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Tutti211
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ESXI 5.5 after new installing, no Datastore accessible

Hello,

after I upgraded my ESXI 5.1 to 5.5 after 3 weeks the server was failing me after 5 mins. So I tought there was something wrong with the upgrade and want to do a fresh install with the option "remain vmfs datastores" so after installing it all went well I wanted to access my adaptec 71605 raidcontroller and the partitions in vsphere, there it was no longer here nothing not even the raidcontroller under configuration in vsphere. After the upgrade it was possible to access the partition but with the freshinstall not anymore. Is it possible to do something with the shell or is my system now broken cause of the esxi 5.5 version?

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MKguy
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Seems like the driver for your RAID controller was removed with 5.5, so while the upgrade retained the 5.1 driver, a fresh install did not come with it and thus your host doesn't see the volumes or controller at all.

The HCL also states that the 71605 controller models are only supported until 5.1:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=io

Anyways, you can still try to install the latest 5.1 aacraid driver and it should work. Download the driver from:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI51-PMC-AACRAID-52130300&productId=28...

If you have an adp80xx driver based controller, use this bundle (or just both):

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI5X-PMC-ADP80XX-1000234&productId=229

Extract the offline bundle file (aacraid-1.2.1.30300-offline_bundle-1317067.zip) contained in the outside archive and install it on your host with:

esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/aacraid-1.2.1.30300-offline_bundle-1317067.zip

(also see VMware KB: Installing async drivers on ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5 )

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MKguy
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Seems like the driver for your RAID controller was removed with 5.5, so while the upgrade retained the 5.1 driver, a fresh install did not come with it and thus your host doesn't see the volumes or controller at all.

The HCL also states that the 71605 controller models are only supported until 5.1:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=io

Anyways, you can still try to install the latest 5.1 aacraid driver and it should work. Download the driver from:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI51-PMC-AACRAID-52130300&productId=28...

If you have an adp80xx driver based controller, use this bundle (or just both):

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI5X-PMC-ADP80XX-1000234&productId=229

Extract the offline bundle file (aacraid-1.2.1.30300-offline_bundle-1317067.zip) contained in the outside archive and install it on your host with:

esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/aacraid-1.2.1.30300-offline_bundle-1317067.zip

(also see VMware KB: Installing async drivers on ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5 )

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abhilashhb
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Adaptec RAID 71605 controller is not supported on ESXi 5.5 according to the compatibility list. May be that's why its behaving oddly.

VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search

Abhilash B
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Tutti211
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OK now its working but nice to see that a raidcontroller litte bit over a year released is not supported anymore

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