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Identify storage provisioning methods: GUI
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From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters
1. Select a Host. 2. Click on the Configuration tab. 3. Under Hardware, select Storage 4. Click on Add Storage. 5. Select the type of storage to add. |
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Identify storage provisioning methods: CLI
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1. Get device UUID
esxcli storage core device list 2. Get current partition information partedUtil get /vmfs/devices/disks/<device UUID> 3. Set a partition partedUtil set /vmfs/devices/disks/<device UUID>/ ""1 128 20971500 251 0"" (creates partition 1, starting at 128, ending at 20971500 with a type of 251) 4. Create the VMFS5 volume with a label of iSCSI 4: vmkfstools -C vmfs5 -S iSCSI4 /vmfs/devices/disks/<device UUID> 5. Rescan adapter esxcli storage core adapter rescan -A <vmhba#> |
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Apply space utilization data to manage storage resources
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Display information on VMFS volume:
vmkfstools -P /vmfs/volumes/<volume label> -h Disk Free df -h |
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Determine type of provisioning on disk
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vmkfstools -t0 <diskname>.vmd
A Flat Disk (zeroedthick) displays: [VMFS Z- A Thick Provisioned Disk (eagerzeroedthick) will display: [VMFS -- A Thin Provisioned Disk (or thin disk) will display: [NOMP -- |
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Create an empty virtual disk using vmkfstools
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Storage Guide, pages 205-214
vmkfstools -c 10G -d thin '/vmfs/volumes/<volume label>/<folder>/<name>.vmdk' |
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Convert a virtual disk using vmkfstools
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Storage Guide, pages 205-214
vmkfstools -l <vmdk> <newvmdk> -d <thin|zeroedthick | eagerzeroedthick> |
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Inflate a virtual disk using vmkfstools
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Storage Guide, pages 205-214
vmkfstools -j <vmdk> |
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Make a virtual disk eagerzeroed using vmkfstools
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Storage Guide, pages 205-214
vmkfstools -k <vmdk> |
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Configure Datastore Clusters
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From Inventory -> Datastores and Datastore Clusters
1. Select the Datacenter. 2. Right click and select New Datastore Cluster 3. Give the DS Cluster a name 4. Set automation. 5. Add Hosts 6. Add Shared Storage on Host |
