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Storage Motion
We have multiple vendor storage devices (dell, Hp, neatapp), the volumes are shared for Esxi hosts in cluster.
HA and DRS enabled on cluster.
I am not an expert in vmware and trying to find the way to automate storage motion in case the storage device fails.
Is it possible to do that?
i normally migrate manually and never tested buy disconnecting the storage (offline)
We have vmware ver5.1 enterprise.
HA and DRS enabled on cluster.
I am not an expert in vmware and trying to find the way to automate storage motion in case the storage device fails.
Is it possible to do that?
i normally migrate manually and never tested buy disconnecting the storage (offline)
We have vmware ver5.1 enterprise.
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Storages did not fail, but it does not mean that they are not going to fail.
Chances are one day multiple disk failure can happen since they are mechanical and old devices.
i am trying to take proactive measure so our VMs will be available 24*7.
HA. DRS and FT are not going to help.
i have to dig into vSAN and VASA
Chances are one day multiple disk failure can happen since they are mechanical and old devices.
i am trying to take proactive measure so our VMs will be available 24*7.
HA. DRS and FT are not going to help.
i have to dig into vSAN and VASA
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VSAN and VASA is like cats and potatoes - completely different things.
Wasa would add some metricks to vcenter like "datastore in degraded state" that could let you either react yourself or automate with vmware (it is a driver from manufacturer of storage)
VSAN is a vmware software product that makes NAS out of local disks in ESXi
While first could save a data loss or two, second is a no-hardware replacement of NAS (well you can buy a new ESXi host with a bit bigger disks inder its influence)
Wasa would add some metricks to vcenter like "datastore in degraded state" that could let you either react yourself or automate with vmware (it is a driver from manufacturer of storage)
VSAN is a vmware software product that makes NAS out of local disks in ESXi
While first could save a data loss or two, second is a no-hardware replacement of NAS (well you can buy a new ESXi host with a bit bigger disks inder its influence)
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how can VMware vSphere migrate the VM from failed storage!
It cannot.
There is Storage DRS, but we do not have Storage HA.....
How often does your storage fail?
What you are wanting is vSAN, a Storage Cluster (or Mirror!)