Datastore Dead or Error ESXi 6.0
I run VMware 6.0 one of my ESXI hosts lose two datastores
This host has 4 datastores 3 are local ATA drives and one is NFS
Two 0f the ATA drives are Dead or Error.
If I restart the ESXI Host they come back.
I swapped the drives out with two other drives and the same thing happened Dead or Error after about 24 hours.
I was lucky to have Veeam B& R nd I was able to recover the VMs on those two datastores.
Is my ESXi host corrupted ? or do you guys think I have a hardware problem
I found this
http://www.enterprisedaddy.com/2017/06/datastore-shows-inactive-unplanned-pdl/
And ran those commands but I had no VMS running on these datastores
Maybe if I put the original drives back in the results may be different I would rather keep the existing drives in now
If there some sort of cache or something I need to clear on this host?
Thanks Tom
This host has 4 datastores 3 are local ATA drives and one is NFS
Two 0f the ATA drives are Dead or Error.
If I restart the ESXI Host they come back.
I swapped the drives out with two other drives and the same thing happened Dead or Error after about 24 hours.
I was lucky to have Veeam B& R nd I was able to recover the VMs on those two datastores.
Is my ESXi host corrupted ? or do you guys think I have a hardware problem
I found this
http://www.enterprisedaddy.com/2017/06/datastore-shows-inactive-unplanned-pdl/
And ran those commands but I had no VMS running on these datastores
Maybe if I put the original drives back in the results may be different I would rather keep the existing drives in now
If there some sort of cache or something I need to clear on this host?
Thanks Tom
ASKER
They are not raid they are different size drives
I plugged them into another computer and they spun up no problem
What kind of tests do you suggest
I plugged them into another computer and they spun up no problem
What kind of tests do you suggest
Okay, well standard single drives will give you no protection if they should fail, and also performance will be poor.
To rule out if the drives are defective I would run manufacturers diagnostics, e.g. S.M.A.R.T tests at least
To rule out if the drives are defective I would run manufacturers diagnostics, e.g. S.M.A.R.T tests at least
ASKER
Smart test passed on all 4 drives
Got to be something in the esxi host that is cached or not sure
Yes I know separate drives are not protected but this is a development host not so concerned about performance
Ideas
Got to be something in the esxi host that is cached or not sure
Yes I know separate drives are not protected but this is a development host not so concerned about performance
Ideas
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Andrew,
Thanks for the link my system is compatible with VMWare.
I am going to shutdown the host over the weekend and try a few things .
Thanks for the link my system is compatible with VMWare.
I am going to shutdown the host over the weekend and try a few things .
Are they RAIDED ?