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
F
failover
I/O delay 186
transparent 36, 66
failover paths, status 191
FC HBA setup 40
FC SAN
accessing 37
hardware requirements 39
FCoE, best practices 46
FCoE adapters 45
Fibre Channel, concepts 35
Fibre Channel over Ethernet 45
Fibre Channel SAN
best practices 59
preventing problems 59
file systems, upgrading 146
file-based (VMFS) solution 32
files
copying 171
moving 171
FIP 46
firewall, NFS client 156
Fixed path policy 190, 193
flash device, monitoring 136
flash devices
best Practices 136
estimating lifetime 136
marking 135
using with vSphere 134
Flash Read Cache
migrating virtual machines 143
migration settings 143
flash virtual disks 134
G
GPT 18, 121
guidelines, NFS storage 153
H
HA support for virtual flash 142
hardware acceleration
about 259
benefits 259
block storage 260
deleting claim rules 265
enabling 261
NAS 265
NAS status 267
requirements 260
status 260
support details 262
hardware acceleration, considerations 267
hardware iSCSI, and failover 184
hardware iSCSI initiators
configuring 71
installing 72
setting up discovery addresses 97
viewing 72
hardware iSCSI adapters
dependent 65
independent 65
HBAs
queue depth 39
setup 40
static load balancing 40
header digests 67
high-tier storage 30
host registration, disabling 60
host cache, swapping to 139
host cache, configuring on a VMFS
datastore 139
host cache, configuring with virtual flash
resource 140
host configuration, advanced settings 60
host-based failover 183
hosts
advanced attributes 180
and FC SAN 35
I
I/O filters
about 243
and storage providers 245
and VFFS volume 246
and virtual flash resource 246
and VM migration 253
classes 243
components 244
considerations 252
deploying 251
description 243
Flash Read Cache 248
installing on a cluster 247
reviewing capabilities 248
storage providers 248
uninstalling 252
upgrading 252
virtual disk enablement 249
virtual machine storage policies 249
workflow 247
I/O delay 70, 186
iBFT 109
iBFT iSCSI boot
booting an ESXi host 112
changing boot sequence 111
Index
VMware, Inc. 295