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Best Practices for iSCSI Storage 119
Preventing iSCSI SAN Problems 119
Optimizing iSCSI SAN Storage Performance 120
Checking Ethernet Switch Statistics 124
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Managing Storage Devices 125
Storage Device Characteristics 125
Understanding Storage Device Naming 129
Storage Rescan Operations 131
Identifying Device Connectivity Problems 134
Enable or Disable the Locator LED on Storage Devices 139
Erase Storage Devices 140
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Working with Flash Devices 141
Using Flash Devices with ESXi 141
Marking Storage Devices 142
Monitor Flash Devices 144
Best Practices for Flash Devices 144
About Virtual Flash Resource 145
Configuring Host Swap Cache 148
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About VMware vSphere Flash Read Cache 150
DRS Support for Flash Read Cache 151
vSphere High Availability Support for Flash Read Cache 151
Configure Flash Read Cache for a Virtual Machine 151
Migrate Virtual Machines with Flash Read Cache 152
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Working with Datastores 154
Types of Datastores 154
Understanding VMFS Datastores 155
Upgrading VMFS Datastores 164
Understanding Network File System Datastores 166
Creating Datastores 177
Managing Duplicate VMFS Datastores 181
Increasing VMFS Datastore Capacity 182
Administrative Operations for Datastores 184
Set Up Dynamic Disk Mirroring 192
Collecting Diagnostic Information for ESXi Hosts on a Storage Device 193
Checking Metadata Consistency with VOMA 197
Configuring VMFS Pointer Block Cache 199
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