Datastore not shown

[doppiaemme]

Hi all,

I'm struggling trying to create a datastore on a new ESX server.

I'm using an iSCSI SAN, two LUN, I can see the LUN but I then come across the well-known issue of partition table not accessible and so on.

I've partially solved that doing:

-mklabel bsd the two storage devices

-create a partition on them, mark it as an "fb" type, do the "trick" of moving

the beginning of the partition so that it’s at sector 128

-formatted both units with /usr/sbin/vmkfstools -C vmfs3 -S Spare_DS /vmfs/devices/disks/vmhba32 etc.

At this poin I can see the volumes from the CLI:

# ls /vmfs/volumes/

4a112ad4-ce741268-93a4-001c23e1695a Shared_DS

4a115300-8c1d4ff0-2b1e-001c23e1695a Spare_DS

I tried to create files in them from the CLI, everything is ok.

But in VIC, in Configuration->Storage I can see only the smaller one.

I've also tried to rescan the HBA several times for both new storage and VMFS volumes but nothing has changed.

Do you have any hints at what I am doing wrong??

cheers,

Massimo

[weinstein5]

How large are these drives? Rememebr ESX can only use drives that are less than 2 TB -

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[doppiaemme]

no, they are pretty small volumes, it's a test installation, the smaller volume is 6GB, the larger is about 50GB.

thanks

massimo

[jitendrakmr]

If it is being listed at ESX host level using command line then you should try reseting the vmware management services and agent using "service mgmt-vmware restart" and "service vmware-vpxa restart" and see if it reflects in GUI.

Thanks.

Jitendra

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[doppiaemme]

I've tried restarting the mgmt-vmware service (I don't have the other running as I'm not using VC for now).

I also rebooed the ESX. Nothing has changed. I can still see two volumes with

#ls /vmfs/volumes/

If the volumes are under /vmfs/volumes, does this mean they are properly set up, right? So it seems to be an issue with VIC?

Massimo

[doppiaemme]

I've sorted the issue but don't know why the systme works now,

ultimately the NIC card on the SAN (an e1000) was set to 100Mbit/s.

After having set it properly to 1000Mbit/s and done a rescan of the hba it has found the volume and now it appears properly.

I have no explanation to this!

Thanks anyway

Massimo