6.0.1
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Storage
- Contents
- About vSphere Storage
- Updated Information
- Introduction to Storage
- Overview of Using ESXi with a SAN
- Using ESXi with Fibre Channel SAN
- Configuring Fibre Channel Storage
- Configuring Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- Booting ESXi from Fibre Channel SAN
- Booting ESXi with Software FCoE
- Best Practices for Fibre Channel Storage
- Using ESXi with iSCSI SAN
- Configuring iSCSI Adapters and Storage
- ESXi iSCSI SAN Requirements
- ESXi iSCSI SAN Restrictions
- Setting LUN Allocations for iSCSI
- Network Configuration and Authentication
- Set Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters
- About Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters
- Dependent Hardware iSCSI Considerations
- Configure Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters
- About the Software iSCSI Adapter
- Modify General Properties for iSCSI Adapters
- Setting Up iSCSI Network
- Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI
- Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters
- Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters
- Configuring Advanced Parameters for iSCSI
- iSCSI Session Management
- Booting from iSCSI SAN
- Best Practices for iSCSI Storage
- Managing Storage Devices
- Storage Device Characteristics
- Understanding Storage Device Naming
- Storage Refresh and Rescan Operations
- Identifying Device Connectivity Problems
- Edit Configuration File Parameters
- Enable or Disable the Locator LED on Storage Devices
- Working with Flash Devices
- About VMware vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Working with Datastores
- Understanding VMFS Datastores
- Understanding Network File System Datastores
- Creating Datastores
- Managing Duplicate VMFS Datastores
- Upgrading VMFS Datastores
- Increasing VMFS Datastore Capacity
- Administrative Operations for Datastores
- Set Up Dynamic Disk Mirroring
- Collecting Diagnostic Information for ESXi Hosts on a Storage Device
- Checking Metadata Consistency with VOMA
- Configuring VMFS Pointer Block Cache
- Understanding Multipathing and Failover
- Raw Device Mapping
- Working with Virtual Volumes
- Virtual Machine Storage Policies
- Upgrading Legacy Storage Profiles
- Understanding Virtual Machine Storage Policies
- Working with Virtual Machine Storage Policies
- Creating and Managing VM Storage Policies
- Storage Policies and Virtual Machines
- Default Storage Policies
- Assign Storage Policies to Virtual Machines
- Change Storage Policy Assignment for Virtual Machine Files and Disks
- Monitor Storage Compliance for Virtual Machines
- Check Compliance for a VM Storage Policy
- Find Compatible Storage Resource for Noncompliant Virtual Machine
- Reapply Virtual Machine Storage Policy
- Filtering Virtual Machine I/O
- VMkernel and Storage
- Storage Hardware Acceleration
- Hardware Acceleration Benefits
- Hardware Acceleration Requirements
- Hardware Acceleration Support Status
- Hardware Acceleration for Block Storage Devices
- Hardware Acceleration on NAS Devices
- Hardware Acceleration Considerations
- Storage Thick and Thin Provisioning
- Using Storage Providers
- Using vmkfstools
- vmkfstools Command Syntax
- vmkfstools Options
- -v Suboption
- File System Options
- Virtual Disk Options
- Supported Disk Formats
- Creating a Virtual Disk
- Example for Creating a Virtual Disk
- Initializing a Virtual Disk
- Inflating a Thin Virtual Disk
- Removing Zeroed Blocks
- Converting a Zeroedthick Virtual Disk to an Eagerzeroedthick Disk
- Deleting a Virtual Disk
- Renaming a Virtual Disk
- Cloning or Converting a Virtual Disk or RDM
- Example for Cloning or Converting a Virtual Disk
- Migrate Virtual Machines Between DifferentVMware Products
- Extending a Virtual Disk
- Upgrading Virtual Disks
- Creating a Virtual Compatibility Mode Raw Device Mapping
- Example for Creating a Virtual Compatibility Mode RDM
- Creating a Physical Compatibility Mode Raw Device Mapping
- Listing Attributes of an RDM
- Displaying Virtual Disk Geometry
- Checking and Repairing Virtual Disks
- Checking Disk Chain for Consistency
- Storage Device Options
- Index
Index
Symbols
* next to path 191
A
access control 66
accessing storage 24
active-active disk arrays 36, 40, 66, 70, 193
active-passive disk arrays, boot from SAN 50
adaptive scheme 30
adding, NFS storage 161
adding an ESXi host to an Active Directory
domain 160
adding tag-based rules 234
advanced attributes, hosts 180
advanced settings
Disk.EnableNaviReg 60
Disk.MaxLUN 125
VMkernel.Boot.isPerFileSchedModelActive 202
alarms 279
all paths down 129, 130
all paths down event 126
allocations, LUN 40
allocations, LUN 70
APD
handling 129
Misc.APDHandlingEnable parameter 129
Misc.APDTimeout 130
with High Availability 131
applications, layered 31
applying tags to datastores 231
array integration, thin provisioning 273
array-based solution 31
asterisk next to path 191
ATS-only locking, upgrading 151
ATS-only upgrade
offline 150
online 150
prerequisites 151
ATS-only locking, downgrading to ATS
+SCSI 152
authentication 66, 98
automatic host registration, disabling 60
B
backups
considerations 32
third-party backup package 33
best practices, FCoE 46
bidirectional CHAP 98
BIOS, enabling for BFS 52
block devices 208
boot adapters 51
boot BIOS prompt, enabling for BFS 52
boot from DVD-ROM 51
boot from iSCSI SAN
configuring HBAs 108
configuring iSCSI settings 109
guidelines 107
hardware iSCSI 108
iBFT 109
preparing SAN 108
software iSCSI 109
boot from SAN
benefits 49
boot LUN considerations 50
configuring Emulex HBAs 52
configuring Qlogic HBAs 53
configuring storage 50
HBA requirements 50
host requirements 50
overview 49
preparing installation 50
requirements 50
C
CHAP
bidirectional 98
disabling 101
for discovery targets 100
for iSCSI initiators 99
for static targets 100
one-way 98
CHAP authentication 66, 98
CHAP authentication methods 98
claim rules 191
cloning storage policies 235
common data services, activating 251
VMware, Inc. 293