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
reviewing capabilities 248
workflow 247
virtual datastores
characteristics 21
default policies 236
mounting 168
unmounting 168
virtual flash
disabling 138
DRS support 142
HA support 142
Virtual SAN datastores, characteristics 21
Virtual Volumes
changing default policy 226
guidelines 217
virtual datastore, changing default policy 226
virtual disk, repair 292
virtual disk files
copying 171
renaming 172
virtual disks
extending 290
formats 270
supported formats 287
virtual flash resource
configure a swap cache 137
considerations 137
remove 138
setup 138
virtual flash resource, configuring host
cache 140
virtual machine I/O, queues 202
virtual machine storage policies, default 236
virtual machine storage policy, compliance 240
virtual machine storage profiles, See storage
policies
virtual machines
accessing FC SAN 37
accessing iSCSI SAN 68
assigning WWNs to 42
configuration files 131
configuration parameters 131
I/O delay 186
locations 30
with RDMs 210
virtual ports (VPORTs) 41
Virtual SAN, default policies 236
virtual volumes
and virtual disks 214
assigning VM storage policy 225
VM storage policies 225
Virtual Volumes functionality
about
See VVols functionality
VM Component Protection 131
VM storage polices, workflow 230
VM storage policies
and virtual volumes 217
creating 231
defining storage-specific rules 233
managing 231
reviewing compatible datastores 234
rules 228
VM storage policy
assigning 237
defining common rules 233
starting creation 233
VMCA, and Virtual Volumes 220
VMFS
checking metadata consistency 178
conversion 286
locking 149
one volume per LUN 70
resignaturing 162
vmkfstools 283
VMFS datastores
adding extents 166
changing signatures 163
characteristics 21
creating on Fibre Channel storage 160
creating on iSCSI storage 160
creating on SCSI disk 160
creating on storage device 160
deleting 169
disk formats 147
increasing 165
increasing capacity 166
mounting 168
sharing 148
unmounting 168
upgrading 164
VMFS datastore, configuring host cache 139
VMFS resignaturing 162
VMFS3, upgrading 165
VMFS5, improvements over VMFS3 146
VMFS5 and VMFS3, differences 146
VMkernel interfaces 78, 84, 92
vmkfstools
breaking locks 292
cloning disks 289
creating RDMs 291
creating virtual disks 287
deleting virtual disks 288
device options 292
disk chain 292
extending virtual disks 290
file system options 285
geometry 291
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