Comments on: Standalone vSphere hosts and the local VMFS http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/ Building blocks for virtualization... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Willem http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-4597 Willem Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:46:33 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-4597 A reply to an old post.. but after fighting with this a bit on vSphere (running the GUI and Textmode install) I'm wondering what the correct procedure would be to setup two vmfs volumes while installing? quoting Cody: 'So while one may not be able to do it directly from the installer, what is to stop you from popping out to a different terminal and running the fdisk command and setting this up by hand?' In what order do you have to do this and is it also necessary to create a vmfs file system? Thanks for any extra info, with VI3 this was quite easy, but vSphere does present a (little) new challenge here. :P A reply to an old post.. but after fighting with this a bit on vSphere (running the GUI and Textmode install) I’m wondering what the correct procedure would be to setup two vmfs volumes while installing?

quoting Cody: ‘So while one may not be able to do it directly from the installer, what is to stop you from popping out to a different terminal and running the fdisk command and setting this up by hand?’

In what order do you have to do this and is it also necessary to create a vmfs file system?

Thanks for any extra info, with VI3 this was quite easy, but vSphere does present a (little) new challenge here. :P

]]> By: deobfuscate http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3997 deobfuscate Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:40:37 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3997 To my knowledge there is no way to change the default block size during the installation. I had this problem when I was trying to setup a client's ESXi environment and wanted a bigger block size. Furthermore I had problems deleting the VMFS volume after installation and recreating the volume with a larger block size. To my knowledge there is no way to change the default block size during the installation. I had this problem when I was trying to setup a client’s ESXi environment and wanted a bigger block size.

Furthermore I had problems deleting the VMFS volume after installation and recreating the volume with a larger block size.

]]> By: NiTRo http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3944 NiTRo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:47:53 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3944 8GB i guess (the default vmdk is 7.5GB) 8GB i guess (the default vmdk is 7.5GB)

]]> By: Duncan http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3924 Duncan Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:39:06 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3924 It depends on your partitioning scheme, but roughly 20 / 25GB: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/05/27/partitioning-your-esx-host-part-ii/ It depends on your partitioning scheme, but roughly 20 / 25GB:
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/05/27/partitioning-your-esx-host-part-ii/

]]> By: krisiasty http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3922 krisiasty Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:30:09 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3922 How big should be the first partition for the Service Console? How big should be the first partition for the Service Console?

]]> By: Duncan http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3920 Duncan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:07:58 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3920 I fully agree, creating it from the VIC is definitely the best option. I fully agree, creating it from the VIC is definitely the best option.

]]> By: goingvirtual http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3917 goingvirtual Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:29:15 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3917 Hi Duncan. Good article, Ive started creating 2 VMFS partitions, one for the console and one for virtual machines as you noted. After the install I always delete the second and add it back in using vCenter so the partition is aligned. Looking back on VI3, VMFS partitions created during the install by default are not aligned. I know most people dont bother about this with local VMFS partitions but I like to do what I can to get the best performance. Hi Duncan. Good article,

Ive started creating 2 VMFS partitions, one for the console and one for virtual machines as you noted.

After the install I always delete the second and add it back in using vCenter so the partition is aligned. Looking back on VI3, VMFS partitions created during the install by default are not aligned. I know most people dont bother about this with local VMFS partitions but I like to do what I can to get the best performance.

]]> By: NiTRo http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3912 NiTRo Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:15:37 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3912 it could be really interesting actually :) it could be really interesting actually :)

]]> By: Duncan Epping http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Duncan Epping Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:21:34 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3909 it probably is, I tried but haven't succeeded yet. it probably is, I tried but haven’t succeeded yet.

]]> By: NiTRo http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/29/standalone-vsphere-hosts-and-the-local-vmfs/comment-page-1/#comment-3907 NiTRo Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:30:50 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=3399#comment-3907 While reading this post, i'm wondering if it could be possible to snapshot the esxconsole.vmdk ? While reading this post, i’m wondering if it could be possible to snapshot the esxconsole.vmdk ?

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