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Hi Cyk, Thank you so much for your help. I will install this image to the server: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/servers/solutions.html?compURI=1499005#tab=TAB4 vSphere 5.5 U1 Dec 2014. One more question. If I install vmware in a micro sd and the i have just 1 disk in the raid array which will be the datastore for virtualmachines, Will I be able to configure raid afterwards? I mean i will start with just 1 HDD in the array. Of do I have to install the 2 disks and configure the raid right away? Thank you so much, kind regard, Matias

Dear CykVM, The disk was broken, my mistake! I will get a Brand new disk with the same Brand/space than the ones I have and then test it. Thank you for your help again! Kind regards, Matias

Hi CykVM! Thanks for your answer. I tried to replace the second disk by another and I get this message. The new disk isn't a 2TB as it says, it's a 1TB disk. It's supposed to be a healthy disk. What do u interpret? It's well plugged in so I don't think this will be the issue. Thanks Kind regards Matias

Dear Vervoort, Thank again!I One more thing though, suppouse a disk fails and I take this out and insert a "healthy" one but that's got a lot of data inside. Does RAID deletes all the data and prepares it automatically in most Brand new systems as the HP Proliant microserver G8? Kind regards, Matias

Hello Vervoort, Thank you for your answer. So, in conclusion, I just take out a Disk (no matter which) from the array and it should continue working. If one of the disks breaks while the system is working, it's supposed to continue working and advice me about the broken disk. There are now 2 questions: 1) Isn't there a change that the broken disk data be copied to the healthy one and then the FS of the healthy one be corrupted? i imagine there's a protection that will stop this kind of attempt. Is like that? 2) If one disk breaks I have to turn the server off and then add a replacement disk (when I get it) and it will work all alone?? Or I will have to enter to the raid bios console to reconfigure the new disk to the raid 1 array?? Is there any procedure to do that in my HP proliant Microserver G8? Thank you again, Kind regards. Matias

Great! So I can install in any SD and then I can turn off the server, take out the sd, copy to another sd for backup and no matter which sd I introduce to the server the system is going to load? That easy? Kind regards, Matias

Dear CYK Thank you very much! would I be able to install the ESXi in this storage? http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/oas/product-detail.html?oid=5360695 And then the VMs on the SATA RAID, would ir be possible? What do you think about doing this? Maybe you consider me to open a new post for this issue. Just tell me. Kind regards, Matias

Great! I will open a new discussion for the Raid issue once I start the trials. I wonder, would I be able to install the ESXI 6 in this server? Which is the last Update I can install if not? (ESXi 5?, 5.1?). Kind regards, Matias

Dear Cyk! Today I got the proliant microserver and I have to set it up. I would like to know which ISO I have to use to be able to configure RAID MIRROR (2 HDD) for its SmartArray B120i/B320i. Do you have the link? Do I have to consider extra advices using the ISO you recommend me? (using the HP customized installation image) Thank you very much for your help. Kind Regards, Matias

Thank you for your answer. I see... I saw also many places where they say it works, nevertheless the official guide doesn't. But anyway you convinced me so i may try. Thanks for your time helping me... Kind regards, Matias

Hi Anjani, Thank you for your answer. I have to be sure if it will work and which version. As i said before i didn't find the server in the VMware Compatibility Guide: System Search. I will buy this machine only if i'm completely sure it will run with some esxi (5 or 6). Thank you again! Kind regards, Matias

Dear Mr. Padmani Thank you for your answer which I found very complete and clear. When I first installed VMware I found many backup solutions but they were not free. So I decided to make my own. I took a Script from internet and I adapted it to my needs. I use independent disks persistent so every week I turn the ERP and the Active Directory VM and turn it off (automatically) then a cron task executes the script and copies the vmdk and flat.vmdk files to another directory and then backuppc does a historical copy of the VM (quite redundant backup but I assure disponibility of the resources). I guest the most secure way to make backup is with the VM's turned off specially for ERP Software. I know "my" backup system is quite manual and there maybe a lot of free and paid solutions much more advances. Which one would you suggest? or do you think the way I'm doing this is not too bad? Thank you again. Kind Regards, Matias

Hello Bruno, no I don't. In fact I just want to know the difference and how could this be useful to use SNAPSHOTS in independent persistent disks. Just to understand what do they thought about when giving this option that i consider unuseful (snapshots+independent persisten disks)....:S Thank you very much!

Hi, Thank you for your answer and help! The article which refers to independent disks not being necessary to be backed up is: What are Dependent, Independent Disks & Persistent and Non-persisent Modes? | CormacHogan.com Why Independent Disks? This begs the question of what do Independent disks do for you, be they persistent or non-persistent. The bottom line is that if a disk is Independent, they can be omitted from a backup operation by virtue of the fact that they do not support snapshot operations. You can think of Independent as meaning ‘Independent of snapshots’. I don't get it. I have many independent persistent disks and i DO back them up because if disk gets damaged I won't have any backup! How do you see that? Kind Regards, Matias

But... Can't vmware be independent of the hardware raid? I mean, can't I configure the raid in the bios so that the Bios does the writing in the disks transpearently ??, and then vmware software will be totally independent of this, working normally as if it had 1 disk??

Thank you for your answer! There is something i don't understand. You said only Vmware Esxi 4 would be capable of manage Raid, are you talking about a Vmware capability (software) of managing RAID? Because I assume that hardware raid is independent of the SO installed (the BIOS controls it). So...The H1110 is a hardware raid then it would have to work without any software compatibility..am I wrong? Thank you. Kind Regads, Matias