Raid controller is no longer supported?
it was supported in 4.x but not in 5.x?
its ok.. i will find out my self;)
Hard to say anything for your motherboard need, I don't know your requirements. For small systems I use Intel S1200BTS boards, it's a low-cost server board that is also in the list for ESXi5 supported hardware. One CPU socket, including E3 Xeons, and 4 memory slots. If you need multiple CPUs or better memory upgradeability, then this is not what you need.
it only a home system ... home server system but i like to add machines to expore the features.. as part of my study i like to see this how they work.
Im currently bidding on this item Areca ARC-1220 on ebay.. i think this raid controller will work fine for me fore now.
i dont bother have to use so mutch money on a home server system.. but i still have som requriements sutch as raid 5 and manby som more opetuneties. ive seartched a lot since last time i posted here.. when i was dealing whit my old card.. i also flashed the mainboard bios and the firware for the raid card..
no change..
i got a lot of help here an ive decided to get a new card.. i also will buy a new motherbord in time..
my specs are now..
Arima motherboard NM46X 12 Gb om Ecc DDRII mem..
5 * 1 TB black editions in raid 5 ..
And 2 * dual cores.. 2 socets..
Rest of the system is standard ![]()
i want fast drives and i want raid 5. my home server dosent use all of the machines power..i allso will add more drives.. soon:)
regrats håkon
Do you know if tw_cli works in 5.0 u1? I am trying and all I am getting is:
I really would like to monitor my raid, as it seems that the 3ware driver doesn't have ANY vCenter monitoring for the array...
reesewon schrieb:
Do you know if tw_cli works in 5.0 u1? I am trying and all I am getting is:
-sh: tw_cli: Permission deniedI really would like to monitor my raid, as it seems that the 3ware driver doesn't have ANY vCenter monitoring for the array...
Yes, tw_cli works fine in 5.0 u1 - eventually you don't have any execute permission set on tw_cli? The file owner/group should be root and chmod to 0700 at least .
Hope this helps.
I performed:
chown root tw_cli
chmod 0700 tw_cli
and it still gives the same error. I must be missing something?
reesewon schrieb:
I performed:
chown root tw_cli
chmod 0700 tw_cli
and it still gives the same error. I must be missing something?
Try chown root:root tw_cli - if that doesn't work try chmod 777 tw_cli. Where is your tw_cli located? I put it on one of the datastores and it works fine there. Please find attached the tw_cli which works on my Vsphere 5 U1 host (use at your own risk).
I tried that file, put it into the root of the local storage datastore, and ran the chown root:root and chmod 777 on it and I still get the permission denied. Does it have anything to do with the fact that the system is running in a vCenter? Or am I supposed to enable some mode to allow these commands to be run?
You have to enable SSH on the host and then connect directly via SSH (I use PUTTY) to execute tw_cli. At least that's how I do it.
There's even a Nagios checking script to automatically monitor the Raid Array:
http://www.shuse.de/wordpress/vmware-esxi-4-uberwachen-eines-3ware-raid-controllers-mit-nagios/
It's in German but Google Translate should help you
I haven't had time to try this script yet.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Romeo
I have installed a fresh ESXi 5.1 and on it the 3w-9xxx driver. The vSphere client sees the controller fine.
I pushed the tw_cli to the server, and created a raid 1 array:
/c9 add type=raid1 disk=0-1 noscan
It also finds the array. The problem comes when I try to create a datastore on it. The "Add Storage"-wizard show it as "Local AMCC Disk" with the correct size. I select the disk, and the a VMFS version. After pressing next on the VMFS selection screen, I show this error:
Call "HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on ESXi "192.168.0.190" failed.
Then it just sits there with the "Next >" button grayed out. It also says on the "Review the current disk layout:" screen, that the disk is blank, and Available: --.
Should the disk be formated first somehow, if so, how do I do that on the ESXi?
EDIT: I was able to solve this problem by creating a MBR partition table on the raid array using ssh to the console
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?dlg=esxi50&baseCode=dHRAYnQldGViZHAlZA==
Give that a try... Had the same issue trying to get the file however found this finally. Still working on the process myself.
Anyone reading this thread should check out ESXi-Customizer.
http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html
I had a custom ISO with the 3Ware 9750 controller VIB created in a matter of minutes, it was so simple. Just point and click.
