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Re: HP MicroServer Gen8 (G1610T) and passthrough support

by Contributor in ESXi Discussions
‎11-17-2016 12:11 PM
‎11-17-2016 12:11 PM
Is this a 'guess' or a fact?

HP MicroServer Gen8 (G1610T) and passthrough support

by Contributor in ESXi Discussions
‎11-09-2016 08:18 PM
‎11-09-2016 08:18 PM
Hi all After searching for hours and days, I did not find an answer to this question: I have a HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 G1610T (Celeron), running a free ESXi with HP Custom Image for VM... See more...
Hi all After searching for hours and days, I did not find an answer to this question: I have a HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 G1610T (Celeron), running a free ESXi with HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 6.0 U2. In the BIOS, VT-d is enabled. Under Configuration->Advanced Settings I see the message 'Host does not support passthrough configuration'. I would like to attach an external USB3-Disk to my Microserver and mount it to a specific Ubuntu-Server-VM to backup some data. Is there any solution to do this or is this a limitation of the hardware I have? Best regards, Raoul

Re: ESXi 5.5 only 4TB usable for datastore

by Contributor in ESXi Discussions
‎04-05-2016 03:12 AM
‎04-05-2016 03:12 AM
YES! I deleted partition 3 and then could increase the datastore with the missing 1.8TB using vSphere Client 5.5.0-3024345. This is the result: /vmfs/volumes # df -h Filesystem   Size  ... See more...
YES! I deleted partition 3 and then could increase the datastore with the missing 1.8TB using vSphere Client 5.5.0-3024345. This is the result: /vmfs/volumes # df -h Filesystem   Size   Used Available Use% Mounted on VMFS-5       5.5T   2.1T      3.4T  38% /vmfs/volumes/mainstorage vfat       249.7M 185.2M     64.5M  74% /vmfs/volumes/aeda2aeb-c934ad60-46ce-cb77abdfabaa vfat       249.7M 182.4M     67.4M  73% /vmfs/volumes/c8ace7e9-a96a5914-16d4-a697ad4634d9 vfat       285.8M 201.6M     84.2M  71% /vmfs/volumes/55d7af6e-a25f7c97-c3ec-6805ca0de93c I cannot explain how the partition got lost, but I read about vSphere C# Client having an issue with partitions >4TB. Obviously this is solved with the current version. I upgraded to 5.5-U3 in the meantime. Thank you very much!

Re: ESXi 5.5 only 4TB usable for datastore

by Contributor in ESXi Discussions
‎04-05-2016 01:24 AM
‎04-05-2016 01:24 AM
Ok: ~ # partedUtil getptbl "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508b1001ca5e68adc0bc4bc508d6e" gpt 729591 255 63 11720890544 1 64 8191 C12A7328F81F11D2BA4B00A0C93EC93B systemPartition 128 5 8224 ... See more...
Ok: ~ # partedUtil getptbl "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508b1001ca5e68adc0bc4bc508d6e" gpt 729591 255 63 11720890544 1 64 8191 C12A7328F81F11D2BA4B00A0C93EC93B systemPartition 128 5 8224 520191 EBD0A0A2B9E5443387C068B6B72699C7 linuxNative 0 6 520224 1032191 EBD0A0A2B9E5443387C068B6B72699C7 linuxNative 0 7 1032224 1257471 9D27538040AD11DBBF97000C2911D1B8 vmkDiagnostic 0 8 1257504 1843199 EBD0A0A2B9E5443387C068B6B72699C7 linuxNative 0 2 1843200 10229759 EBD0A0A2B9E5443387C068B6B72699C7 linuxNative 0 3 10229760 3907029134 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 vmfs 0 4 3907031040 11720890367 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 vmfs 0 ~ #

Re: ESXi 5.5 only 4TB usable for datastore

by Contributor in ESXi Discussions
‎04-05-2016 12:17 AM
‎04-05-2016 12:17 AM
Sure: ~ # esxcli storage filesystem list Mount Point                                        Volume Name  UUID                                 Mounted  Type             Size           Free --... See more...
Sure: ~ # esxcli storage filesystem list Mount Point                                        Volume Name  UUID                                 Mounted  Type             Size           Free -------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------------------------  -------  ------  -------------  ------------- /vmfs/volumes/55d7bf70-b7f7bcf9-f861-6805ca0de93c  mainstorage  55d7bf70-b7f7bcf9-f861-6805ca0de93c     true  VMFS-5  4000493600768  1695752912896 /vmfs/volumes/aeda2aeb-c934ad60-46ce-cb77abdfabaa               aeda2aeb-c934ad60-46ce-cb77abdfabaa     true  vfat        261853184       76075008 /vmfs/volumes/c8ace7e9-a96a5914-16d4-a697ad4634d9               c8ace7e9-a96a5914-16d4-a697ad4634d9     true  vfat        261853184       77459456 /vmfs/volumes/55d7af6e-a25f7c97-c3ec-6805ca0de93c               55d7af6e-a25f7c97-c3ec-6805ca0de93c     true  vfat        299712512       98992128 ~

ESXi 5.5 only 4TB usable for datastore

by Contributor in ESXi Discussions
‎04-04-2016 11:58 PM
‎04-04-2016 11:58 PM
Hello all Although in vSphere Client a capacity of 5.46 TB is visible, I can only use 3.64 TB for a datastore. Configuration: - HP Proliant Microserver N40L - HP Smart Array Controller P4... See more...
Hello all Although in vSphere Client a capacity of 5.46 TB is visible, I can only use 3.64 TB for a datastore. Configuration: - HP Proliant Microserver N40L - HP Smart Array Controller P410/512 BBWC, FW 3.66 - 4 x 2TB as one Raid5 - HP-ESXi-5.5.0-iso-5.72A I read a lot of articles about >2TB limitations of older ESXi versions or controllers, 4TB limitation of C# vSphere Client, old firmware and esxi driver problems, etc. But I could not figure out the problem. The P410 controller  shows 5.5TB: ~ # esxcli hpssacli cmd -q "controller slot=1 show config" Smart Array P410 in Slot 1                (sn: PACCRID110510NR)    array A (SATA, Unused Space: 0  MB)       logicaldrive 1 (5.5 TB, RAID 5, OK)       physicaldrive 2I:0:5 (port 2I:box 0:bay 5, SATA, 2 TB, OK)       physicaldrive 2I:0:6 (port 2I:box 0:bay 6, SATA, 2 TB, OK)       physicaldrive 2I:0:7 (port 2I:box 0:bay 7, SATA, 2 TB, OK)       physicaldrive 2I:0:8 (port 2I:box 0:bay 8, SATA, 2 TB, OK)    SEP (Vendor ID PMCSIERA, Model  SRC 8x6G) 250  (WWID: 5001438013D9F37F) ESXi obviously recognises the same size: ~ # esxcli storage core device list naa.600508b1001ca5e68adc0bc4bc508d6e    Display Name: HP Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.600508b1001ca5e68adc0bc4bc508d6e)    Has Settable Display Name: true    Size: 5723091    Device Type: Direct-Access    Multipath Plugin: NMP    Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508b1001ca5e68adc0bc4bc508d6e    Vendor: HP    Model: LOGICAL VOLUME    Revision: 3.66    SCSI Level: 5    (etc...) But only offers 4TB: ~ # df -h Filesystem   Size   Used Available Use% Mounted on VMFS-5       3.6T   2.1T      1.5T  58% /vmfs/volumes/mainstorage vfat       249.7M 177.2M     72.6M  71% /vmfs/volumes/aeda2aeb-c934ad60-46ce-cb77abdfabaa vfat       249.7M 175.9M     73.9M  70% /vmfs/volumes/c8ace7e9-a96a5914-16d4-a697ad4634d9 vfat       285.8M 191.4M     94.4M  67% /vmfs/volumes/55d7af6e-a25f7c97-c3ec-6805ca0de93c I tried to increase the datastore size, last used sector was 11720890367 and last offered sector was 11720890510 which does not really seem to result in an increase of 1.8TB. Thanks for your help. dc