Storage vmotion RDM

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• Storage vMotion - WITH RDM? - Or will they ignored most of the time?

  Hi all - I have a storage vMotion, 5 hosts in the cluster - five or 6 virtual machines with RDM are pinned to specific hosts for the love of the DRS, but I want to go where the readers of the OS, then to VMDK is one San to another. If the virtual machine has a C:\ drive on the data store, all the other disks on the virtual computer is through physical RDM. ALL I need to move is the c:\(VMDK) in the process of storage vmotion.

  Time without are connected and work today to the ESX host in the cluster, all hosts are sized to see the RDM.

  My question is, when we go to perform the storage vMotion, how to avoid such failure? the RDM are my concern in the past, I think I remember a machine do not migrate when he had attached RDMs.

  any comments or thoughts would be really useful.

  Nick

  You can also move the ROW pointers with the data store 'change' - Assistant. Just be sure to select "same as source" for the format of the target disk. If you choose thick or thin, the RDM will be transformed into a VMDK, but with "same format" simply the ROW pointer is moved to the new data store.

  -Andreas

• Storage vMotion and RDM

  I have a question for you about storage vMotion. I have a virtual machine with a vmdk file and a RDM. I want to storage vmotion the vmdk file. There is also a file associated with the ROW pointer. How this pointer file is reassocie to the RDM? I'm evacuating small LUNS and move virtual machines to the largest lun.

  On page 199 and 201 of the basic ESX Administrator's Guide, it states that, if I select "same as Source for a RDM, only the mapping file will be migrated. Have you done this before? I just wanted to see if anyone in the field has had an experience with this process.

  7. If you chose to move the virtual machine configuration file and virtual disks, select a disc format, and then click

  Next.

  Description of the option

  Same as Source to use the format of the original virtual disk.

  If you select this option for a RDM in physical or virtual drive

  compatibility mode, only the mapping file is migrated.

  Thin provisioned using the format thin to save storage space. The thin virtual disk use as

  storage space because it needs for its initial implementation. When the virtual disk

  needs more space, it can grow in size up to its maximum allowed of capacity.

  This option is not available for RDM in physical compatibility mode. If you

  Select this option for a virtual RDM compatibility mode, the ROW is

  converted to a virtual disk. RDM converted virtual disks cannot be

  converted into RDM.

  Thick allocate an amount fixed disk space for the virtual disk. The virtual

  drive in thick format does not change its size and from the beginning

  occupies the entire data store space for her.

  This option is not available for RDM in physical compatibility mode. If you

  Select this option for a virtual RDM compatibility mode, the ROW is

  converted to a virtual disk. RDM converted virtual disks cannot be

  converted into RDM.

  Thank you

  Savoy6

  Hi Savoy6,

  When you sVmotion a virtual machine with a disc RDM, the pointer file is re-created on the new location and points to the raw LUN.

  Take a look at this kb for more information.

  It may be useful

  Concerning

  Franck

• Storage vmotion a VM with so many vmdk and RDM for NFS

  I try a virtual machine that has so much Storage VMotion vmdk and RDM disks to a NFS data store.

  I do NOT need convert the RDM disks just move the pointer with the VMDK file will be converted.

  Is this possible?

  Now if I try this hot svmotion, I get an error on the RDM which set out the following "virtual disk" drive hard 3' is a direct access mapped LUN that is not supported on the data store 'myEMCNFSds'.»»

  If I try this svmotion cold then I get no warning, but it seems that svmotion is trying to convert the RDM NFS drive.

  Is your RDM in physical compatibility mode?   Check out this article KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1001856

  If you have found this device or any other useful post please consider the use of buttons useful/correct to award points

• Spend RDM to VMFS using Storage vMotion

  I have a server that is running Windows server 2003 SP2 Enterprise edition.

  This server is using a SAN EVA8000 raw device mappings. We want to get rid of the device mappings gross and use instead a regular VMFS data store.

  I tried to use storage vmotion to migrate the storage of a new vmfs datastore, hoping it would pass all the data from the mapping of raw device to a new VMFS datastore.

  Completion of storage vmotion to the new data store, I still connected to the server raw device mappings.

  It is still possible to migrate data on a raw device mapping to the data without downtime and manual filecopy vmfs store?

  Is it possible to move from physical to virtual mode?

  You can turn off the virtual machine, remove the diskette RDM and readd in virtual mode.

  André

• Readers of Storage VMotion and RDM

  Running vSPhere 4.0 and ESX 3.5. I'm migrating to vSPhere. This question is about the servers Windows 2003 running on ESX 3.5 U4.

  I have a couple of file servers that have a basic virtual disk and also one or more readers added through RDM. I want to migrate the Basic virtual disk to a different LUN storage for cleaning. Are the questions with the help of the storage vmotion on the vSphere client to migrate to a different LUN storage? I'm not trying to move the RDM, just the virtual disk storage and the VM files?

  When SVmotion VMs select only basic disk to migrate then. Otherwise RDM will be migrated too and become VMDK.

  But you can also disconnect RDMs first and them just VMs SVMotion completely.

  ---

  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• Is it possible to use Storage Vmotion with VMFS and RDM virtual tool?

  Hello!

  You can use the tool Storage Vmotion to move a server that is running both VMFS disks and RDM virtual drives inside?

  Both SAN is EMC and Vmware ESX and Virtual Center can be reached.

  Thank you!

  For storage on the SAN again the two hosts will need access to the storage. You can then you copuld cold migrate the virtual computer. First, you will need to stop the virtual machine and delete the mapping of RDM. Once the virtual machine is the new data store re-create the mapping of RDM (Bothe hosts will need to access the LUN backend).

• Question of Storage vMotion

  Hi all

  Newbie VMware admin here, I hope it's an easy question. I have several boxes of Microsoft SQL I need to move the drive on which the operating system is installed on, they have all RDM attached when I try a storage vmotion, it looks like her wanting to move all the drives instead of one, i have never attempted to move a system with RDM attached to it, but I need to get away from this former storage we have urged. All tips are appreciated thank you!

  Thank you

  You can migrate both at the same time, even if you choose a different destination.

  You're welcome and don't forget brand useful and/or correct answers.

• Storage test 55 certification vmotion, storage vmotion fails with "Could not lock file" on the virtual machine during storage vmotion

  In my view, that it is a known problem in ESXi 5.5 Update 2 release notes, someone knows a solution yet? This is an excerpt from the release notes:

  • Attempts to perform live storage vMotion of virtual machines with RDM disks can fail
    Storage vMotion of virtual machines with RDM disks can fail and virtual machines can be considered in turned off of the State. Attempts to turn on the virtual machine fails with the following error:
    
    Cannot lock the file
    
    Workaround: No.

  VMware support for the record said that the patch will update 3, it is known as an intermittent problem. Finally, it happened to me on the 9th attempt.

• Storage Vmotion - 1 of 2 data warehouses

  Hello

  I have a server with its main disk to A data store and an additional drive for the data on the data store B.  I have created a new data store C and want to do an only the data disk B storage vMotion.  Is this possible? If so, how?

  Thank you
  REDA

  When you do the svmotion and move on to part 2 where you select storage,.

  Advanced call

  now, select only the 2nd data store.

  the default value for the diskA be will remain the same

  If you need a walkthrough visual is the same thing just that the row in the link is your diskB

  http://sparrowangelstechnology.blogspot.com/2012/09/SVMotion-RDM-to-VMDK-virtual-disk.html

• Storage VMotion for a virtual machine with SAN LUNS attached to it. They are all going to?

  Hello

  Don't know which section of this post, so sorry if its wrong.

  We are eager to Storage VMotion of our SQL VM. These are our SAN 3040 of NetApp. In the virtual machine (windows 2003), they have also connected to the network SAN NetApp 3040 LUN.

  What I need to know is, if we tried to do the other (NetApp 3170) SAN Storage VMotion problems due to the fact that its storage not only fast vMotioning of VMs its self, but also the LUN or LUNS will remain on 3040, and the virtual machines moved to the 3170?

  Who is?

  If more info should help just shout!

  Cheers in advance...

  Rik

  RDM's Raw card device.

  As I posted earlier, you need to move data to the Raw LUN for LUN Raw new either through data copy inside the VM if you map the new LUNS brutes who him or copy.

• Storage VMotion - a general error occurred: could not wait for the data.  Error bad0007.

  People,

  I searched through this forum and have not found an answer that works in many positions out there, I say to myself that I would ask him once again.

  Here's the context:

  We have 12 identical Dell M600 blades in 2 chassis with 16 GB of Ram, 2 x Xeon E5430, they are all connected to an Equallogic PS 5000XV iSCSI SAN on a separate iSCSI (vswitch1) with 2 cards network dedicated network and dedicated switch, console svc iscsi dedicated, dedicated VMkernel port for iscsi access. Net access (vswitch0) contains port groups VM for our various networks and a console port and vmkernel svc for VMotion with 2 separate NETWORK cards as well.

  We are running ESX 3.5 U3 and VCenter 2.5 U3 on Win2k3 R2

  VMotion works between all servers, Storage Vmotion works for most machines, HA works and the value 2 host failurs with no monitoring of vm, DRS is set to manual for now I have a few machines on the local stores that I complete my rebuilt LUN, there is no set of rules for DRS and VMware EVC is enabled for guests of the Intel. However, I'll just describe one machine to do svmotion below.

  Here's the problem:

  I'm trying to Svmotion via svmotion.pl - interactive, a Machine to Windows 2000 with a virtual disk and a virtual RDM. I am aware of the requirements for the RDM and required parameters for svmotion, independent is not selected for the RDM, and I also have svmotioned several machines linux and win2k3 with the same configuration without problem. In the interactive session, I choose to individually place the disks and I chose the virtual disk to only the virtual machine to be moved, essentially, as I saw it move vdisk virtual machine and then copy to the pointer of the RDM.

  The use of the processor in this machine is about 25% average. but I try to run migrations at the time the lowest. and The Host it itself shows only about 5.5 GB of the 16 GB of RAM used. so I think we're good on the RAM. the volume/datastore that I'm migrating from has 485 GB free and the volume/datastore I migration towards a 145 GB free. the VM virtual disk is only about 33 GB.

  I run the script the windows version of the RCLI svmotion. and when to begin the process, I get the following error at around 2 percent of the progress:

  "Since the server has encountered an error: a general error occurred: could not wait for the data."  Error bad0007. Invalid parameter. »

  After searching around, I found the following hotfixes to the U2 release notes

  • Migrate.PageInTimeoutResetOnProgress: Set the value to 1.

  • Migrate.PageInProgress: The value 30, if you get an error even after the setting of the Migrate.PageInTimeoutResetOnProgress variable.

  I've made these changes, and I still get the same error.

  When I dig in the newspaper, I see these entries in the journal of vmkwarning:

  (Feb 24 00:17:32 vmkernel iq-virt-c2-b6: 82:04:13:56.794 cpu4:1394) WARNING: bunch: 1397: migHeap0 already at its maximumSize bunch. Cannot extend.

  (Feb 24 00:17:32 vmkernel iq-virt-c2-b6: 82:04:13:56.794 cpu4:1394) WARNING: bunch: 1522: Heap_Align (migHeap0, 1030120338/1030120338 bytes, 4 align) failed.  calling: 0x988f61

  (Feb 24 00:17:32 vmkernel iq-virt-c2-b6: 82:04:13:56.794 cpu4:1394) WARNING: migrate: 1243: 1235452646235015: failure: out of memory (0xbad0014) @0x98da8b

  (Feb 24 00:17:32 vmkernel iq-virt-c2-b6: 82:04:13:56.794 cpu2:1395) WARNING: MigrateNet: 309: 1235452646235015: 5 - 0xa023818: sent only 4096 bytes of data in message 0: Broken pipe

  (Feb 24 00:17:32 vmkernel iq-virt-c2-b6: 82:04:13:56.794 cpu6:1396) WARNING: migrate: 1243: 1235452646235015: failed: Migration protocol error (0xbad003e) @0x98da8b

  (Feb 24 00:17:32 vmkernel iq-virt-c2-b6: 82:04:13:56.794 cpu2:1395) WARNING: migrate: 6776: 1235452646235015: could not send data for 56486: Broken pipe

  At this point, I'm stuck... What is Windows RCLI? the vcenter Server? or the service console with not enough of RAM? We have already increased all our consoles service 512 MB...

  Any help would be greatly appreciated...

  Thanks in advance.

  Alvin

  The vmkernel on out of memory error, I had that before. And vmware support recommends setting 800M Max service console memory. And I did it and have no problems after that.

  See if that helps the issue.

  Mike

• Storage vMotion with Syncrep on Equallogic San

  Hello

  We recently bought 2 San Equallogic (PS6510ES) and turned on synchronous replication between them.

  We use ESXi 5.5 and followed the best practices guide to disable TCP ack and 60 logintimeout value.

  Everything seems to work fine until we tried Storage vMotion/migration and cloning VMS on the San.

  When we did the migration of 2 volumes on the EQL SAN storage (the target volume has active syncrep), the target volume will be out-of-sync and then the storage vMotion will hang sometimes.

  The worst is when such a problem has occurred, all other volumes on the EQL constantly to respond also. All volumes will not respond until we rebooted the corresponding ESXi host (NOTE: simple shut down/power outside the host won't help.) The San EQL will only return to normal after a reboot of the ESXi host).

  If we pause / off the syncrep before Storage vMotion, the problem will not happen.

  Is this normal or not?

  In addition, whenever the problem occurred, the latency of writing the corresponding volume will be dry and we will receive alerts similar to the following:

  connection iSCSI target ' xx.xx.xx.xx:3260, iqn.2001 - 05.com.equallogic:xxxxx - test-volume ' initiator 'xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxxx, eqlinitiatorsyncrep' failed for the following reason:

  Initiator, disconnected from the target when connecting.

  Thanks in advance.

  Hi Joerg,

  What is a #SR? I opened a record of support to 24 June and still waiting for Dell to contact me.

  Ryan

• question of vMotion and storage vMotion

  I have everything set, UCS 5108, ESXi host, VMs, I don't have a SAN connection yet... My question is if I can enable vMotion? Let's say I have a cluster in vCenter, within this group, I have attached two ESXi host, win2008 VM in an ESXi and running, I can migrate (using vMotion) as win2008 VM to an another ESXi without connection SAN?

  How storage vMotion to an ESXi host hardrive to an another ESXi host hardrive? Is this possible?

  Note: I have not connection SAN in this configuration

  One of the requirements for vMotion is shared storage that would allow visibility between source and destination ESXi hosts. (SAN, iSCSI or NFS).

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/R41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.PDF

  pages 210 to 215

  You can use OpenFiler as an iSCSI for lab tests SAN

  http://www.Openfiler.com/community/download/

  Thank you

  Zouheir

• VM VCS-E drop off air after storage vMotion

  We had a VCS-E, which dealt with a few calls.  VMware has performed a task of vMotion of storage on the server and the VCS-E completely dropped out of the air.

  Cisco has said that vMotion is taken in charge even if you may lose packets (although he said nothing about storage vMotion).  However, this time fallen completely out of the air box until I restarted the VCS-E interface vSphere, after what he came back fine.

  Versions of the software:

  ESXi 6, VCS X8.6

  Any ideas?

  8.6 do not officially support deployed on ESXi 6.0.

  Official support is not added for ESXi 6.0 up to 8.7 - looks too that there is a known issue with ESXi 6.0 which is exceeded in the Notes on the network connectivity that can align with this situation.

  8.7 release notes for Page 4-

  http://www.Cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/TD/docs/Telepresence/infrastructure/VCs...

  VM KB-

  https://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cm...

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