topic Re: Reclaiming diskspace with VMware vSphere in Array Performance and Data Protection

Reclaiming diskspace with VMware vSphere

RLemmens — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:08:24 GMT

I moved a VM to another datastore to free up some space on the HPE Nimble. Then I followed a procedure to reclaim the space.

Logged on to a host with ssh and executed the command esxcli storage vmfs unmap -l <volume name>

That worked fine on the online volume, but not on the replica on our other Nimble.

Re: Reclaiming diskspace with VMware vSphere

AnilThakurHPE — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:27:00 GMT

Hi ,

Reclaim is little slow in comparison to other process .

Replica volume will reflect the same size , as the primary one , once both are in kind of sync with next schedule transfer.

So if replications are through and completing successfully , just compare the actual data size on both irrespective of snapshots and other retention objects .

Regards,

HPE

Re: Reclaiming diskspace with VMware vSphere

RLemmens — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:11:25 GMT

That is not the case, we use a-synchrone replication. The umap on the online volume, took about 3 or 4 hours.

The primairy volume is almost completely free 0,7% used. The replication volume is still using over 80% of a 10 TiB volume. There was a file server VM on this volume and was using a lot of data. Last friday I moved it to another datastore on an other storage device. I also stopped the data protection process on friday and removed all snapshots on the primairy and replication volume.

Re: Reclaiming diskspace with VMware vSphere

AnilThakurHPE — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:25:30 GMT

Hi ,

Thanks for your reply .

If you have some kind of contract with Nimble HPE, kindly call -1-800-633-3600, and log a case with product serial number .

We will setup a remote virtual room and take a deeper look at the issue and then we will be in best position to address your concern.

Regards,

HPE Storage Support