skadann's Posts

Re: VAAI Plugins Missing?

by Enthusiast in vSphere™ Storage Discussions
‎03-20-2014 12:08 PM
‎03-20-2014 12:08 PM
Right, the output of the commands (referenced in your first link) is blank - see the first two commands in my post. I did expect them to load automatically, as VAAI is supported for ATS, Clone, Z... See more...
Right, the output of the commands (referenced in your first link) is blank - see the first two commands in my post. I did expect them to load automatically, as VAAI is supported for ATS, Clone, Zero, and Delete. Thanks

Re: Snapshot and DB re-indexing

by Enthusiast in vSphere™ Storage Discussions
‎03-20-2014 09:03 AM
‎03-20-2014 09:03 AM
Will your database have a problem with queuesing before the snapshot is taken? Make sure VM Tools is installed as well.

Re: Fabric zoning best practices (new to FC)

by Enthusiast in vSphere™ Storage Discussions
‎03-20-2014 07:24 AM
‎03-20-2014 07:24 AM
Utilizing my incredible art skills, I drew a diagram for you: http://i.imgur.com/WU6iGGv.png A high level view of a fibre channel SAN should look incredibly similar, if not identical to your... See more...
Utilizing my incredible art skills, I drew a diagram for you: http://i.imgur.com/WU6iGGv.png A high level view of a fibre channel SAN should look incredibly similar, if not identical to your iSCSI network. The text is just describing the logical connections the various server ports can make, just like ethernet. Let me know if this this clears it up, or I'll go into more detail with whatever you'd like.

Re: differences in hypervisor downloads

by Enthusiast in ESXi Discussions
‎03-19-2014 01:52 PM
‎03-19-2014 01:52 PM
It really is the same Hypervisor download, no difference. Download the standard, and apply an enterprise key, it doesn't matter. The checksums should be the same for all ESXi downloads of the sam... See more...
It really is the same Hypervisor download, no difference. Download the standard, and apply an enterprise key, it doesn't matter. The checksums should be the same for all ESXi downloads of the same build regardless of license.

VAAI Plugins Missing?

by Enthusiast in vSphere™ Storage Discussions
‎03-19-2014 01:38 PM
‎03-19-2014 01:38 PM
I'm pretty confused on configuring VAAI Hardware Acceleration. I go to list my plugins, and there are not any VAAI plugins or filters available on the ESXi host (5.0 Update 3) vi-admin@local... See more...
I'm pretty confused on configuring VAAI Hardware Acceleration. I go to list my plugins, and there are not any VAAI plugins or filters available on the ESXi host (5.0 Update 3) vi-admin@localhost:~[vcap-esxi2.vcaplab.local]> esxcli storage core plugin list --plugin-class=VAAI vi-admin@localhost:~[vcap-esxi2.vcaplab.local]> esxcli storage core plugin list --plugin-class=Filter vi-admin@localhost:~[vcap-esxi2.vcaplab.local]> esxcli storage core plugin list --plugin-class=all Plugin name  Plugin class -----------  ------------ NMP          MP I list the VAAI claim rules, and it shows different VAAI plugins in use. Rule Class   Rule  Class    Type    Plugin            Matches ----------  -----  -------  ------  ----------------  ---------------------------- VAAI        65429  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_MASK    vendor=MSFT model=Virtual HD VAAI        65429  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_MASK    vendor=MSFT model=Virtual HD VAAI        65430  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_SYMM    vendor=EMC model=SYMMETRIX VAAI        65430  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_SYMM    vendor=EMC model=SYMMETRIX VAAI        65431  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_CX      vendor=DGC model=* VAAI        65431  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_CX      vendor=DGC model=* VAAI        65432  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_EQL     vendor=EQLOGIC model=* VAAI        65432  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_EQL     vendor=EQLOGIC model=* VAAI        65433  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_NETAPP  vendor=NETAPP model=* VAAI        65433  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_NETAPP  vendor=NETAPP model=* VAAI        65434  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_HDS     vendor=HITACHI model=* VAAI        65434  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_HDS     vendor=HITACHI model=* VAAI        65435  runtime  vendor  VMW_VAAIP_LHN     vendor=LEFTHAND model=* VAAI        65435  file     vendor  VMW_VAAIP_LHN     vendor=LEFTHAND model=* I've looked at this on a vanilla ESXi host, and an HP OEM ESXi build - same results. The storage shows as VAAI supported, but notice no plugin is listed. vi-admin@localhost:~[vcap-esxi2.vcaplab.local]> esxcli storage core device vaai status get naa.600144f06cf7ce0000005329f2820001    VAAI Plugin Name:    ATS Status: supported    Clone Status: supported    Zero Status: supported    Delete Status: supported naa.600144f06cf7ce0000005329f2820002    VAAI Plugin Name:    ATS Status: supported    Clone Status: supported    Zero Status: supported    Delete Status: supported naa.600144f06cf7ce0000005329f2820003    VAAI Plugin Name:    ATS Status: supported    Clone Status: supported    Zero Status: supported    Delete Status: supported Is the host missing something or am I? From the Storage Admin guide, "In the vSphere 5.0 release, these extensions are implemented as the T10 SCSI based commands. As a result, with the devices that support the T10 SCSI standard, your ESXi host can communicate directly and does not require the VAAI plug-ins." Does this mean, because VAAI is showing as supported that VAAI plugins are not even needed, and adding claim rules are not necessary? Thanks for your consideration.