vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-55-storage-guide

vSphere Storagecompatibility modesphysical 158virtual 158configuration files, virtual machines 131configuration parameters, virtual machines 131configure a swap cache using a virtual flashresource 206configure Flash Read Cache 208configuringdynamic discovery 91static discovery 91coredump 150create tags 196create a Virtual SAN cluster 180current multipathing state 224Ddas.maskCleanShutdownEnabled 130data digests 73datastoresadding extents 144configuring on NFS volumes 140creating 139displaying 21displaying for a parent object 22increasing capacity 144managing duplicate 141mounting 141NFS 133paths 224refreshing 123renaming 145review information 22storage over-subscription 248unmounting 145Virtual SAN 182VMFS 133delete storage policy 200Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage systems 106dependent iSCSI, networking 83dependent hardware iSCSIand associated NICs 80configuration workflow 78considerations 79device loss, unplanned 125, 127device locks, breaking 268diagnostic partitionconfiguring 149verifying 150diagnostic partitions 39, 76direct connect 49disable the Virtual SAN cluster 182disaster recovery 28discoveryaddress 90dynamic 91static 91disk groupsadd a disk 184managing 183disk arraysactive-active 40, 76, 225active-passive 40, 76, 225disk chain, consistency 267disk formatsthick provisioned 246thin provisioned 246disk mirroring 148disk timeout 219Disk.EnableNaviReg 66Disk.MaxLUN 124disk.terminateVMOnPDLDefault 130disksformat 248inflate 248DRS support for virtual flash 206dump partitions 39, 76DVD-ROM, booting from 57dynamic discovery, configuring 91dynamic discovery addresses 90dynamic disks 148Eedit storage policies 200educational support 9EMC CLARiiON 50, 102EMC Symmetrix, pseudo LUNs 51, 103EqualLogic, storage systems 105esxcli commands, and virtual flash 210ESXi host, and multiple storage arrays 29EUI 70EVA (HP StorageWorks) 53, 104evacuation modes 187events 254examplesvmkfstools -C 262vmkfstools -Z 262extentsadding to datastore 144growing 144FfailoverI/O delay 218transparent 36, 72failover paths, status 223FC HBA setup 40270 VMware, Inc.