vSphere Eval question on storage

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• Hi there, I have a question about storage, even if I have 2, 53GB, storage watch 21, 99GB usage, why this difference? I use an iMac 2009, thank you!

  Hi there, I have a question about storage, even if I have 2, 53GB, storage watch 21, 99GB usage, why this difference? I use an iMac 2009, thank you!

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• VMware Vsphere HA (problem of storage in common) and problem of band network bandwidth

  Hi all

  I am setting up VMware VSphere HA on ESXI 6.0

  I have 5 hosts running, each host has 2 management networks main network 1 vMotion and 1 network card for balancing with the management network. (each NIC 1Gbit uplink)

  I also attached to each card a FC (Fiber Channel) connected to HP 3PAR storage.

  each host have 1 TB or 2 TB Fiber Channel-attached storage.

  When I was setting up the AP he stated that he did not have any shared how storage can I allow other hosts to see each store data as a shared storage. NB: when I go vsphere client to web I see all the storage of each host.

  I also want to allow FT on a virtual machine, I have also a problem of bandwidth insuffisent or something. .

  also, I enabled fault tolerance on each NIC attached to the host.

  also another question: should I export volumes (LUNS) to all hosts in the AP? (in fact I exported each volume to each host separately) for example:

  Volume 1: HP3PAR_ESX1 exported to HOST ESX1

  Volume 2: HP3PAR_ESX2 exported to the ESX2 HOST

  Volume 3: HP3PAR_ESX3 exported to ESX3 HOST

  .. .etc

  can you me clear on this issue or guide me to where I can solve these problems please.

  When I try to activate the FT on the VM I the following warning attached

  This message was edited by: coolirc attached image FT problem

  There are memory FT requirements compatible VM is through two virtual, primary and secondary computers. so it will consume the same amount of resources of both ESXi hosts.

  VM with 10 GB of RAM allocation, turn on FT booking VM is now 10 GB RAM, so 10 GB + VMkernel consumption General host running primary VM and same amount of the host that is running with secondary VM. on top of this admission control in support of the failures of host we are going to tolerate so say primary VM host fails, then secondary VM becomes the new primary and triggers a new high school to be created and powered in one of the other host survivor in your HA cluster but which will be successful only when you have sufficient resources available to satisfy a reservation.

  your source host has 16 GB of RAM and one of the destination host also got 16 GB of RAM, so if you try to activate pi after disabling admission control on your cluster policy, I think that it should allow you to activate FT without errors. [if it still does not work so if possible, turn off all other virtual machines for free resources or to try to reduce their reservation manually if they are running with a reservation and try again.]

  with admission control, the necessary resources would be even higher.

  screenshot of Cluster summary reports that you have 4 guests in it and the memory resources available about 30 GB to 60 GB total memory. But isn't always the right figure, if you go to the monitor-> book resources, is where you will find actual "ready reserve", it's the right amount of reserve memory that you will be able to use across several virtual machines, you run in your cluster.

  I tried 2 vCPU vm FT in vSphere 6, works very well, but never tried with Hardware version 8, in your case, your virtual machine is hardware version 8, although I'm not sure if it is mandatory to have the hardware version 11 VM for FT so ideally it should work, but virtual hardware version if possible vm upgraded to 11.

• Quick question on storage (HDS VSP)

  Hi people,

  I have a small question about the storage and ESXi / 5U1 Vsphere. We have a deployed HDS FibreChannel as our storage platform main VSP.

  Is it safe to use RR as the path selection strategy? Unfortunately, the Documentation is not quiete clear here.

  Ideas to share?

  THX... Andy

  Hi Andy

  As Robin is recommended by HDS, I also recommend you to use only the RR.

  Maybe this will help you:

  http://www.HDS.com/assets/PDF/optimizing-the-Hitachi-virtual-storage-platform-best-practices-guide.PDF

  Best regards '

  Marc

• vCenter/vSphere installation Questions

  I apologize if this is the wrong community asking these questions in. I thought that the community of vSphere to be the most appropriate, but there is no category generic vSphere. The General category of vCenter Server was appropriate.

  Our company is buying some matΘriel for vSphere 4. The cost to buy the Essentials most of vSphere bundle 4 we have budgeted (_{$5000) but I'm sure I can convince our Exec team to approve the purchase of vSphere 4 Advanced Acceleration Kit (}$17000) once I showed them vMotion Live Migration and fault tolerance. That being said, I'm still new to vmWare and need a little advice products. Here are some questions I have.

  (1) my plan is to have the three physical hosts start their ESX/ESXi installation off our iSCSI SAN to avoid having to have local storage on each server. It presents an acceptable practice or if this is not preferred? Is there any loss of performance when the servers are running? Your advice here would be greatly appreciated.

  (2) I understand that I can choose between ESX and ESXi in my installation. I was under the assumption that ESXi is more than a low-end product (so the free version) however I read on VMware.com ESXi is the product preferred for new installations and ESX is available for legacy add-on products. Is this correct? Should I go with ESXi for three servers?

  (3) where vCenter Server move? It works on one of my three physical servers or need an additional server. I have no experience with vCenter Server, so I have no idea on this one.

  (4) would it be appropriate to install local disks on each server for the paging or swap file?

  (5) I'll buy Veeam Backup & Replication for backup. Does make a difference on the weather, I chose ESX or ESXi?

  Thank you for all your advice.

  You're right - if vcenter is down FT stops - but isn't that a problem is the first defective virtual machine at the same time.

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

• vSphere eval - no vMotion?

  I'm running two ESXi 4 hosts using Openfiler as a target of iSCSI SAN and I'm running a vSphere 60-day eval version. The eval page says the included eval "vSphere Enterprise Plus" and 'vCenter Server Standard'.

  On my guests when I try to activate the VMotion on the iSCSI storage ports group, I get a message that says, "license not available to perform the operation. ESXi 4 server for host x.x.x.x license does not VMotion. Update the license.

  In the activation e-mail I received, there is a link "Activate your VMware ESXi license and access your download" link took me to a web page of VMware with a license key. I have used this license key and if the eval includes "vSphere Enterprise Plus" I wouldn't access VMotion?

  Thank you

  I don't know about ESXi, but expected the same procedure like ESX version:

  ESXi login-> Configuration-> license features-> change. Then choose 'Assign an existing license key to this host' and select 'assessment '.

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• Another question of storage costs

  How to downgrade the 5 GB of free storage and you want to say that if it is short of funds, it will be cancelled. I think it's an annual fee

  If you pay for additional storage to iCloud and you do not want to renew it, then go to settings > iCloud > storage > change storage Plan, then select the "Downgrade" option to come back the next time it happens for the renewal.

  Don't know what means your question about funds available, but I'm guessing you are asking about what happens if you can't pay for extra storage during the processing of the charge. In this case, the extra storage will be lost.

  See you soon,.

  GB

• 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.

• vSphere 5.5: "the storage service is not initialized.

  Hello

  When I go to the views of storage for any object (vm or cluster or host...), I have this popup "the storage service is not initialized. And windows is empty...

  I am 5.5 (1891313). When I go to the State of the Service, the VMware vCenter vCenter, monitoring of Storage Service is on alert warning and show 'Service initializing... '. »

  I try a lot of KB VMware, but nothing works to solve my problem. I can't find any KB explaining MY problem. The sms.log is not updated since the beginning of the problem and the sps.log show an error to the VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service service starts:

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 281 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO opId = com.vmware.sps.util.impl.SpsQsConnectorImpl - connected to the query Service

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 281 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO = com.vmware.sps.SpsLocalService - SPS opId subscribing to the query Service

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 281 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] DEBUG opId = com.vmware.sps.qs.SpsQsProvider - registerSpsProvider

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 284 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] WARN opId = com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.http.impl.HttpProtocolBindingImpl - run asynchronously requested but no executor configured. The request will be executed as a synchronous.

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 293 opId [WrapperSimpleAppMain] DEBUG = com.vmware.vim.storage.common.util.UUIDFactory - server GUID in the config file - a056401d-1138-4509-931d-5d81fdaeda36

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 293 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] opId = com.vmware.sps.qs.SpsQsProvider - SPS INFO has already been registered in QS by uuid: a056401d-1138-4509-931 d-5d81fdaeda36

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 293 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] opId = com.vmware.sps.qs.SpsQsProvider ERROR - cannot save the SPS in QS:com.vmware.vim.binding.dataservice.fault.AlreadyExistsFault:

  inherited from com.vmware.vim.binding.dataservice.fault.AlreadyExistsFault

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 293 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO = com.vmware.sps.qs.SpsQsProvider - SPS opId was saved in the query with the GUID of the provider service: a056401d-1138-4509-931d-5d81fdaeda36

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 314 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO opId = org.dozer.config.GlobalSettings - trying to find the bulldozer configuration file: dozer.properties

  2014-07-29 13:15:39, 315 [WrapperSimpleAppMain] INFO opId = org.dozer.config.GlobalSettings - bulldozer configuration file not found: dozer.properties.  Using default values for all of the global properties of bulldozer.

  I solved the problem with VMware technical service.

  I have 2 Wrapper files in "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Profile-Driven" of storage. Wrapper and Wrapper1.

  There is a problem because some files must be in both folders. To solve the problem and use a single Wrapper file as a clean install, just uninstall VMware Vcenter Server, delete the folder "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Profile - Driven Storage" and reinstall. Change the connection of service "VMware vSphere based storage Service profile" to set the same service "VMware VirtualCenter Server. You must have initialized service and directory of a wrapper.

• Calculate the resources-vCAC 6.0 vSphere Agent question

  Hello

  I have a related question Agent vSphere, vsphere Agent connects only shows the error in the picture, because I'm trying to set up a group of Fabrioc no calculation resources whas shown for the account that I use.

  Thank you!

  -vRay

  After reinstall Agent for the 15 th time and wait for about 10 minutes of frustration, it works, I n believe in miracles, but here's the evidence, what I've done:

  Reinstall the name of different Agent than on complete installation

  Recreate the different name endpoint of that on complete installation

  Check all the newspapers of the time

  Place the account that I use for vCAC as the local administrator in vCenter Server

  Reboot identity SSO the vCAC App

  reload the credentials and to recreate endpoint config I mena on vCAC as infrastructure admin.

  any mode of paranoid way.

• vSphere 5.0 - Cluster Storage Chassis mounted - HA behavior?

  Hello together

  Edit: I cut a few lines to make the issue a bit more general.

  In this case, I focus on the scenario where two data centers get partitioned.

  In the case of the link LAN & CF will fail at the same time (DataCore) will not be able to deny access to any of the sites, both sites will have a functional storage.

  How will be vSphere HA respond?

  For now I guess:

  -vSphere 5.0

  -Datacenter A master HA

  -Only A datacenter has an active gateway

  -vCenter server resides in the data center B

  -Yes, this isn't a vMSC support solution

  Data Center has

  Data Center B

  The master in A datacenter will recognize that slaves hosts of datacenter B stopped sending heartbeats. Will expire the data store heart rate data center B guests Captain HA still receives heartbeats of his servants in A data center network The master in A datacenter will declare all datacenter B as dead hosts The master will restart VMS protected data center B

  In datacenter B hosts will recognize that the master data center has stopped sending heartbeats. Slaves will elect a new master Because all data center B hosts receive traffic election they trigger a reaction of isolation The new master will verify the poweron file and the protectedlist (or it will be contacted the vCenter server) to obtain the necessary information on virtual machines The master will restart VMS protected data center A

  Is this even possible or I missed something, and I am completely wrong?

  In the case where the vCenter server is running in A data center, the new master elected at least could use the protectedlist and the file poweron, could it not?

  With vSphere 4.1 it should also be possible in case there is at least a main node in each data center?

  For the moment, I see no solution to stop that from happening (without losing the flexibility of a vSphere cluster) but not using a remote storage not supported "cluster"?

  Concerning

  Patrick

  I don't know DataCore well enough to say anything on this subject from a storage perspective, but it seems that what you're saying is that in the case of a partition of site / half brain data warehouses will be 'active' on both sides?

  If this is the case then your assumptions are true and the results could be disastrous.

  Not sure why you would use a solution like that to be honest. I sure hope they have the notion of "bias of the site" / "site preferences".

• ESXi 4.0 vSphere database questions

  Hello all-

  You have a few questions ago hit upward with the SQL 2005 database.

  History:

  The vmware database has been improved from 3.5 to 4.0 and now I am planning to upgrade to 4.1.  By checking everything out, it was discovered that vmrollup jobs had stopped months ago.

  Current issue:

  We began the work of vmrollup to the top and now fill our database retains transaction log.

  I recently became the administrator of the virtual machine, so I think that rollups have been a matter of right when the vSphere environment has been upgraded to 4.0 but it was without doubt the previous vm admin way to deal with it (turn them off).  I want these back on however whenever the daily work starts up, it fills the transaction log in an hour.  I disabled the intervals of 2 hours and 1 day in stats, hoping that would help some, but no, probably because he always tries to rollup in the past months that the work was not working.  I made recommendations on the following kb 1017266, still no luck.  Anyone else have any ideas?

  Also thought the migration of the BDD SQL2005 to SQL2008.  The db SQL2008 has much more space that I could probably allow the newspaper to grow until the work has been done, but who knows how big the 'thing' happen to.  Is there a method of choice on the migration of the database from 2005 to 2008?  Currently, our database is 12G and records 10G.  When I start vmrollup jobs newspapers reach 20 + G less than an hour and then of course miss out us of place on the active area.  Our environment is made up of 20 hosts with 95 guests.

  Once I get this problem taken care of, is there a vmware database maintenance plan recommended that we should follow?  I see the 2.5, but nothing recent or maybe I have not dug deep enough.

  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

  If there is a way to remove these old statistics and start from scratch, that would be great

  See below

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1004382

• LUN ID Question - Adding storage

  Hello

  I have a question for the LUN ID that appears in Virtual Center 2.5 when you add storage to an ESX host.  When I go in stock add and select my LUN newly created in the list, it continues to display LUN ID 0.  This isn't the logical unit number ID that matches the LUN ID in the Dell SAN.  The other LUN, first one that has been created in my storage ESX group is set to LUN ID 11, also, it does not match the LUN ID in the Dell SAN.

  The LUN ID is important at all?  Why the first created LUN LUN ID 11?  This leads me to think that maybe I should not attempts to use LUN ID 0 for anything.

  This is probably a stupid question, but I want to just make sure that there is nothing wrong with the help of LUN ID 0 for this new storage.  If I shouldn't use LUN ID 0, how VirtualCenter to allow me to change the identification number of the logic unit number?

  Thank you!

  The ID of LUNS ESX gives your storage space and the Lun ID that gives dell storage are two separate things that are inconsistent with each other.  ESX sets its own LUN ID which are very good, we have LUN ID 0 and 1 no problem here

  • Kyle

• Question about storage

  Hello

  I had my first MacBook Pro yesterday and everything set up and charges. When I went to 'about this Mac' and deposit, he said I have 1.67 GB of Audio, almost 1 GB of Photos and a few MB of movies. I do not have any content on my new Pro. Is it possible because I signed with my Apple I had on my old PC I got music, etc. ID. ?

  Kasia

  Hello

  This is normal and happens to me in so I would say don't not to stress because 1 GB is not much storage for a Mac.

• Re: Question Mass Storage Controller

  Hi dear smart heads of the Toshiba forum.

  I need assistance with drivers for the mass storage controller.
  I have expenses system connected on my PSAA9E, SP2 of XP with SP3 update on the windows update page.

  I instaled all the drivers, as the content of the file and indicates the order of Installation, but there as always Mass Storage Controller under yellow flags in Device Manager.
  What can I do to fix this?

  Hey thanks for the comments. As you can see it is important to install all the stuff from the support page of Toshiba and also in the order of good facilities.