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
compatibility modes
physical 208
virtual 208
configuration files, virtual machines 131
configuration parameters, virtual machines 131
configure a swap cache using a virtual flash
resource 137
configure Flash Read Cache 142
configuring, dynamic discovery 73, 80, 86, 97
configuring DNS for NFS 4.1 159
conversion of storage profiles 227
copying files 171
core dump files
creating 176
deleting 177
creating tags 231
creating VVOL datastores 162, 223
current multipathing state 192
D
data digests 67
datastore browser 169
datastores
adding extents 166
administrative operations 167
configuring on NFS volumes 161
copying files on 171
creating 160
displaying 21
displaying for a parent object 23
increasing capacity 166
managing duplicate 162
mounting 163
moving files on 171
NFS 145
paths 192
refreshing 124
renaming 167
renaming files on 172
review information 22
storage over-subscription 273
unmounting 168
VMFS 145
VVols 162, 223
default storage policies
provided by VMware 236
user-created 237
default storage policy, changing 237
deleting storage policy 235
dependent iSCSI, networking 88
dependent hardware iSCSI
and associated NICs 76
configuration 75
configuration workflow 74
considerations 74
device loss, unplanned 126, 128
device locks, breaking 292
diagnostic partition
configuring 175
verifying 176
diagnostic partitions 39, 70
disaster recovery 28
discovery
address 97
dynamic 73, 80, 86, 97
disk arrays
active-active 40, 70, 193
active-passive 40, 70, 193
disk chain, consistency 292
disk formats
thick provisioned 270
thin provisioned 270
disk mirroring 174
disk timeout 187
Disk.EnableNaviReg 60
Disk.MaxLUN, and Protocol Endpoints 125
disks
format 272
inflate 172, 272
DRS support for virtual flash 142
dump partitions 39, 70
DVD-ROM, booting from 51
dynamic discovery, configuring 73, 80, 86, 97
dynamic discovery addresses 97
dynamic disks 174
E
editing storage policies 235
educational support 9
enabling Kerberos users 160
esxcli commands, and
isPerFileSchedModelActive 203
esxcli commands, obtaining VMFS locking
information 149
ESXi host, and multiple storage arrays 29
ESXi NFS protocols 154
EUI 64
events 279
examples
vmkfstools -C 286
vmkfstools -Z 286
extents
adding to datastore 166
growing 166
vSphere Storage
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