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
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Booting ESXi from Fibre Channel SAN 49
Boot from SAN Benets 49
Boot from Fibre Channel SAN Requirements and Considerations 50
Geing Ready for Boot from SAN 50
Congure Emulex HBA to Boot from SAN 52
Congure QLogic HBA to Boot from SAN 53
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Booting ESXi with Software FCoE 55
Requirements and Considerations for Software FCoE Boot 55
Best Practices for Software FCoE Boot 56
Set Up Software FCoE Boot 56
Troubleshooting Installation and Boot from Software FCoE 57
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Best Practices for Fibre Channel Storage 59
Preventing Fibre Channel SAN Problems 59
Disable Automatic Host Registration 60
Optimizing Fibre Channel SAN Storage Performance 60
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Using ESXi with iSCSI SAN 63
iSCSI SAN Concepts 63
How Virtual Machines Access Data on an iSCSI SAN 68
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Conguring iSCSI Adapters and
Storage 69
ESXi iSCSI SAN Requirements 70
ESXi iSCSI SAN Restrictions 70
Seing LUN Allocations for iSCSI 70
Network Conguration and Authentication 71
Set Up Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapters 71
About Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters 74
About the Software iSCSI Adapter 81
Modify General Properties for iSCSI Adapters 87
Seing Up iSCSI Network 88
Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI 95
Conguring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters 97
Conguring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters 98
Conguring Advanced Parameters for iSCSI 102
iSCSI Session Management 103
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Booting from iSCSI SAN 107
General Boot from iSCSI SAN Recommendations 107
Prepare the iSCSI SAN 108
Congure Independent Hardware iSCSI Adapter for SAN Boot 108
iBFT iSCSI Boot Overview 109
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Best Practices for iSCSI Storage 115
Preventing iSCSI SAN Problems 115
Optimizing iSCSI SAN Storage Performance 116
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