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An issue was observed where a VSAN node gets partitioned after running at the host’s console: #services.sh restart The host rejoins the cluster after the services restat. The root cause was attributed to restarting the “lacpd” service which results in tearing down the LAG group then re-forming it. During which time, the host is disconnected from…
A critical issue was reported with upgrading VSAN from ESXi 5.5 with Patch 4 or Express Patch 6 to vSphere 6 GA. The problem was introduced in the above patches which attempted to fix an incorrect SSD capacity reporting when using RVC command vsan.disks_stats. EP07 backs out the above fix. Here is the possible sequence of…
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Have you ever wanted to find out if an ESXi host is booted from PXE? In ESXi 5.0 and later, a handy CLI based tool, bootOption, can help you accomplish this task. This is available at the DCUI or via SSH. The syntax to use is: # bootOption -p The output can be one of…
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Monster VM panel VAPP4679 session voted top 10 at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. This session will be delivered in Barcelona as well. Going to VMworld 2013 in Barcelona? Make sure to sign up for session VAPP4679 “Software-Defined Datacenter Design Panel for Monster VMs: Taking the Technology to the Limits for High Unilization, High Performance…
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