Lost access to local data store
Hi people:
I have ESXi 6.0 running on an Intel S2600CWTS motherboard using the LSI SAS controller onboard and six readers Samsung 850 Pro SSD in a RAID 5 configuration. This server is about a month and a half, and it worked fine for the first month, but in the last few weeks I started to do in the case where journal messages saying that ESXi has lost access to the data store, then, most of the time, about 15 seconds later access is restored. Several times it took more time, which one crashed the server. On these long, the motherboard Intel event log showed that a player had failed and began a regeneration and once the motherboard has shown that two different drives had failed, and it took both offline originally ESXi crashing. On it that I was able to bring the two records back online via the RAID bios and everything worked fine again. I suspect that I have hard disk problems because these discs are new and because different readers have been reported as failed, and also because no data has been lost even if 2 drives went offline at the same time. I guess I could have a bad controller LSI, or a cable has come loose somewhere, but I expect to happen if it is really the case of data loss.
I also noticed that lost access messages tend to appear in the log at the moment I start a virtual machine. At first I thought that it would be one thing to flow, thinking a VM departure did a lot of IO, but this happens immediately, before even the bios of the virtual screen machine disappears, so I don't think that the virtual machine is actually reading the disc again. In addition, as a precaution, I started the migration of some virtual machines on the server to the old server I still had available, and there is no lost access messages in the event log while that was happening, while about 50 megabytes per second of i/o has reached the disk during transfers. I put the last patch on ESXi in mid-May, about two weeks before this started, and I begin to suspect that the patch may have something to do with it, because it seems to me that if something is happening between ESXi and the disk controller making hang up or lose interruptions during a short period of time , and I wonder if it goes pretty long if material in the motherboard sensors interpret this as some sort of hardware and simply brand failure according to readers I / O was hooked as bad then.
Unfortunately I'm out of town now so I wanted more I had to the remote server, lest I do not not get back to the top. I moved a couple of the most critical virtual machines from the old server which I was remotely start and transfer to virtual machines. I also noticed that this issue tended to occur more frequently when I got to the top of the VCenter Server apparatus that any other (sometimes to others, but has happened every time I tried to start the device VCenter). So who was the first that I moved to the old server, but strangely enough there is no error logged when I transferred the files, so the issue is not that ESXi had trouble reading the VMs vmdk file when I started it.
I also wanted to ask you if there are any vibs for the LSI Megaraid controller on motherboard S2600CWTS I could install that would allow me to access the RAID controller without having to pick up the server and do it from the BIOS configuration screens, similar to how you can access the controller RAID from Dell while ESXi is running via a vib add-on. So far I have not found one.
My intention when I go to the server is to run an integrity check against the RAID 5 array via the controller and then use the AIMÉ ESXi utility on the data store to see if something is wrong here. If not, then I guess I'll rewritten can patch.
Ideas or suggestions welcome.
Success! I finally understood what the problem was corrected. The problem is the fact that although the last vib driver LSI has been installed, for some reason any it would not automatically replace the default ESXi pilot lsi_mr3. I did not notice that even though the latest driver package vib properly installed LSI controller was still using the original driver. This could be considered by a 'esxcfg-scsidev - a' command showed that even "vmhba1 lsi_mr3 link-n/a sas.5001e67ca647e000 (0000:0: 00.0) controller LSI MegaRAID SAS Fury." The second field after the controller (vmhba1) is the current manager used. The pilot, which was to be used was: "vmhba1 megaraid_sas link-n/a unknown.vmhba (0000:03:00.0) Avago (LSI / Symbios Logic) Invader MegaRAID SAS controller.
To fix this I had to disable the lsi_mr3 driver so that ESXi is forced to use it. The procedure to do is the following:
(1) make sure you have the new EXSi driver you want to use already installed. I assume that bad things would happen if you have disabled the only driver who could run your disk controller. Use this command to view the drivers installed: "esxcli software vib list" and you should get something similar to the following:
[root@intelserver:~] esxcli list of software of vib
Name Version Date seller installation acceptance level
----------------------------- ------------------------------------ ------ ---------------- ------------
MegaRAID SCSI-sas 6.608.11.00 - 1OEM.600.0.0.2494585 Avago VMwareCertified 2015-07-19
LSI - mr3 6.606.10.00 - 1OEM.550.0.0.1391871 LSI VMwareCertified 2015-06-19
mtip32xx-native 3.8.5 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMWARE VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
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LSU lsi megaraid sas plugin 1.0.0 - 2vmw.600.0.11.2809209 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-07-21
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LSU-lsi-mptsas-plugin 1.0.0 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
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NET-bnx2x 1.78.80.v60.12 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
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NET-e1000e 2.5.4 - 6vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-enic 2.1.2.38 - 2vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-forcedeth 0, 61 - 2vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-igb 5.0.5.1.1 - 5vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
NET-IGB 3.7.13.7.14iov - 20vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-mlx4-core 1.9.7.0 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-mlx4-en 1.9.7.0 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-nx-nic 5.0.621 - 5vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-tg3 3.131d.v60.4 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
NET-vmxnet3 1.1.3.0 - 3vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
nmlx4-core 3.0.0.0 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
nmlx4-en 3.0.0.0 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
nmlx4-rdma 3.0.0.0 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
nVMe 1.0e.0.35 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
OHCI-usb-ohci 1, 0 - 3vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
qlnativefc 2.0.12.0 - 5vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
REST 2.0.2.0088 - 4vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
Ahci SATA 3, 0 - 21vmw.600.0.11.2809209 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-07-21
ATA-SATA-piix 2: 12 - 10vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
NV-sata-SATA 3, 5 - 4vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-04-28
SATA-sata-promise 2: 12 - 3vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SATA-sata-sil24 1, 1 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
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SCSI-aacraid 1.1.5.1 - 9vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-adp94xx 1.0.8.12 - 6vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-3, 1 - aic79xx 5vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-bnx2fc 1.78.78.v60.8 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-bnx2i 2.78.76.v60.8 - 1vmw.600.0.11.2809209 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-07-21
SCSI-DNI 1.5.0.45 - 3vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-hpsa 6.0.0.44 - 4vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-ips 7.12.05 - 4vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-megaraid-mbox 2.20.5.1 - 6vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-megaraid2 2.00.4 - 9vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-mpt2sas 19.00.00.00 - 1vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-mptsas 4.23.01.00 - 9vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-mptspi 4.23.01.00 - 9vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
SCSI-qla4xxx 5.01.03.2 - 7vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
UHCI-usb-uhci 1, 0 - 3vmw.600.0.0.2494585 VMware VMwareCertified-2015-04-28
VMware-esx-dvfilter-maclearn-1, 00 1.00 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-05-12
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Tools-light 6.0.0 - 0.11.2809209 VMware VMwareCertified 2015-07-21
[root@intelserver:~
Verify that the scsi-megaraid-sas driver is installed before proceeding.
(2) to disable the lsi_mr3 driver do the following: "esxcli set of module system - enabled = false - module = lsi_mr3 '
(3) reboot
After restarting, do: "esxcfg-scsidev - a" to check megaraid_sas driver is assigned to your disk controller.
I don't know how ESXi decided to prioritize if two or more drivers are applicable to a single hardware device, or if the installation of the new driver LSI process is supposed to disable or remove default lsi_mr3 driver and simply failed to do so. Also, I don't know what's going to happen when I put on the next patch of ESXi, specially if the lsi_mr3 driver will be once more the priority. If anyone knows how the driver installation process is supposed to work in this situation, please let me know. I am so happy that I finally got this problem because the server has been seriously covered with the data store become unaccessable for 5 to 10 seconds every time a VM started or stopped, and the former driver at least once done something bad enough to deceive the controller into thinking that one of the disks has went wrong and began a RAID Resync.
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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:
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#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
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Local data store renaming problem with the cmdlet set-datastore
Hiya,
I just started using powercli to configure my ESX Servers 4.1i.
Most of my script version works fine - but I can't rename the local data store.
I do a get-data store based on the name that works very well, I then pipe series-store data with a new name-, but it just seems to ignore the order and leave it with the old name.
No error message is produced.
I pasted in the results of the "get-data store" (just to show that it exists) and the results of the 'get-datastore piped to set-data store", below.
I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious - but I do not know what?
[vSphere PowerCLI] D:\powershell > get-datastore-name 'test1' | fl
DatacenterId: Datacenter-ha-datacenter
Datacenter: ha-datacenter
ParentFolderId: Folder-ha-folder-datastore
ParentFolder: datastore
DatastoreBrowserPath: vmstores:\ohst213vmh.blah.co.uk@443\ha-datacenter\test1
FreeSpaceMB: 64207
CapacityMB: 64768
Accessible: true
Type: VMFS
ExtensionData: VMware.Vim.Datastore
ID:-Datastore-4d4c2877-c48e1465-b0be - 00237d 358458
Name: test1
UID: /[email protected]:443 / Datastore = Datastore-4d4c2877-c48e1465-b0be-002
37d 358458.[vSphere PowerCLI] D:\powershell > get-datastore-name "test1" |-store game data-name 'test2' | fl
DatacenterId: Datacenter-ha-datacenter
Datacenter: ha-datacenter
ParentFolderId: Folder-ha-folder-datastore
ParentFolder: datastore
DatastoreBrowserPath: vmstores:\ohst213vmh.blah.co.uk@443\ha-datacenter\test1
FreeSpaceMB: 64207
CapacityMB: 64768
Accessible: true
Type: VMFS
ExtensionData: VMware.Vim.Datastore
ID:-Datastore-4d4c2877-c48e1465-b0be - 00237d 358458
Name: test1
UID: /[email protected]:443 / Datastore = Datastore-4d4c2877-c48e1465-b0be-002
37d 358458.See you soon
Jordan
When you add a server ESX to vCenter, agent VirtualCenter (vpxa) service is installed on the ESX Server.
All actions you take in the vSphere ESX server customer or a PowerCLI script when you are connected to the vCenter, passed through this vpxa service. This service manages the resources on the ESX Server.
To avoid problems when you change some resources directly from the COS of ESX, vpxa services locks these resources.
That's why you can not change the datastorename when you are connected directly to an ESX Server that has been added to a vCenter.
BTW, if you connect a vSphere client directly to the ESX Server, you will see the same phenomena as what you see in your script PowerCLI.
If you need to change the datastorename locally on the ESX for some reason, you can try to remove the ESX Server with Remove-VMHost to vCenter, connect to the server with Connect-VIServer ESX, make your changes and add it to the vCenter with Add-VMHost.
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Hello
I would like to know if it is possible to create a local data store to use as the destination for VMDR?
If so, how?
The only option I get in VMDR is to add a network share.
Yes, you can of course add the local data store as a destination for camera VDR.
Step 1. Add a disk, virtual appliance VDR as you add a virtual disk to a virtual computer. When you create a new virtual disk, select the local data store and specify the size chosen.
Step 2. Connect to the VDR thanks to the welcome > Solutions and Applications to destination you would see this space, format, and edit and your VDR unit is ready to be backed up.
Hope this helps!
If you have found this or other useful information, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '.
f 10.
VCP3, VCP4, HPCP, HP UX CSA
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Cannot create the local data store more Go 558,75
See attachment.
New installation of ESXi 4.1.0 try adding a local data store. Local volume is a to 4.55 RAID 5, fully initialized.
Add storage
Choose the device, etc. Choose the size of 8MB block and "ability to mazimize. Summary On screen looks like its going to do what I ask... I cliquerai finish.
Produces final is 558,75 Go. Any ideas?
ESX(I) supports no more than a little less than 2 TB LUN. Divide your table into smaller LUNs
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Change el en local data store storage limit
Hola
Tengo a servidor para instalar vsphere y quiero detect maquinas office in el local data store. Quiero saber como formatear el local datastore para I of mas soporte UN disco of 256 GB, I need por lo menos 1 TB.
Saludos
Hola
I hope you guste esta imagen, porque so lo he present con el pdf
Esta soon as I have that restore a 4 probing script en una verdad el.
If esta u otra respuesta're util, por favor su marca used notificador.
Gracias / looks
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Cannot delete the local data store empty on ESXi 4
Hi all
Does anyone know how to kill the process that uses / block the process of removing the ESXi 4 data store?
I have this provblem in VI Client when I was in the middle of the removal of the Local data store
Remove datastore
The resources ESXi02_VMFS vim.host.DatastoreSystem is in use.
It's production live environment so is possible to kill the process without having to restart the ESXi 4 crowd?
Thank you.
Kind regards
AWT
OK so first try to connect with viclient to ESXi directly and see if you can remove the data store.
The command you need to nod your head do buisness hours.
Good luck!
MCP, VCP
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How can I move virtual machines from a local data store for a new iSCSI SAN?
Hello guys,.
Now that we have a new iSCSI SAN market how can I tranfer all the virtual machine to a local data store for a new SAN? Can I stop the VM in the host, and then copy the DataStore files with all the info on the new volume?
Thank you
Pesinet
Alternatively, you can use VMware converter or cold Migration / Storage VMotion if you have the appropriate licenses.
Duncan
VMware communities user moderator | VCP | VCDX
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