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
disconnections 126
displaying 197
displaying for a host 19, 122
displaying for an adapter 19, 122
hardware acceleration status 262
managing 121
marking as local flash 134
naming 123
paths 192
viewing 18, 121
storage filters
disabling 173
host rescan 174
RDM 174
same host and transports 174
VMFS 174
storage policies
cloning 235
editing 235
noncompliant 240
reapplying 241
rule sets 230
virtual machines 236
storage profiles, conversion 227
storage provider, requirements 278
storage adapters
viewing 20
viewing in vSphere Web Client 20
Storage APIs, Storage Awareness 277
storage area network 63
Storage Array Type Plug-Ins 189
storage arrays, performance 60
storage capabilities 278
storage capabilities and storage policies 228
storage compliance
storage policy 239
virtual machine 240
storage device
connection status 130
renaming 124
storage devices, marking as local 135
storage policy
applying to a virtual machine 238
compliance 239
deleting 235
storage providers
and VVols 215
SSL connection 280
unregistering 280
updating 281
viewing 280
storage providers, registering 279
storage space 269
storage status 278
storage systems
performance 116
types 36, 66
storage topology 278
storage virtualization 13
Storage vMotion, and I/O filters 253
storage, and VMkernel 255
STP 46
swap cache, configure with virtual flash
resource 137
swap to host cache 139
T
tag-based rules, adding 234
tags
applying to datastores 231
creating 231
tape devices 40
targets 17, 65
targets vs. LUNs 65
technical support 9
thick provisioning 269
thin disks, creating 271
thin provisioning, over-subscription 269
thin-provisioned LUNs
identify 274
reporting 274
third-party backup package 33
third-party management applications 32
TimeoutValue parameter 39, 70
troubleshooting
changing iSCSI boot parameters 113
loss of network connection 113
U
unplanned device loss 126, 128
updated information 11
uploading files 170
USB 14
use cases 28
V
VAAI claim rules
defining 264
deleting 265
VAAI filter 263
VAAI plug-in 263
VAAI filter, displaying 261
VAAI plug-ins, displaying 261
VAIO filters
classes 243
components 244
Index
VMware, Inc. 299