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

vSphere StorageVASA, See vStorage APIs for StorageAwarenessvendor providersregistering 255unregistering 256updating 257viewing 256Virtual SANand vSphere HA 178about 173and esxcli commands 190and object-based storage 174and storage policies 188characteristics 175claiming disks 183claiming disks manually 184datastores 182defined 173disable the cluster 182enabling 180error messages 192failing configuration on a host 191licensing 181managing 186monitoring 185removing disks from 185requirements 176storage provider 189troubleshooting 190virtual disk, repair 267virtual disksextending 265formats 246supported formats 263virtual flashdisabling 208DRS support 206HA support 206local SSDs unavailable 209volume limits 206virtual flash resourceconfigure a swap cache 206remove 208setup 206virtual flash resources, set up multiple 207virtual machine objects, non-compliant 192virtual machine storage policy, compliance 202virtual machine storage profiles, See storagepoliciesvirtual machinesaccessing FC SAN 37accessing iSCSI SAN 74assigning WWNs to 42configuration files 131configuration parameters 131I/O delay 218locations 30with RDMs 160virtual ports (VPORTs) 41Virtual SAN datastores, monitor disks 186Virtual SAN cluster, create 180Virtual SAN, enabling 181Virtual SAN, networking 177, 178virtual SSD device 168Virtula SAN, expanding a cluster 186VMFSchecking metadata consistency 151conversion 262locking 137one volume per LUN 76resignaturing 141vmkfstools 259VMFS datastoresadding extents 144changing signatures 142creating on Fibre Channel storage 139creating on iSCSI storage 139creating on SCSI disk 139creating on storage device 139deleting 146disk formats 135increasing 144increasing capacity 144mounting 146sharing 136unmounting 145upgrading 142VMFS resignaturing 141VMFS3, upgrading 143VMFS5, improvements over VMFS3 134VMFS5 and VMFS3, differences 134VMkernel interfaces 86VMkernel.Boot.terminateVMOnPDL 130vmkfstoolsbreaking locks 268cloning disks 265creating RDMs 266creating virtual disks 263deleting virtual disks 264device options 267disk chain 267extending virtual disks 265file system options 261geometry 267inflating thin disks 264276 VMware, Inc.