Local data warehouses

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• hide local data warehouses in vCenter

  I'm trying to understand how hide us local data warehouses appear in Vsphere 5.5 I find it looks like permissions.  How do you go in permissions for all the local data store

  Thank you

  Hello

  In order to hide this data store using permissions, you must do the following:

  Open-> inventory-> warehouses VSphere-> select the select data-> permissions VMFS store-> click the user or group in the list and set them to 'No access' - are not propagated. We want it to take effect only on this data store.

  Let me know how it goes.

• Rename local data warehouses of ESXi host

  Hello

  How to rename local data warehouses of 5.0 ESXi hosts.

  Is it simple; Vsphere Client > right click on the local data store > rename?

  Or host must be in maintenance, or reduced, something like that?

  Thank you

  Mihir

  The ESXi host internally uses the data UUID store rather than its "friendly" name

  Example: / vmfs/volumes/3dfd1a21-63969d0d-8d9b-004328272635 /.

  That is why - as mentioned in the other responses - rename a datstore can be done at any time without affecting the functionality.

  André

• [SRM 4.1] Dealing with local data warehouses?

  Hello

  I'm currently loaded with SRM 4.1 installation on our companys vsphere and while I did this before that I have never worked with VM on local data warehouses. There are three additional centers for both, I'll be tipping. These three data centers all run on Cisco UCS 210 M2 servers spread across two data stores. The virtual machine can be found on the second partition of the UCS VMFS.

  I don't know why it was created this way that I wasn't there when it was put into service (it seems strange, though, as they have a shedload of space on the Symmetrix). So I ask really (a person with a more experienced eye), what are the options for local data warehouses with MRS? I'm guessing limited to no support... so think I might watch svMotion

  Thanks for any advice.

  Hello

  With MRS. 4.1, the only option is based on the Bay of replication, i.e. SRM is only able to protect virtual machines residing on storage arrays supported with replication configured between them. SRM itself does not perform the replication. SRM is able to display your replica equipment and perform a few operations on the Bay of storage through the SRA (storage replication adapter) - software written by the storage provider.

  Yes, unless you use a storage device which can present these local data warehouses such as those shared and replicate them on the (and is supported with SRM), you cannot use local data warehouses. I have a limited knowledge of such things, maybe the other guys will be able to help more.

  In SRM 5 extra option has been introduced - vSphere replication, which allows the replication of virtual machines between ESXi hosts. You will need vcenter / SRM and ESXi 5 for this to work.

  I do not understand your configuration. How many centres of data do you have? SRM only supports the scenarios one to one, and many-to-one.

  Michael.

• The number of heartbeat for the host data warehouses is 0, which is less than required: 2

  Hello

  I have trouble creating my DRS cluster + storage of DRS, I have 3 hosts esxi 5.1 for the task

  First, I created the cluster, no problem with that, so the DRS storage was created and now I can see in the Summary tab

  "The number of heartbeat for the host data warehouses is 0, which is less than required: 2".

  I search the Web and there are similar problems when people has only a single data store (the one that came with ESXi) and need to add another but in my case... vcenter detects any...

  In the views of storage I see the store of data (VMFS) but for some strange reason the cluster not

  In order to achieve data warehouses minimum (2) can I create an NFS and map it in THE 3 esxi hosts? Vcenter which consider a play config?

  Thank you

  You probably only have local data warehouses, which are not that HA would require for this feature (pulsations datastore) to work properly.

  You will need either 2 iSCSI, FC 2 or 2 NFS volumes... Or a combination of the any of them, for this feature to work. If you don't want to use this feature, you can also turn it off:

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/04/05/the-number-of-vSphere-HA-heartbeat-datastores-for-this-host-is-1-which-is-less-than-required-2/

• Size of the virtual machines on the local data store

  What is the best way to determne the (total) disk space using a virtual machine? We have several virtual machines on local data warehouses and would like to estimate roughly how much disk space to the total number of virtual machines use to caculate how much storage SAN, they will consume. Is there an 'easy' way to socket this information?

  The most accurate way would be to calculate the total space used by the virtual machine files in the data store.

  Connect to the service console

  Navigate to the vmfs volume

  Navigate to the vm folder

  -h.

  This will give you files for this particular virtual machine related to the amount of disk space used by all the vm

  Méhul

• Deployment uses the local data store

  The deployment of VIO works without problem, but one of the virtual machines (VIO-DB-0) is now in a local data store. I never chose this data store in the installation process.

  Is it possible to manually move the virtual machine? Is it possible to define the data store used for the management of virtual machines somewhere?

  Concerning

  Daniel

  Hi Daniel,.

  Take a look at VMware integrated OpenStack 1.0 Release Notes:

  • Installer gives priority to local storage by default
    When you set up the data for the database stores three virtual machines, VMware OpenStack Setup integrated automatically gives priority to a local storage to improve IO performance. For resilience, users might prefer a shared storage, but the installer does not clear how to change this setting.
  • Workaround: Before completing the installation process, the installer of VMware OpenStack integrated allows you to examine and change the configuration. You can use this opportunity to change the configuration of the data to the database store three virtual machines.

  If you have already installed VIO, AFAIR you should be able to manually move between data warehouses as long as you do not change VM itself.

  Note that there is rule anti-affinite, so you may not be able to move that VM in the same data store when no other VIO - DB resides.

  Another note is that if you turn off VIO-DB-0, mysql service will not appear automatically. you have to turn on manually by running "service mysql start" on the node itself, or run 'vioconfig start' of the SGD server.

  Best regards

  Karol

• ESXi 4.1 upgrade to ESXi 5.5 while all virtual machines and data warehouses

  We have two servers ESXi 4.1.0 348481 (Essentials) and we need to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 for support of Windows Server R2 2012. We intend to use the interactive upgrade. We want to ensure that the virtual machine is preserved. More precisely VMFarm001 where ESXi is installed in the same data store as VMServer1. VMServer1 is our largest server and cannot be migrated to another data store easily because we are not allowed for vMotion.

  The following layout

  VMFarm001

  Dell PowerEdge R710

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 1.36 TB

  VMServer1 - MS Server 2003

  Install ESXi

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer2 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer3 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMFarm002

  HP ProLiant ML350 G5

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 95GB

  Install ESXi

  ISOs

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer4 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer5 - MS Server 2008 R2

  I have a feeling I'm worried for nothing given that option during the ESXi upgrade and keep the VMFS datastore.

  Thank you

  Yes, that's correct.

  I recently finished the upgrade of lots of stand-alone hosts ESXi 4.1 (with local storage only) to 5.1 and all were successful. The same process applies to 5.5, so you shouldn't have a problem with preservation of VMFS data warehouses (and all virtual machines).

• POS 5.5 could not obtain data with analytical performance data warehouses

  Hi all

  I have two devices POS running version: 5.5.5.180.

  All of a sudden I can not connect to the Web Client for each device.

  POS status show all services in green on the two Pdvs.

  root@vdp:~/#: dpnctl status all
  Identity added: /home/dpn/.ssh/dpnid (/home/dpn/.ssh/dpnid)
  dpnctl: INFO: gsan status: up
  dpnctl: INFO: MCS status: up.
  dpnctl: INFO: Backup scheduler status: up.
  dpnctl: INFO: axionfs status: up.
  dpnctl: INFO: Maintenance windows scheduler status: enabled.
  dpnctl: INFO: Unattended startup status: enabled.
  
  

  By clicking on the Storage tab, displays the error message: "Unable to get data with analytical performance data warehouses" and no data warehouses are listed.

  • VCenter restarts, Pdvs, doesn't change anything.
  • I can connect to Pdvs very well.
  • CP are created.

  I found similar topics but no response... (POS 5.5 ERROR)

  Open a support case and turned out that the POS password user (a user defined in the domain of the @vsphere.local) that was used to access the vCenter has expired. Apparently, there's a bug in vCenter for some versions that makes them expire in 65 days.

• Adding/viewing ESX hosts the local data store in vCenter

  Hey all,.

  I am pleased to join these forms and hope I have don't get dessu down for not having a cert VM (I train hard knowledge where and how get it)

  I have recently graduated from networking and am on the fast track in my new career. Now things are as clear as possible so I will try to fill as much

  ESXi 1 - Dell G6, running, 1065491 5.1.0

  Storage adapter - Smart Array P410i

  vmhba0

  Details - Serial Attached SCSI disk HP, ID (naa. #...), name of Runtime: vmhba1:c0:T0:L0, mounted the Non - SSD, block adapter, 1 TB)

  ESXi 2 - Dell G7 5.1.0 running, 1065491

  Storage adapter - Smart Array P410i

  Details-HP Serial Attached SCSI Disk, ID (naa. #...), name of Runtime: vmhba1:c0:T0:L1, mounted the Non - SSD, block adapter, 1 TB)

  vCenter - Win Server 2008 r2 (working on the features of powershell to work with packages from CodePLex)

  ESXi hosts in a single datacenter, with one single Cluster... in this cluster is a SAN that the two hosts can access without problem

  When I click on Cluster 1-> summary-> Storage (local storage shows ESXi 1 and SAN storage) NO ESXi 2 of local storage.

  When I click on ESXi 1 host in vCenter and then click on summary or Configuration (Storage)... it will show the SAN and hosts local storage

  When I click on ESXi 2 host in vCenter and then click summary or Configuration (Storage)... it will show the SAN and NOT hosts local storage

  How can question I view and manage local storage of 2 ESX via vCenter?

  At the moment I have to hand, log in to ESX 2 via vSphere thickclient and see its local data store.

  I was talkin to some people on #vmware in IRC, but can't seem to understand why... is something mmiss configured? I thought that this would have been a no-brainer... I tried to 'find new warehouses of data' on the ESX 2 in vCenter, no dice.

  Help

  Welcome to the community - I would try to remove the host to vCenter and see if you can see the local storage.

• Why CF CV data warehouses are not visible in VCAC

  Hello

  We have after installation

  ESX/VC 5.5 (GA)

  VCAC 6.0 (GA)

  We are able to see all the warehouses of data, local, FC, and NFS in VC.

  We have added VC as an endpoint in VCAC, but we are not able to see the VCAC CF data warehouses.

  Anyone can throw some light on it?

  Thnaks

  Jeannine

  In fact a server in the cluster could not see these CF data storages, solved the problem by removing the server from the cluster

  Jeannine

• Assessment vCOPS 5.7.1 - did they add a way to exclude specific data warehouses?

  Hello

  I tried vCOPS in the past and I know that this was not possible.

  I just started a trial now, but I still want to exclude all data warehouses and a couple more which come from a file server that is always 99% full. These data warehouses are not used for virtual machines and shouldn't affect calculations in vCOPS.

  Is there a way to exclude the calculations? Thank you.

  Put all your data warehouses in vCenter the in a folder called "LOCALS" (or something else you like) - this folder will also be known by the VCOPS (may take 5 minutes). Then in VCOPS create a new strategy and clone of "Ignore these objects." On the page of the association take place 'record' and add your folder "INHABITANTS". Check 'current effective policy', it must be on "ignore objects.

  Now, whenever you add a host to vCenter, make sure you put this local data store in the right folder "INHABITANTS". This way you will have exclude them calculations.

• Shared vs datastore stores local data and DNS in 5.1

  I read page 56 of the vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server 5.1 Upgrade Guide

  It addresses the issue of DNS load balancing and vCenter Server data store name.

  I think it's to discuss the issue of shared storage and multiple hosts accessing a data store-same and that each host must VMware it the same name, due to how 5.1 doesn't solve VoIP DNS names, but now uses the DNS name for the data store.

  I have no shared storage.  They are all my data store (3 now 3 guests) local.  I guess I have in no way the need to appoint all my local data stores the same.  Correct?

  Here is the text directly from the page 56:

  DNS load balancing solutions and vCenter Server Datastore Naming

  vCenter Server 5.x uses different internal numbers for the storages of data than previous versions of vCenter Server. This

  change affects the way you add NFS shared data warehouses to the hosts and can assign the vCenter Server updates

  5.x.

  names of host IP addresses versions before version 5.0 vCenter Server convert data store. For example, if you

  mount a NFS data by the name \\nfs-datastore\folder, pre - 5.0 vCenter Server store versions convert the name

  NFS-data store to an IP address like 10.23.121.25 before putting it away. The original name of nfs-data store is lost.

  This conversion of hostnames to IP addresses a problem when using DNS load balancing solutions

  with vCenter Server. Replicate data and appear as a single logical DNS load balancing solutions

  data store. The load balancing occurs during the conversion to IP host datastore in solving the

  host name to different IP addresses, depending on the load data store. This load balancing happens outside

  vCenter Server and is implemented by the DNS server. In versions prior to version 5.0, features vCenter Server

  like vMotion don't work with this DNS balancing solutions because the load balancing causes a

  data store logic to appear that several data stores. vCenter Server fails to perform vMotion because he cannot

  recognize that what it considers multiple data warehouses are actually a single logical datastore that is shared between

  two hosts.

  To fix this, versions of vCenter Server 5.0 and later do not convert names to IP addresses data store

  When you add data warehouses. This measure of vCenter Server to recognize a store of data shared, but only if you add the

  data store for each host in the same data store name. For example, vCenter Server does not recognize a data store

  as shared between hosts in the following cases.

  -The data store is added by hostname and IP address on host1 to host2.

  -The data store is added by host name to host1 and host2 to hostname.vmware.com.

  VCenter Server to recognize a shared data store you must add the store of data of the same name in each

  host.

  You have reason - the section relates to the NFS shared storage - with the same NFS server load balancing is multiple IP addresses - in older versions of vCenter as the name of the NFS server is converted into intellectual property that could be different that would cause problems with vMotion and other opt vCenter - with vCenter 5.1 NFS host name is maintained.

• Fully connecting directly attached data warehouses in a cluster of ESXi?

  I have deployed two identical 5.1 ESXi hosts (servers Dell PowerEdge r720xd) each to 5,46 with storage to direct connection. They are both currently enrolled in our vCenter Server 5.1 and participate in a HA cluster. Their respective databases are also members of a group of data store.

  Each host is connected to its own data store, but not the other host data store. This effectively disables most of the HA/DTS features, and connection status of host for each data store is marked with a warning for missing connections. We have desire of VM migration and load balancing between the two hosts and the warehouses of data to be as homogeneous and transparent as possible.

  My question is simple: what is the most practical and effective way to establish the necessary connections to reach a State fully connected to hosts and data warehouses?

  Hello

  in this case you need something like a virtual appliance that uses your local storage to make it a shared storage. Your hosts can then access the storage via iSCSI/NFS. At the end of the day, you will have the space of a single node left (CT ~ 5.46), because the device (s) will reflect your data for more security against failure of the host.

  The easiest way would probably be the vSphere Storage Appliance

  But there are also other solutions as a virtual of DataCore and HP StoreVirtual VSA facility.

  Concerning

  Patrick

• List VMFS version and block size of all data warehouses

  I'm looking for a PowerShell script (or preferably one-liner) list all with version number data warehouses there VMFS and their blocksizes.

  I am a novice PowerShell and ViToolkit, but I know how to do the following:

  I can list all data stores that begin with a specific name and sort by alphabetical order:

  Get-Datastore-name eva * | Sorting

  Name FreeSpaceMB CapacityMB

  EVA01VMFS01 511744 81552

  511178 511744 EVA01VMFS02

  511744 155143 EVA01VMFS03

  EVA01VMFS04 511744 76301

  301781 511744 EVA01VMFS05

  etc...

  I can get the Info for a specific data store with the following commands:

  $objDataStore = get-Datastore-name 'EVA01VMFS01 '.

  $objDataStore | Format-List

  DatacenterId: Data center-data center-21

  ParentFolderId: File-group-s24

  DatastoreBrowserPath: vmstores:\vCenter-test.local@443\DataCenter\EVA01VMFS01

  FreeSpaceMB: 81552

  CapacityMB: 511744

  Accessible: true

  Type: VMFS

  ID: Datastore-datastore-330

  Name: EVA01VMFS01

  But that's all as far as my knowledge goes.

  Someone out there who could help me with this one?

  This information is not available in the default properties of the DatastoreImpl object.

  But this information is available in the SDK object called a data store.

  You can view these values like this.

  Get-Datastore | Get-View | Select-Object Name,
                                      @{N="VMFS version";E={$_.Info.Vmfs.Version}},
                                      @{N="BlocksizeMB";E={$_.Info.Vmfs.BlockSizeMB}}
  

  If you are using PowerCLI 4.1, you can check with

  Get-PowerCLIVersion
  

  Then, you can use the New-VIProperty cmdlet.

  Something like that

  New-VIProperty -Name VMFSVersion -ObjectType Datastore `
       -Value {
            param($ds)
  
            $ds.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.Version
       } `
       -BasedONextensionProperty 'Info' `
       -Force
  
  New-VIProperty -Name VMFSBlockSizeMB -ObjectType Datastore `
       -Value {
            param($ds)
  
            $ds.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.BlockSizeMB
       } `
       -BasedONextensionProperty 'Info' `
       -Force
  
  Get-Datastore | Select Name,VMFSVersion,VMFSBlockSizeMB
  

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