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тАО07-20-2009 06:34 AM
тАО07-20-2009 06:34 AM
ESX Configuration Question
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Re: ESX Configuration Question
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тАО07-20-2009 04:26 PM
тАО07-20-2009 04:26 PM
Re: ESX Configuration Question
You can she a SAN Lun between 2 hosts without using the vCenter.
a) Present the LUN to both the servers.
b) Go into Storage Adapters from the VI client, Rescan for the new LUN on ESX A
c) Format it as a VMFS Volume from ESX A by going in to Storage-> Add Storage.
d) This LUN will automatically show as the Datastore on the ESX B Host.
regards,
Sunny
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тАО07-20-2009 10:57 PM
тАО07-20-2009 10:57 PM
Re: ESX Configuration Question
* HP LeftHand P4000 VSA User Guide
TA688-96002__20090423 (April 2009) - c01727958
Page 12:
HP LeftHand Networks does not support the following configurations or procedures.
- Use of any shared storage as the data location of the VSA. This includes shared DAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS.
- Use of VMware snapshots, VMotion, HA, or DRS on the VSA itself.
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- Co-location of a VSA and other virtual machines on the same VMFS datastore.
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тАО07-21-2009 04:05 AM
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Re: ESX Configuration Question
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тАО07-21-2009 05:16 AM
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Re: ESX Configuration Question
I was talking about the second: back-end sharing = storing the VSA's data volume(s) on a Fibre Channel, iSCSI or NFS datastore.
Yes, the VSA _does_ provide a shared environment on its front-end in the form of iSCSI volumes - that's a good thing!
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тАО07-21-2009 06:03 AM
тАО07-21-2009 06:03 AM
Re: ESX Configuration Question
So each ESX server will have a VSA installed on it and those VSAs will collaborate and provide a redundant storage structure in the event of a hardware failure. Thanks for your help!