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
protocol endpoints
editing paths 224
managing 223
PSA, See Pluggable Storage Architecture
PSPs, See Path Selection Plug-Ins
Q
Qlogic HBA BIOS, enabling for BFS 53
queue depth 70
R
RAID devices 208
raw device mapping, see RDM 205
RDM
advantages 206
and virtual disk files 209
dynamic name resolution 209
overview 205
physical compatibility mode 208
virtual compatibility mode 208
with clustering 209
RDMs
and snapshots 208
path management 211
reclaiming space 275
remove a virtual flash resource 138
renaming files 172
requirements, boot from SAN 50
rescan
LUN creation 124
path masking 124
when path is down 124
rescanning
storage 125
storage adapter 125
resignature a VMFS datastore copy 163
resignaturing 162
restrictions 39
Round Robin path policy 190, 193
rule sets 230
rules
and datastore tags 229
I/O Filtering 229
S
SAN
backup considerations 32
benefits 27
requirements 39
specifics 28
SAN fabric 35
SAN management software 32
SAN storage performance, optimizing 60, 116
SAS 14
SATA 14
SATPs
adding rules 201
displaying 196
See also Storage Array Type Plug-Ins
scanning, changing number 125
scheduling queues 202
SCSI, vmkfstools 283
SCSI controllers 13
sense codes 126
server performance 61, 116
set up virtual flash resource 138
setup steps 40
software iSCSI
and failover 184
diagnostic partition 175
networking 88
software FCoE
and VMkernel 46
activating adapters 47
booting 55
software FCoE boot
best practices 56
configuring parameters 56
ESXi installation 57
requirements 55
setting up 56
software FCoE installation, troubleshooting 57
software iSCSI adapter
configuring 81
disabling 87
software iSCSI initiator, enabling 81
software iSCSI boot, changing settings 113
software iSCSI initiators, setting up discovery
addresses 97
standard switches 78, 84, 92
static targets, removing 98
static discovery addresses 97
storage
access for virtual machines 24
adapters 20
introduction 13
local 14
networked 15
provisioning 269
rescan 125
supported vSphere features 24
types 14
used by virtual machines 271
storage adapter, rescan 125
storage devices
attaching 128
detaching 128
vSphere Storage
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