2 or 3 volumes with MSA 2050 and ESXi 6.7
Hi,I plan to create 3 volumes on MSA 2050 SAN controller with ESXi 6.7. Jsut have only one disk group. One volume is for OS image, the 2nd is for data, the last one is for file sharing. The connector...
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So basically you want to create 3 volumes from Single Pool and that may be either from Pool A or Pool B. Yes you can do the same.As you have mentioned you want to store OS image in one of the volume so...
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Hi guys,I'm not sure whether to ask this on an HPE or Microsoft forum. Hope I'll get some help.I'm virtualizing and clustering two HPE servers, and a MSA SAN. When creating Hyper-V VMs, should I host...
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I think you can consider Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)Please refer the "HPE MSA 2050/2052 storage and Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Implementation...
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Hi There,Hyper-V can use different types of storage and methods of storage connectivity and configuration.While keeping in mind on shared configuration plan, Microsoft Server Hyper-V 2016 running on...
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Hi Subhajit,The CSV idea is well understood. But the question is, is it ideal to have a CSV per VM or geenral CSVs for the VM VHDs and config file. THe question is mostly from the idea that in case I...
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Your question more specific to Windows related rather MSA related.Also this type of query can't be answered just like that because this requires proper consultant work.It depends upon your business...
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Best practice from storage side (HPE)One VHD for VM System files on one CSV, and another VHD for VM data files on another CSV.Moreover, Virtual Machine snapshot ( Microsoft terminology it is called...
View ArticleHP MSA 1040 Disk Expansion help
Hi All, we have an MSA 1040 SAN that hosts are on primisis exchange DB. We purchased a drive the same size (900GB SAS) to add to the SAN to expand that raid 5 array as it is nearly at full capacity....
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If you are using MSA1040 as linear array which means you are dealing with Virtual Disk or Vdisk. I understand you have completed Vdisk expansion with new single drive. If not done then you need to do...
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Thanks for the response, i think my array is linear, although i am not 100% sure. I did not setup this array, a previous admin did so and i am inherititing this device to manage, needless to say i...
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You can share the screenshot of the GUII would suggest you to get some experience with this product line by going through Quick Spec and SMU guide.Volume name will not help to understand the...
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Re: HP MSA 1040 Disk Expansion help
Appreciated, and thank you for humoring me, more experience would be wonderful, unfortunately the situation is more reactive then proactive at this point, and the powers that be need a resolution....
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Thank you for this. If i were to do this, what effect would this have on the data? Would deleteing the snap shots cause issues with the database? Also, along with the pool deletions, and expanding...
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Thanks for the screenshot and this is linear array. So you can follow the commands that I have shared in my earlier post apart from replication stuff. Consider this as normal volume so follow those...
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Nice to hear your words.Also request you to mark the forum as resolved if there is no more outstanding query from your end on this issue.This will help for everyone who are all following your forum....
View ArticleRe: 2 or 3 volumes with MSA 2050 and ESXi 6.7
Thanks you.May you have some explanation for MSA Storage Best practice for VMware vSphere in page 25? It seams like I'd have only single volume for vSphere, but I can have many volumes for other....
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......There is nothing like Single volume for vSphere. You can present multiple MSA volumes to vSphere or ESX.You can create 3 volumes at the MSA end then present one LUN to each Host as datastore...
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