interface to storage resources so that several

  types of storage (Fibre Channel, iSCSI and FCoE) can be presented as warehouses of data on which virtual machines can

  resident. What allows a dynamic growth of these storages of data through the aggregation of storage resources provides the

  ability to increase a shared without incurring downtime storage resource pool.

  This means that I didn't stop Guest OS to make such changes?

  Thank you in advance!

  This means that I didn't stop Guest OS to make such changes?

  Yes, you need not shutodown comments and/or host.

  Just check out this recommendation from VMware:

  Note: If the LUN knows a high i/o rate by cultivating the VMFS, the ESX host isn't able to complete the operation. In this case, repeat the operation after hours and when backup operations are not executed. If the problem persists, turn off some of the virtual machines that reside on the LUN, and then try again.

  Source: VMware KB: growing or expand a VMFS volume or data store

• Local data store has disappeared from the data store window (necessary emergency aid)

  Dear team,

  I m facing a very strange problem, all of a sudden one of the local ESX datastore disappeared thereafter are full details we have encountered/noticed.

  A local data store disappeared from the data store window.able to see this data store to add storage Wizard, which allows us to format the same.

  * If we take a session putty from here we can see and browse this store of data without problem.

  * Virtual computers that are running on this data store work as well (all files are accessible / VM is accessible on the network)

  * Unable to take backup image do error "the object has already been deleted or was not completely created.

  * Not able to take a «cannot complete the copy file... network» clone »

  Getting from newspapers in vmkernel:

  (14 dec 17:11:39 localhost vmkernel: 0:01:55:28.677 cpu1:4097) ScsiDeviceIO: 747: command 0 x 28-the device 'mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0' failed, the data of sense H:0 x D:0 x 2 P:0 x 0 0 valid: 0 x 4 0 44 x 0 x 0.

  (14 dec 17:11:39 localhost vmkernel: 0:01:55:28.677 cpu1:4097) ScsiDeviceToken: 293: Sync IO 0 x 28-the device 'mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0' failed: error/o H:0 x D:0 x P:0 x 0 2 0 valid sense data: 0x4 0 44 x 0 x 0.

  (14 dec 17:11:39 localhost vmkernel: 0:01:55:28.677 cpu6:4110) capability3: 5354: Sync READ error ('. fbb.sf') (ioFlags: 8): i/o error

  Need your help urgently to solve the same.

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  

  Dear all,

  We have enclosed a case at VMware, please find their findings on the same.

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  After the webex session, we just had, I discovered the root cause of the problem reported to an underlying problem on the block device (the logical drive, or a problem on the Board) presented to accommodate the data in question store successfully.

  In short, whenever we try to do raw reading from the disk (from sector 0), the same always fail when we reach the 30932992 bytes (31 MB) brand with an IO error (which is consistent, he is always on this region of the disc that read operations fail, no more, no less). This result can be seen, even if no partition is in the disk (using if = / dev/sdb instead of/dev/sdb1 with dd) and even after zeroing on all sectors (if dd \u003d/dev/zero of = / dev/sdb). Strangely, read operations work fine (as he writes zeros of random data) throughout the entire disk. Keep in mind that the tests I did with no VMware tools (I used almost only dd for these operations), which prohibits certainly a VMware problem (in fact, if you were to try to start the server with a Linux live CD and run the same tests that I did, you would see the same behavior).

  I know that there is no report of material of any bad behavior on the table, but data collected with our tests today completely invalid who. The next step is for you to take this to the server provider to check for problems on the table or discs, because they are there and they are the reason for the problem you reported initially.

  Please let me know if you have other questions about it.

  Thank you

  -

  David Meireles

  Technical Support Engineer

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  Now we have blocked a case from the hardware vendor, to see what the next move will be.

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

• root properties in the connected data store: error when accessing the date/time storage

  When you browse the properties my connected data store I get an error message when you try to read the value of the property of 'storage date/time': object doesn't support this property or method.

  Here is a minimal example:

  Dim oMyDataStore, MyProperty, oMyProperties
  
  Set oMyDataStore = Navigator.ConnectDataStoreByParameter ("TOC", "" & "C:\Program Files (x 86) \National 2012\Examples\Data\Example_data.tdm" & "" ')
  
  Set oMyProperties = oMyDataStore.RootElements (1). Properties
  
  For each MyProperty in oMyProperties
  
    Call MsgBoxDisp ("property name:" & MyProperty.Name & + "\n"&"property value:" & MyProperty.Value "")
  
  Next

  Why can I not access this particular property by default?

  Hi Phex,

  for the date/time properties, an object called UsiTimeDisp is returned. This object allows to that extend features of service as access to each part separately (day, year, hour, seconds,...) of your date/time value. If you want to print the value of time with MessageBoxDisp, you can use the VariantDate this object property.

  Your code might look like this then:

  Dim oMyDataStore, MyProperty, oMyProperties
  
  Set oMyDataStore = Navigator.ConnectDataStoreByParameter ("TOC", "" & "C:\Program Files (x 86) \National 2012\Examples\Data\Example_data.tdm" & "" ')
  
  Set oMyProperties = oMyDataStore.RootElements (1). Properties
  
  For each MyProperty in oMyProperties
  
    MyProperty.DataType = eTime Then
  
      Call MsgBoxDisp ("property name:" & MyProperty.Name & + "\n"&"property value:" & MyProperty.Value. ' ") VariantDate)
  
    On the other
  
      Call MsgBoxDisp ("property name:" & MyProperty.Name & + "\n"&"property value:" & MyProperty.Value "")
  
    End If
  
  Next

  I hope this helps.

  Good day

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  Please help me understand the reason and the solution to keep data.

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  Alex Ditya

  Hello

  He is expected to not be able to see the values if you change the Custom3TopMember.

  I suggest to undo the change, check if the data is still there, extract the data, change the data in order to include the new analysis and then reload the data.

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• VM attached to the data store, but not in the config

  I have a few virtual machines that show that they are attached to a store data, but when you look at the parameters of the client both in the vmx file there is nothing that refers to this data store.  And, to top it off, the data store is just a deposit of file I only download iso files to mount for CD-ROMs.  I have made sure that the iso is not mounted on the machine (of course) and have paid through any other part of the config, but still it shows attached to that store of data, by the customer and by a powercli script.

  When you browse the data store, there is no folders or files on there that refer to this virtual machine.  I have about 10 machines all in this difficult situation.  Any ideas?

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  VM snapshots come with a .iso mounted for them? If so, that would explain it...

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