vMotion and Shared vs Local storage

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• How to configure and use the local storage dirve and usb

  My company bought a server DMM cisco as well as 10 players of 4310 g dmp.  I tried to work on mine here to get it all working.  Let me expose what we would do first before to get into the details.

  The cental DMM will it play any content and be used to create and manage the content here at company wehre I am.  However my boss wants to send dmp individual players (4310 g) out to our factories across the country.  He wants me to be able to creat content or allow a person managing the exact address to edit the content and then push the content from the server DMM to corporate local DPM record either on local storage or attached thumb order.  I guess my questions on what are the following.

  (1) is it necessary to push the content locally for playback?  Willingness to play the content of our dmm on the wan to do lots of traffic?  Presentations could be as simple as a welcome page based presentation playing images video and flash.

  (2) based on local content would be a wise decision I'll have to see exactly how this is done poorly.  In the settings of the dmp, I see the setting of local storage and turned it on and set to read/write.  In regard to the command of thumb gose exactly how I implement that so that DPM can see?  I plug to the back of the drive, and it seems that it is active but the management console of the player I don't see anyway to actaully see if she knows the USB.

  (3) how will push the content for local storage and control of the DMM thumb?  It looks like I can send things to the storage internal if package transfer and or advanced/DPM deployment tasks or server file.  What exactly is the difference between these two?

  (4) Lastly how I actually play the local content of the dmp?  Can I set this up on a schedule of the dmm just like I would if he played the local dmm?

  I searched through the documentation, but I have not found any good docs who are clear to actually how to do these things.  So, any help would be appreciated.

  Thanks in advance.

  gec5741

  Hi Glen,

  Here are the answers to your questions

  1) is it nessesary to push the content locally for playback?  Will  playing content from our dmm over the wan be to much traffic?   Presentations could be as simple as a basic welcome page to a  presentation playing video and flash images.

  It is not required to push the content locally, you can also play the DMM directly. The main advantage of playing on the spot, is that you can transfer the videos several hours or days before the presentation begins to be played if you deploy content off hours and then, when he's ready to start playing the new presentation.

  If you play directly the content of the DMM, the content will be transferred at the time of the DMP starts playback. This may fail if the WAN link is saturated at that time here.

  2) If pushing the content local would be a wise decision I am having  difficulty seeing exactly how this is done.  In the dmp settings I see  the local storage setting and have it turned on and set to read/write.   As far as the thumb drive gose how exactly to I set that up so the dmp  can see it?  I plug it in the back of the player and it looks like it's  active but from the management console of the player I do not see any  way to actaully see if it knows about the usb thumb drive.

  You don't need to do anything to enable USB storage, simply plug it in. To confirm that the DMP is able to see it properly, the simplest way is to connect to the DPM via FTP and confirm that he has a «usb_2» directory This "usb_2" directory, where is the USB drive is mapped.

  3) how will I push the content to the local storage and the thumb drive  from the DMM?  It looks like I can send things to the internal storage  though the advanced tasks/deployment package and or file transfer to DMP  or server.  What exactly is the differnce between these two?

  The task of "File transfer" will just do this, transfer a file to the DMP. The deployment package is smarter and will transfer all the contents of a presentation and organize them in a structure that can be used to read the content locally. You should always use the deployment package.

  4) finally how will I actually play the content from the local dmp?  Can  I set this up on a schedual from the dmm just like I would if it was  playing from the local dmm?

  Yes, she may be scheduled as any other presentation.

  I suggest you have a look at the link below. He explains the steps required to configure the deployment package and read the content deployed with it.

  http://www.Cisco.com/en/us/docs/video/digital_media_systems/5_x/5_2/DMM/user/guide/DMP/CDs.html#wp2188026

  I hope everything is clear now, but if you have any questions, let me know. I'll try to answer.

  Daniel

• iCloud Drive and confusion of local storage

  I'm quite confused on iCloud drive works. I had assumed that it could be used like any other option storage file, for example a connected locally external hard drive. But apparently not exactly. Here is my request:

  I have a huge (hundreds of gigabytes) Aperture library. Since it is much larger than the storage available on the SSD in my Macbook Pro, I have it on a classic 1.5 TB external harddrive. But I want to save the library to a cloud off-site storage site so that if my house burns down, accidents of HD or someone steals, I have not lost anything. But as I copy files from my drive hard external to iCloud my internal SSD drive fills up completely and the backup finishes. It's a mystery to my as to why iCloud drive isn't teated by OS X like any other volume "attached" to which I can copy or download local files.

  My first question, then, is it really how it is supposed to work? If so, my second question is: can someone explain the logic behind this behavior? My last question is: is there some way that I can install iCloud drive on both , my external hard drive and my drive internal, but both have the same account iCloud?

  Thanks in advance for all advice and counsel.

  iCloud is a synchronization system, not an external storage system. If you delete them from the computer/device they will be deleted to iCloud. The files are stored locally on your hard drive that you have discovered.

  I can't explain the logic, but this is how it works.

  Send feedback to Apple. They will not respond, but at least know that there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it can become the problem solved as soon as possible.

  Your comments

• Hypervisor ESXi6 and sharing of NAS storage

  Is it possible to connect a NAS storage server hypervisor host ESXi6 as a data center?  Or is it a feature reserved for vCenter.

  You need not vcenter to connect your ESXi on an NFS share.

• vSphere 6, impossible to use FT with local storage

  Hi guys,.

  Now that I understand that when you turn on FT without storage shared in any data warehouse results are displayed in dialog FT in the web client, I met a different problem (so the discussion topic).

  When I turn on FT for a virtual machine that is on the local storage, I'm now able to select data warehouses, but when I select the local storage for the secondary virtual machine, I get a lot of mistakes which tell me the secondary host cannot reach the .vmx file (of course - this is why I need shared storage - for these small files). Shouldn t FT copy the .vmx and all that has to be shared in the right place, because I said where it is? I need to move my VM to a shared storage, then move my VMDK and stuff for local storage manually?

  Here is a screenshot of the dialog box:

  

  Here are the current hardware configuration:

  ESX1:

  -IP: 192.168.220.51

  -Data warehouses: ESX1-LocalStorage and NFS

  ESX2:

  -IP: 192.168.220.52

  -Data warehouses: ESX2-LocalStorage and NFS

  My primary VM for FT is on ESX2 and try to get my high school on ESX1.

  Thank you!

  When I read about the new features of FT and it also replicates the storage, I also expect the ability to place FT VMs on non-shared storage. However, it seems that this is not an option (maybe in a later version, who knows).

  The vsphere availability Guide:

  Virtual Machine for the fault tolerance requirements

  ...

  • Virtual machines files should be stored on shared storage. Shared storage solutions include Fibre Channel, iSCSI (hardware and software), NFS and NAS.

  André

• Local storage swap will be I could perform a vMotion

  Dear team,

  I want to migrate esxi1 to esxi2 vm1, VM files are stored on the shared storage except swap file stored on local storage. I just want to confirm I'm able to migrate this VM sucessfully if VM is receiving.

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Yes.

  Let me explain how it works. When you vmotion, the files of machines are on the shared storage and only the bitmap from the memory is moved from one host to another host of law?

  Now, in your case, all other files are available on the shared storage to both hosts involved in the migration but the swap is present on a local storage of one of the hosts now have the virtual machine. Once this VM migrates it must have access to Exchange or it won't work.

  So what will be the new host, it will create a swap file for the virtual machine on the data store shared so that nothing is touched.

• Please explain SVmotion (Storage Vmotion) and DRS for storage in simple words

  Friends,

  I little confusing... could you please contact Storage vmotion and DRS for storage in simple words and the important points to remember in this regard...

  Kind regards

  Sirot

  9884106697

  Storage DRS is a feature that you allow warehouses of data aggregated on a single object (cluster) and recommend the implementation of disks in virtual machine based on the performance of the store of data and the available space on the data store.

  The DRS storage uses Storage vMotion to migrate virtual (online) computers from a data store to another to balance data store performance and space.

  You can use Storage vMotion without storage DRS too, moving virtual machine between clusters of DRS storage and warehouses of data even from the local level to the data store shared.

• Upgrade and migration of 3.5.0upd0 to 4.0upd1 and shared storage iSCSI

  Hi people,

  I've got 2 ESX host: Alpha and beta. Two of them are connected to a cabin of iSCSI with some created shared storage drive (all VMFS3 v3.31). And both had ESX 3.5.0 update0

  I migrated all the VMS running in the Alpha host for shared storage and made host Beta to run (clones cold or simply reassign files). Then I bâtait Alpha from scratch and I installed vSphere 4.0 in it. I also created in its local storage space bit a new virtual machine with vCenter4 inside. It has worked well.

  Then I had to migrate Beta and its virtual machines, too. I first tried to manage the host with vCenter4, but it is not backward compatible.

  So I'll use the host update utility to upgrade beta I saw in a video tutorial, but my doubts are...

  • Option 1:

  Disable all virtual machines managed in host Beta.

  Configure the iSCSI client in Alpha, add storage shared cabin and try to manage the virtual machines already extinct. This reduces the time to downgrade.

  Upgrade Vmware Tools in the virtual machines (v4 to v7 type VM). Required reboots.

  Upgrade host Beta (with no SMV in there and unplug the cable of iSCSI) vSphere4.

  Connect and configure the iSCSI version beta customer.

  Manage the host with the new vCenter4 Beta.

  Configure the vMotion, DRS etc. in both hosts.

  • Option 2:

  Disable all virtual machines managed in host Beta.

  Upgrade host Beta (with no SMV in there and unplug the cable of iSCSI) vSphere4. Downgrade time increases.

  Connect and configure the iSCSI version beta customer.

  Upgrade Vmware Tools in the virtual machines (v4 to v7 type VM). Required reboots.

  Manage the host with the new vCenter4 Beta.

  Configure the vMotion, DRS etc. in both hosts.

  Which option is the best? Maybe is it possible to apply a third? What do you think?

  Thanks in advance.

  without loss of performance?

  Yes. VM with v4 works very well.

  The only problem is that you lose some new features, like the new drivers and FT.

  Note also that Standalone VMware Converter 4.x can also convert between v4 and v7 and vice versa.

  André

• How to configure vMotion and storage?

  I'm trying to set up with vMotion HA. I can see how the virtual appliance can be moved to another physical server. How to configure storage, so that data are available on the new server?

  Thank you.

  You cannot share your local storage space. That is unless you use a third-party application that turns your local storage space in your storage SAN Lefthands VSA. Think of it like this, you have two servers ESX (ESX1 and ESX2) you have a virtual machine with the disk it's on ESX2. If ESX2 fails, off, etc. it is impossible for the drive be accessible. HA is still based on a shared storage access to the virtual computer files.

• Local storage and multiple ESXi hosts

  Hi, I was wondering how vWorkspace manages local storage in an environment with a single server Vcenter and two ESXi, with a local data store each.

  If I store a 'master' (I mean the gold statue) vm on the local storage of an ESXi, can replicate vWorkspace this virtual machine to the local storage of the other ESXi as Citrix VIAB?

  If not, how can I use both my ESXi servers with local storage and maybe provide some sort of HA?

  Am I forced to use a storage shared, if I want to be able to deploy clones related both to my ESXI?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  Use vSAN, or no matter what virtual SAN Appliance as an iSCSI SAN storage to prosecute two storage facilities... You can replicate between the two servers and same LUNS are used by vWorkspace.

  • StarWind free iSCSI Solution A
  • OpenFiler
  • vSAN
  • Open-e iSCS SAN

  Quick search... www.unixarena.com/.../Top-10-Storage-appliance.html

• 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/

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  Zouheir

• with local storage vMotion

  What are my options to enable vMotion with local storage with vSphere 6.0? I have only 2 servers, so virtual SAN is not an option.

  Hello

  Unfortunately, Fault Tolerance requires shared storage. At this point, it is not possible to perform ft on local storage.

  Here is a practical guide.

  VSphere Documentation Centre

  See you soon,.

  Adil Arif

• vMotion (without shared storage) between two hosts with different vSwitches standard s VM

  I can VM vMotion (without shared storage) between two hosts with different vSwitches standard? The vSwitches on these two hosts have different names and number of NIC, but have the same name of portgroup.

  
  Thank you.

  Yes, you can in a Storage VMotion to one Esxi to another with no shared storage...

  It is important the portgroup bears the same name... This is the reference for the VM...

• ESXi5.1 and large amount of Local storage

  Hello

  I have an ESXi host 5.1 with a virtual machine, acting as a file server. The host has more than 4 TB of local storage that is not in use. Is it possible to introduce this 4TB as a single volume to the VM file server? I would just like to
  be made available as a drive in Windows.

  I read some solutions autour using RDM or by creating 2 TB VMDK and configuring as interval in Windows training. Are there other options?

  Thank you

  SoC

  If you want to run a configuration support, virtual disks of ~ 2 TB are currently the only way to go, because RDM are supported only with LUNS on the shared storage. Personally, I would not combine the two virtual disks in the guest OS somehow (dynamic disks, RAID0) but consider split user data and is present through different actions or DFS.

  André

• Cannot use local shared with replica storage of SSD

  So I had my environment from view for a while and everything works fine, but I have a question on how discovers works with the local replica SSD disks.  I read in the forums and in the document architecture and design if you use a local SSD to store your replicas (that will give you a performance gain), you cannot have your host in a cluster, thus renouncing HA and all the features that come with in a cluster of ESXi.

  However, I meet me a further restriction that I couldn't find any mention of in the forums or documentation, namely that you cannot store the clones in a shared storage if you have a replica on the local disk.  Whenever I got to the stage of commissioning and selected a FC LUN shared as the storage for the linked clones container, the pool would tell me that there not available and there no validation.  However, if I create a LUN that ONLY the host which I use to store the replica on the SSD has access to, then the commissioning is fine.  So my question is this: Why can't place clones related on the shared with a local replica disk storage?  I understand that I will not be able to use the features of the HA, but I would rather just a LUN shared for all clones related to the ease of administration (instead of having to create one for each host).  If someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong or explain to me why this is the case, it would be great.

  OK, I found the documentation indicating that "If clone related data warehouses are shared, the replica data store must be shared. Replicas can reside on a store of local data only if you configure clones all connected on warehouses of local data on the same ESX host. "Who is on page 14 of the document storage considerations see here: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view_storage_considerations.pdf. However, it does not explain why this is, he said only that it is so.

  So as a result of this requirement, it is logical that linked clones on a present at a single ESXi host LUN would support, but without link clones on a LUN present at multiple ESXi hosts.

  Dave