Problem adding disks to the data store

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• How to specify the file of virtual hard disk when you create a new virtual machine using virtual hard disk on the data store?

  I'm new to PowerCLI and find quite simple, but in the documentation I read, I don't see how to use a virtual hard drive, existing on a data store when you create a new virtual machine.

  Is this simple registration on the virtual hard disk, or did I miss something?

  My current create VM is the following statement:

  New-VM

  -Name $TargetHostName -host $TargetVMCenterHost -data store $TargetVMCenterDatastore DiskMB - 20000 -MemoryMB $TargetHostMemoryMB -NumCPU $TargetHostCPUs -ID $TargetHostOS -CD -Description $TargetHostName

  Didn't notice this before, but I think that vSphere will use a backslash instead of a slash in the paths.

• How to make instant consolidation if the data store is out of disk space...

  Hello

  I have a virtual machine that has left many of the snapshot files and now can consolidate using the tool (he always said of disk space to make the consolidation)

  The data store have now 60 GB of free space when the space data store maximum disk is 850 GB and the busy VVMM over almost 700 GB of disk space...

  Can I attach a 3 TB USB drive to the ESXi server and move all the files through or another way to do...

  HELP ~ ~

  With the disk space required on drive E, it may be useful to consider an alternative:

  • create a (much smaller) another virtual disk
  • Stop all of the services entering drive E
  • Copy the data from drive E more to the new virtual disk (for example using robocopy)
  • switch drive letters
  • Once everything is working as expected, get rid of the old virtual disk

  This will not only reduce the disk space used on the data store, but also to ensure that the virtual disk cannot grow more.

  André

• How do you get the path of the data store or the URL of a virtual disk in vRealize Orchestrator?

  I need to eager zero a virtual disk while building a virtual machine. I found the eagerZeroVirtualDisk_Task() under VcVirtualDiskManager function, which takes in 2 parameters:

  name - (String) the name of the disk, is a path to the data store or a URL pointing to the virtual disk that needs to be inflated.

  Data Center - (VcDatacenter) if the name is a path of data store, the data center for the path of the data store. Not necessary when called directly on ESX. If not specified on a call to VirtualCenter, the name must be a URL.

  How can I get the correct path of data store given the virtual disk? I intend to iterate through the features of the virtual machine to get the disks.

  Thank you!

  Actually figured out how to get the path of the data store, and how a drive zeros. In case it is useful to share the code here:

  var vimHost = vm.vimHost; VM instanceof VCVirtualMachine

  var vDiskMgr = vimHost.virtualDiskManager;

  for each disk

  var features = vm.config.hardware.device;

  for each {(dev var in devices)

  dev.backing contains a lot of useful things...

  If (dev instanceof VcVirtualDisk) {}

  a disc!

  var dsPath = dev.backing.fileName;

  System.log ("path of disk:" + dsPath);

  Data var Center =

  System.getModule('com.vmware.library.vc.datastore').getDatacenterForDatastore (dev.backing.datastore);

  var vcTask = vDiskMgr.eagerZeroVirtualDisk_Task (dsPath, datacenter);

  wait

  var waitResult =

  System.getModule('com.vmware.library.vc.basic').vim3WaitTaskEnd (vcTask, true, 5);

  }

  }

• Dell virtual disk are larger. You want to increase the size of the data store.

  Hello

  I started the implementation of a server ESXi 5.5 Update 1 this week. I didn't know Dell shipped the server with two virtual disks instead of one. I realized this _apres_ that I had already created the data store and setup a few virtual machines to the breast. I called Dell who sent specific instructions to increase the removal of the second (empty) virtual disk and add it to the main. In the end, I increased the single VD from 2 TB to 3 TB and I want to give the remaining space in my store of data.

  I tried to follow the article here that explains how to do this via the CLI.

  Well, he did not altogether. Fortunately, I was able to recover my datastore my setting start and end sectors to their original numbers. But I'm still left with this almost 1 TB of space that I can not attribute to the data store. After that I reread storage adapters in the client, the new Dell disk size resulted under measurement devices. Click on "increase...". ", generates the following error which led me on the way to the CLI method:

  Call "HostDatastoreSystem.QueryAvailableDisksForVmfs" to object "ha-datastoresystem" on ESXi '[myservername]' failed.

  I will paste my notes that I took everything by jobs. Things have exploded the rails when I put 4 partition size to the largest size. Any help, please?

  ---

  I use that as a guide:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 2002461

  
  

  1 use start hardware device management tools to increase the capacity of additional disk to the device. For more information, commit your hardware provider.

  This has been done. The new size of the virtual disk is 2791,88 GB (TB 2,79188)

  
  

  2. open a console to the ESXi host.

  Pretty simple.

  
  

  3. get the DeviceID for the data store to change.

  ~ # vmkfstools Pei "/ vmfs/volumes/datastore1 / '.

  System file VMFS-5, 60 extending on 1 partition.

  File system label (if applicable): datastore1

  Mode: public

  Capacity 1971926859776 (blocks of files 1880576 * 1048576), 1042688245760 (994385 blocks) prevail, max size of the 69201586814976 file

  UUID: 534e5121 - 4450-19dc-f8bc1238e18a 260d

  Partitions split (on 'lvm'):

  NAA.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4

  
  

  A couple of things to note:

  a. the device for Datastore1 ID is: naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a

  b. the number of Partition on the disk is: 4 ' [...]: 4 "»

  c. the prefix, "naa," means "Network address authority" the number immediately after is a single logical unit number.

  4. Enter the amount of disk space available on the data store.

  ~ # df h

  Size of filesystem used available use % mounted on

  VMFS-5 1. 8T 865.4 G 971,1 G 47% / vmfs/volumes/datastore1

  
  

  5 team of the device identifier, to identify the existing partitions on the device by using the partedUtil command.

  ~ # partedUtil get ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a '.

  364456 255 63 5854986240

  1 63 80324 222 0

  2 80325 8466884 6 0

  3 8466885 13709764 252 0

  4 13711360 3865468766 251 0

  ~ #

  
  

  According to the table in article KB

  4 13711360 3865468766 251 0 - primary #4, type 251 = 0xFB = VMFS, 13711360-3865468766 areas

  | |        |          |   |

  | |        |          |   \---attribut

  | |        |          \---type

  | |        \---se finishing sector

  | \---a starting from sector

  partition \---Numero

  
  

  Also note how the number of section start the old end sector number is + 1.

  
  

  6 identify the partitions that need to be resized and the size of the space to use.

  We want to resize partition 4. I don't really understand the last part of this sentence, however. Read more.

  
  

  7 the number of sector end you want for the target data store VMFS partitions. To use all out at the end of the disc space, remove 1 of the size of the disk in the areas as described in step 5 in order to get the last usable area.

  ESXi 5.x has a command to do this:

  ~ # partedUtil getUsableSectors "/ vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a".

  1 5854986239

  This means that we want 4 Partition of "naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a" to be:

  13711360 - 5854986239 (i.e. the end of the disc)

  
  

  8 resize the partition containing the target VMFS Datastore using the command partedUtil, specifying the original existing partition and the desired end sector:

  Using the above information, our command is:

  resize # partedUtil ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a ' 4 13711360 5854986239

  
  

  9 step 8, the partedUtil command can report the warning:

  He did not. Displacement.

  
  

  10. the tables of partitions have been adjusted, but the VMFS data within the partition store is always the same size. Now there is an empty space in the partition where the VMFS data store can be grown.

  
  

  11 launch this v vmkfstools command to perform a refresh for VMFS volumes.

  Fact.

  
  

  12 reach the VMFS Datastore in the new space using the command - growfs vmkfstools, specifying the partition containing the VMFS Datastore target twice.

  vmkfstools - growfs ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 ' ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 '.

  
  

  It did not work. I got an error:

  / vmfs/volumes # vmkfstools - growfs ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 ' /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d «»

  23001ad809071096d28a:4 ".

  Cannot get device head way /dev/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 information

  
  

  Also the partition was very different to what I asked:

  ~ # partedUtil get ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a '.

  364456 255 63 5854986240

  1 63 80324 222 0

  2 80325 8466884 6 0

  3 8466885 13709764 252 0

  4 13711360 1560018942 251 0

  
  

  I fixed it by running these commands:

  ~ # partedUtil resize ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a ' 4 13711360 3865468766

  ~ # vmkfstools v

  ~ # partedUtil get ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a '.

  364456 255 63 5854986240

  1 63 80324 222 0

  2 80325 8466884 6 0

  3 8466885 13709764 252 0

  4 13711360 3865468766 251 0

  Update:

  Since it was such a new machine, not in active production, we have safeguarded the VMs management off the ESXi host. Then flattened the virtual disk, recreated, and then created a store of data with the right size. (TPG this time, naturally.) We put the management of virtual machines on the data store. For Windows virtual machines, we have restored the using AppAssure. Everything is ok now.

  Need to add a new item to the list of punch: check what Dell has done the configuration of the virtual disks. :-)

• The data store size is smaller than the virtual disk

  Just deploy a new installation of ESXI 4.1 rev3 on a new Dell PE R520 server with 4 disks 1 GB configured in a single Bay RAID5.  When I connect with vSphere and go to Configuration > it shows storage data store being just 740 GB.  However when I go to storage adapters and select the vmhba it shows the complete 2.73 CT of the RAID array that I need to use.  Nowhere I chose Go 740 for the size of the data store, so I don't know how it has been brought to this size.  If I try to delete and re-create 740 GB is the maximum I can create.

  What I am doing wrong and how do I create a data store that uses all 2.73 CT?  Screenshots are attached.

  Thanks in advance,

  Ben

  4 ESXi does not support LUNS > 2 TB.  Any increase on a multiple of 2 TB, it's what you'll see (e.g. 2.73 TB - 2 TB =.73 to ~ = 740 GB you see).

  But the real question is why you install version 3 year of the hypervisor?

• ESXi5 - problems with NFS and the data copy store

  Hello world

  I recently moved into a solution fully virtualized for my network, 3 x 5 ESXi servers running on our GigE network.

  First of all, I use all free software from VMware, so vCentre etc is out of the question.

  I have major problems when you try to copy files between:

  • NAS (NFS) to ESXi 5 host
  • ESXi host to the NAS (NFS) 5
  • And using VMware converter between ESXi 5 hosts converter Standalone

  The problem is that whenever I'm transfer between hosts I am struck with the horrible network performance. Even if I use GigE adapters and switches between my hosts I will receive no more than 12 Mbps speed of transfer real (100 Mbit/s connect?).

  On the flipside, if I use virtual guests on the same exact host I can happily transfer data between my NAS (NFS) servers with speeds between 60-150MBps ~ (1000 Mbps).

  Examples:

  Speed of 10 Mbps of transfer of ESXi_1 copy OF NFS data store share ~

  Server2008 (comments, located on ESXi_1) copy OF NFS 75MBps transfer rate ~.

  Server2011 SBS (comments, located on ESXi_2) copy OF Windows share 2008 (ESXi_1) transfer speed 120MBps. ~

  ESXi_2 copy OF NFS data store share transfer rate 5MBps ~.

  Attached (wtf.png) example:

  I copy a file that is located on our NFS share first, it's a 3 GB file to the copy within guest OS (2008), it is indicated in blue - top speed of 80MBps

  I copy the same exact NFS share for the host (datastore1), this is indicated in red - top speed of 7.5Mbps

  The third transfer/s (green) is between the customers of windows on different hosts, transfer a 6 GB file as well as a copy of the 360 MB file - transfers two happily send to GigE speeds with a peak around 40MBps

  I can reflect these results across the three servers without modification. Copies between you will be able to run well enough (not exactly 100% use of GigE) but at the moment where I try to do something to the data store it will just choke at all about a 100 Mbps connection speed.

  The final image (wot.png) confuses me beyond belief. I would try to explain what is happening here:

  • This image shows two times the same exact file transfers, except even machine PHYSICS
  • The first (red) transfer between the ESXi_2 host server and the NFS share using the browser data store and direct download - its top speed is around 8MBps
  • The second (green) transfer between a guest server 2008 running on ESXi_2, download the same file exactly at the exact location using vSphere Client. I mean the same EXACT file; It connects to the NFS drive by the data store ESXi_2 (NFS share).

  Why on earth can my comments directly download a file on a data store connected to NFS GigE clocked and yet the same exact host cannot go anywhere near corresponding to these speeds?

  As indicated in the title, the problem seems to happen whenever I use ESXi datastore browser on the host computer using vSphere Client or between browser datastore ESXi to/from an NFS share.

  No one knows what might happen?

  Is there some sort of restriction on the transfer of files between a host and shared NFS ESXi 5? Whence this bottleneck?

  Thanks in advance for all the help/ideas that guys can throw my way.

  P.S. Sorry for the wall of text, I really wanted to give as much information. as possible.

  What type of storage you have locally on the host computer?

  I have seen this problem with write-through controllers: http://wahlnetwork.com/2011/07/20/solving-slow-write-speeds-when-using-local-storage-on-a-vsphere-host/

• Reconnect the data store after removal of hard disk

  I have two identical Dell R610 servers.  I removed the readers of one of the servers and put them in the other.  ESX came very well and I can connect to the host with the vSphere client.  However, the data store has disappeared and 4 virtual machines that were on the server are "(inaccessible) unknown".  The device comes in storage.  It's a simple, 4 drive RAID5 set connected to the local controller inside the server.

  What can I do to reattach the data store?

  I tried both 'Keep the existing signature' and 'assign a new signature.  Both options produce the same result ' selected disk already Dad a VMFS datastore. ".  Select another disk.

  The data store is obviously there and intact.

  Sounds like the issue in the store of data missing and not mountable. You can also take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015986 to see if that helps.

  André

• Recommended minimum on the data store when free disk space you use connection vRanger 5

  I was wondering if anyone can tell me what the recommendation is on the left of free space on a data store. I use 5 vRanger connection to back up my VM to another physical server. As such, I will not take snapshots 'manual '. I'm not sure if vRanger connection, running on a separate server, creates additional files on the data store.

  I've read a few threads on this site and some are advocating to let free, 20 to 25%, while that of others, offer 10% left free may be sufficient. Is there an official number for this or if anyone can share valuable experince?

  Welcome to the community,

  I generally recommend to have about 20% of free space on each data store. However, this depends on the activity/writes to disk during backup. vRanger connection - as well as any other backup software - create a snapshot, back up the virtual machine and then remove / commit the snapshot again. This is necessary in order to access the virtual disk files. Usually the backups are made during hours, so snapshots should not grow too much. However, you must also take into account the fact that in the case of a mistake - if the snapshot cannot be deleted - it will grow until it is deleted manually.

  André

• Comparing the use of the data store for the use of the disk on the server virtual computer: Match is not

  I'm a bit confused and could use clarification of a person.

  I'm looking to a virtual machine through the vSphere Client and it has an alert telling me that my free space data store is low. 17.55 free GB of 134,75 GB total capacity. I'm running ESX 4.0 for the host and my VM running Server 2008.

  I'm confused because when I connect to the virtual computer and check the use of disk in my computer, it does not reflect what vSphere tells me. This particlular VM is little used and the use of the disk under windows is very very low. About 20 GB.

  Can someone tell me why these numbers are not matching? I have other virtual machines that are in the same situation.

  Thank you

  Blake

  I think that you may be mixing two things up, the vSphere client will only warn about the data store, the VMFS volume, you have created and presented to ESX. You then create a VMDK file for your Virtual Machine to use. If you assign more than 80% of your data store to a VMDK or several VMDK then the customer will report a warning on its use. WARNING 80% 90% critical even if inside each VMDK file you may be using only a couple of GB.

  If you give a little more detail on the virtual machine and the data store, we should be able to get out.

  Hope this helps,

  Dan

• Problems with the data store when installting ESXi USB

  I had problems getting free ESXi reliable running.  I am able to install a flash drive fine and initially everything works and I am able to create virtual machines.  Upon the first connection to vSphere, told me that there is no data store, so I create one on my controller LSI 400 GB RAID1 8308elp without problem.  However, once I reboot the server ESXi I lose the data store.  When I check my warehouses under Configuration it is listed.  At this point, if I try to create the data store, yet once I get "Error during the configuration of the host".  I read about using fdisk from the console when people have had this problem but there is no access console in the free version.  Is that what I can do to work around this problem?

  Right in the HCL... SAS/SATA-RAID of the lists for older versions, SCSI for the current version... Search within i/o devices for "LSI 8308elp '...

  VMware VCP4

  Review the allocation of points for "useful" or "right" answers.

• Remove-disk hard leaves file hard on the data store

  Hello world!

  I'm writing a powershell script to remove VHDs from a virtual machine.

  I can use Remove - hard drive to detach from the virtual machine, but it seems to leave the VMDK files on the data store.  Is there a way to physically remove the disks too?

  Thank you

  Greg

  Red blood cells removed from the virtual machine, you need to use the browser of data store and delete the file-

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• Find files on the data store that have been removed from inventory, but not deleted from the disk

  I have ESXi 4.1 and with vSphere Client to manage virtual machines.

  Some of my users continue to use the 'remove from inventory"rather than the option" remove disc "in vSphere when they want to delete the virtual machine.

  This leaves the computer virtual on the data store but not used. I have since removed this privilege among the offending users but I need to do a bit of cleaning.

  I have a lot of files on the data store where users have done this in recent years. Probably about 150 records but only 80 VM listed in the inventory.

  Is there a way I can output, a report showing the data of each machine store directory in inventory so that I can remove anything not on this list? ID rather not to manually check the parameters of all 80 VM in the inventory.

  Out ideal would be something like:

  MyVmNameHere 1, \MyVmDirectoryHere1\ [DataStore1]

  MyVmNameHere2, \MyVmDirectoryHere2\ [DataStore1]

  A great tool to discover all this and much more is RVTools

  André

• ESX host cannot see the data store

  Hello team, I have vcenter management 5 2 host esxi5. now added an esxi4 in the cluster and added iniitators for file systems. I can see the paths under this host of esx4 showing the LUN of the registrants. but I'm not able to see the data to store. When I tried to edit a newly created virtual machine to find the iso from the data store, it shows only the local hard disk of the host, which is a UCS blade. exsi5 hosts the two ok to see all data stores. can someone tell which part is wrong? Thank you!

  Looks like there is no problem with the presentation of the logic unit number since you can see the path to the LUN from the host.

  Is - these created data VMFS storages are 50 ESXi? If so, the VMFS version 5 (VMFS 5) which is not supported in ESXi 4.1.

  In this case, its expected that the host ESXi 4.1 will not show VMFS5 data warehouses.

• VMDK is not displayed when you add the drive but shows on browse the data store

  This may be a simple solution but my forehead hurts to hit my head against the wall and need your expert help.

  Environment: running ESX 4.0 with 4 nodes in the cluster.  Each node in the cluster has only one HBA card with double fiber connections that connect to both sides of FC SAN.  There is not a fiber between nodes and SAN switch, so direct connect.  Built two systems to support Exchange 2007 using the CCS.  Using a FC SAN to shared disk space and iSCSI for disk space not shared.

  Problem: have added 5 player glow spaces on System #1 using RDM and they appear.  Try to load the same readers in the System #2.  I am able to load 4 readers in the System #2 but the 5th disc (which is in fact the reader 3rd in the series) refuses to show when I added the player.  The change settings - & gt; Add Hard Drive - & gt; Use the existing - & gt; Open the data store and the folder where the virtual machine from the system files and the folder where the LUN mapping lie as they are stored with the system.  But at the opening of this file the LUN mapping in question is absent.  All others appear.  However when I right click to browse the data store outside of the settings and go to the folder where the LUN mapping for the virtual drive and it appears.

  Attempts to resolve:

  (1) have removed the drive and delete system #1 data store and we readded to the system = & gt; nothing.

  (2) removed the disk without delete system data store #1 and it added (thus creating two virtual disks in the file for the system to the same LUN... xxx_3.vmdk and xxx_7.vmdk) = & gt; without success.  (xxx_3.vmdk, nor xxx_7.vmdk appear when trying to add a player)

  (3) tried to use a system not intended within the CSC Exchange cluster, attemtped to add the xxx_3.vmdk or xxx_7.vmdk and both appear as an option.

  I am at a total loss.  Do I need to trash the system no. 2 and rebuild?  Is there a problem of possible system configuration #2 that does not allow him to see the two virtual drives?  The #2 system configuration is corrupt?  Do I have to power System #2 power on and off and then try to add readers?  I can the virtual cycle vCenter system?  Or I am much more of a noob that the answer is with myself and I can't see it?  Any help would be welcome.

  When you want to use RDM on hosts, please make sure lun the same number on hosts.

  for example you have assigned the lun 3 host A storage, make sure that it is also the lun 3 to host b.

  Let me know if it does not

  Binoche, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA