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
inflating thin disks 288
initializing virtual disks 288
migrating virtual disks 290
overview 283
RDM attributes 291
removing zeroed blocks 288
renaming virtual disks 289
SCSI reservations 292
syntax 283
upgrading virtual disks 290
virtual disk options 287
virtual disks conversion 288
vmkfstools -C command 285
vmkfstools -G command 286
vmkfstools -P command 285
vmkfstools -v command 284
vmkfstools -Z command 286
vmkfstools command options 284
vmkfstools examples
cloning disks 289
creating RDMs 291
creating virtual disks 288
vMotion 27, 28, 40, 70
VMware DRS, using with vMotion 70
VMware HA 27
VMware NMP
I/O flow 190
See also Native Multipathing Plug-In
VMware On-disk Metadata Analyser, See VOMA
VMware PSPs, See Path Selection Plug-Ins
VMware SATPs, See Storage Array Type Plug-
Ins
VOMA 178
VVOL 213, 217
VVOL datastores
characteristics 21
unmounting 168
VVOL functionality
and storage protocols 218
concepts 214
prerequisites 221
protocol endpoints 216
storage containers 215
See also Virtual Volumes
VVOL storage providers 222
VVOL VASA providers 215
VVols
and VM storage policies 217
VM storage policices 225
VVols datastores
creating VMs 224
mounting 168
VVols functionality
about 213
and NTP server 221
and storage protocols 218
architecture 219
characteristics 217
datastores 216
limitations 217
prerequisites 221
protocol endpoints 216
storage containers 215
workflow 221
VVols functionality, concepts 214
VVols protocol endpoints, editing paths 224
VVols storage providers, registering 222
VVols VASA providers 215
W
Windows guest OS timeout 187
World Wide Names, See WWNs
World Wide Port Names, See WWPNs
WWNNs 42
WWNs
assigning to virtual machines 42
changing 43
WWPNs 36, 42
Z
zoning 35, 36
Index
VMware, Inc. 301