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Revisions
Date
Description
July 2016
Initial release: Combined vSphere 5.x and 6.x best practice documents, added SCOS 7.1 updates
September 2016
Minor revisions and corrections
October 2016
Changed Disk.AutoremoveOnPDL to reflect current VMware guidance
January 2017
Updated for vSphere 6.5 changes; added appendix D summarizing all host settings
February 2017
Updated Linux guest disk timeout recommendations in section 4.7.2
April 2017
Updated iSCSI login timeout recommendation
July 2017
Updated SAS driver info in 4.2.3, Added auto UNMAP requirements in 16.3.5
April 2018
Updated to provide vSphere 6.7 guidance
October 2018
Minor revisions and corrections
December 2018
Added SAS front-end lsi_msgpt3 module parameter recommendation in 4.2.3
March 2019
Modified SATP claim rules in section 6.9.1 and appendix D
July 2019
Minor revisions and corrections (VMFS3.EnableBlockDelete=1)
September 2019
Claim rule syntax corrections
April 2020
vSphere 7.0 additions
December 2020
Minor clarifications
January 2021
Esxcli command syntax change for DelayedAck in appendix D.1
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Author: Darin Schmitz
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