Can't Read or Write to SSD drive

[JQE]

Good Day

I have an Consumer grade SSD drive i wanted to add to my server.

Its running esxi in a home environment (free version).

Its running on a hp DL360 G5

The ssd drive is detected, i configured it as a single drive int he raid controller and vmware can see the drive.

I can query the partition table using

esxcli getptbl /dev/disks/<drive id>

but the first line (the label? ) is listed as unknown

When i try to right to it.

esxcli mklabel /dev/disks/<drive id> ir esxcli setptbl /dev/disks/<drive id> "gpt" "1 2048 other numbers i don't remember right now "

they both come back with timeouts. When i do stats on the drive it shows only failures for read and write requests.

So i guess a few questions. Is there a way i can configure this drive to make vmware able to use it. Or is this an instance where the SSD drive i have isn't going to be compatible?

the drive is a kingston SSDNow v300 240 GB

any information would help. I did take the drive and wipe it clean in windows and try, and i tried creating a standard partition stucture with no luck

I set it up for gpt last night and i will try, but my expectations are low. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

I can't actually answer your question. However, unless already done, configure the SSD in the G5 host's RAID controller as a single drive (JBOD), and boot the host from a Linux live CD to see whether you can access the SSD. This way you can find out whether this is a general hardware/configuration issue, or an issue with the ESXi installation.

André

[JQE]

Thanks for the advice, was preparing to do it, when i decided to test one more time with a fresh gpt partition table and all worked. Go my ssd all loaded up.