Virtualization

How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with a QLogic HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment

How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with a QLogic HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment Solution: This procedure explains how to configure the QLogic HBA to boot ESX/ESXi from SAN. The procedure involves enabling the QLogic HBA BIOS, enabling the selectable boot, and selecting the boot LUN. Procedure: 1. …

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How to thin provision an exsiting VMWare disk on ESXi without virtual center

1. Login in VMware Esxi Server using putty (SSH) 2. Go to VM directory. 3. # cd  /vmfs/volumes/4dfb1103-9a5de242-b998-001ec9dd7bb1/nucnoemc01 4.  # vmkfstools -i nucnoemc01.vmdk nucnoemc01-thin.vmdk -d ‘thin’ -a lsilogic Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned Cloning disk ‘nucnoemc01.vmdk’… Clone: 100% done. 5. Go and check Database Browser Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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