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
MPPs
displaying 196
See also multipathing plug-ins
MRU path policy 193
multipathing
active paths 191
broken paths 191
considerations 194
disabled paths 191
standby paths 191
viewing the current state of 191
multipathing claim rules
adding 197
deleting 199
multipathing plug-ins, path claiming 191
multipathing policy 193
multipathing state 192
N
N-Port ID Virtualization, See NPIV
NAA 64
NAS 15
NAS plug-ins
installing 265
uninstalling 266
upgrading 267
Native Multipathing Plug-In 188, 189
network connections, create 77, 83, 91
network adapters, configuring for iBFT iSCSI
boot 111
network performance 117
networking, configuring 71
NFS datastores
characteristics 21
maximum size 152
unmounting 168
NFS storage
adding 161
firewall 155
guidelines 153
setting up 157
NFS 4.1
Kerberos credentials 158
Network Time Protocol 159
NFS client, firewall rule set 156
NFS clients, firewall ports 156
NICs, mapping to VMkernel 78, 84, 92
NMP
I/O flow 190
path claiming 191
See also Native Multipathing Plug-In
NPIV
about 41
assigning WWNs 42
changing WWNs 43
limitations 42
requirements 41
O
one-way CHAP 98
P
partition mappings 208
passive disk arrays 40, 70, 193
path claiming 191
path failover
and virtual machines 187
array-based 186
host-based 184
path failure rescan 124
path management 183
path policies
Fixed 186, 190, 193
Most Recently Used 190, 193
MRU 193
Round Robin 190, 193
path selection policies, changing 193
Path Selection Plug-Ins 190
paths
disabling 194
masking 199
preferred 191
unmasking 200
PDL
with High Availability 131
See also permanent device loss
per file I/O scheduling
about 202
turning off 202
performance
checking Ethernet switch statistics 119
network 117
optimizing 60, 116
storage system 116
permanent device loss 126, 128
planned device removal 127
Pluggable Storage Architecture 188
pointer block cache
configuring 179
getting information 180
policy rules, storage-specific data services 229
port binding 184
port redirection 186
Port_ID 36
predictive scheme 30
preferred path 191
profile-driven storage 227
Index
VMware, Inc. 297