Archive for Juni 18th, 2010

VMware vSphere 4.1 – the new Storage I/O Control (SIOC) feature

Freitag, Juni 18th, 2010

vmware_logo.jpg   VMware just published a video demonstrating how the new Storage I/O Control (SIOC) feature part of the upcoming vSphere 4.1 works

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VMware vSphere 4 – building clusters with shared disks

Freitag, Juni 18th, 2010

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Adding/Changing Lines in the VMware Configuration „*.vmx“ File … 

# —————————————————————-
# BEGIN SHARED STORAGE
# —————————————————————-

# —————————————————————-
#   Create HBA
# —————————————————————-
scsi1.present = „TRUE“
scsi1.sharedBus = „VIRTUAL“
scsi1.virtualDev = „lsilogic“

# —————————————————————-
#   Creating virtual SCSI disk on that HBA
# —————————————————————-
scsi1:1.present = „TRUE“
scsi1:1.fileName = „/vmfs/volumes/<DataStore>/<SharedDisk Folder>/SharedDisk.vmdk“
scsi1:1.redo = „“
scsi1:1.mode = „independent-persistent“
scsi1:1.deviceType = „plainDisk“

# —————————————————————-
diskLib.dataCacheMaxSize = „0“
diskLib.dataCacheMaxReadAheadSize = „0“
diskLib.dataCacheMinReadAheadSize = „0“
diskLib.dataCachePageSize = „0“
diskLib.maxUnsyncedWrites = „0“
disk.locking = „FALSE“

# —————————————————————-
# END SHARED STORAGE
# —————————————————————-