I recently had to move several virtual machines off a migrating array, and posted about my success with RDM’s to thick VMDK here. I also found that a few of the virtual machines I had to move included Windows dynamic disks, specifically, spanned volumes. Seeing as the largest volumes previously were 2 TB in...
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
SvMotion RDM to VMDK
We recently had need to evacuate one of our busy SAN arrays. For the most part, this was easy enough. Thanks to the storage vMotion (SvMotion) capability, it was easy enough to move the virtual machines without much difficulty using the normal migrate processes while the vm’s were up and running. The trouble comes...
When Disks Fail, Sort Of!
Another interesting one for folks. This is the first time I’ve seen this, as most of my storage comes off of my SAN. We started getting alerts for virtual machines, and after pulling up the vm console, noticed it was black. Tried to reset the vm, but the reset task just sat ‘In Progress’...
DC VMUG Jan 17th @ Nats park
Finally getting back into the swing of things with the new year. So, for my first post of 2012, a plug for the local VMware Users Group Meeting (DCVMUG). The event is @ Nationals Park on January 17th, 2012. Should be a good event, with presentations from Veeam and Tintri, and of course a...
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