Questions tagged [lun]
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LVM issues when adding a newly-carved LUN from a Clariion - pvcreate fails
This seems to be a semi-common issue asked, but I have not yet found a good solution.
I try the following:
[root@localhost ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdc
Can't open /dev/sdc exclusively. Mounted filesystem?
This forum post shows the user's solution to have…
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Are there any good utilities out there to create datastore / LUN diagrams for VMware ESX 3.5?
We are working to get a large (inherited) VMware ESX 3.5 environment with multiple SANs under control. We first need to create a diagram / Excel spreadsheet / whatever that explains what VM is stored where. This is a rather time-consuming task to…
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what is esx max volume size?
had trouble making esxi4 see datastore of size 2TB. It is said this is max for a LUN only and could be bypassed by extents?
how to do that?
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P2v options within a hyper-v environment
I have a server that san boots that I want to p2v. I have many options disk2vhd, scvmm etc but I was thinking about cloning the lun (flexclone, netapp) presenting it to my hyper-v r2 server. Within the hv manager do a create new disk then have it…
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Expanding iSCSI LUNs (NTFS)
I have a 4TB iSCSI LUN that formated as NTFS in Windows 2008. I've shared this formated volume as a folder over SMB. When the capacity of this volume is not enough, I have to add more iSCSI LUNs, but the end-users must see only the folder that I've…
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Getting Partial / No Redundancy on VM's created on latest datastore
First some background.
I'm in the process of upgrading my ESX servers from 3.5 to vSphere 4 and so far I have setup the new vCenter Server. Before I start the upgrade of the ESX, I needed more storage so I created 3 datastores from available space…
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iSCSI SAN Availibility before VSphere install
We are a small business with about 30 users but thrive new technologies. I have been planning a brand new VMWare install for months now. I have a, hopefully, simple question for anyone.
potentially relevant hardware configuration:
-2 ESX servers…
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Identify LUNs on Redhat server
I inherited an environment where there was no LUN masking or proper zoning. With that said, I need to identify the correct LUNs that are presented to a particular server. I see 6 LUNs if I run "fdisk -l" One of these LUNs is the "new" one I added…
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Remove bunch of disconnected LUNs by shell script (regex issue)
Have a problem with my script, don't want to run same procedure 200 times with changing LUN number.
Remove the multipath device from ALL paths to the LUN, run echo 1 > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/${H:B:T:L}/delete (Where H = host:B = bus:T = target:L =…
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Sharing internal storage of ESXi host via fiber channel protocol
Imagine a pair of servers with fiber channel adapters. Normally each one can connect to the shared SAN storage using its HBA and fiber cords,
Now, eliminating the SAN, is it possible to interconnect these two ESXi servers directly with fiber cord…
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sg_map & lsscsi showing old storage version
I am using SUN storage and recently upgraded/refreshed my ISCSI LUN storage.
We have replicated old storage to new storage and attached to our servers.
I can see at SUN storage side that storage is attached to server and also from server when I run…
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Delete unwanted file from a LUN
I have a SAN environment with LUNs used only for saving documents (. doc, jpg, mp3, xls etc.).
I would like to know the best way to delete from these LUN to temporary file word, file thumb, ~ tmp, etc..
For desktop PCs i use software like…
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