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Breaking Device Locks using vmkfstools
VMFS volume on the VMware ESX/ESXi host is locked due to an I/O error. Example: If naa.xxxxxx:1 represents one of the partitions used in a VMFS volume,…
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Managing SCSI Reservations of LUNs using vmkfstools
Use the vmkfstools command to reserve a SCSI LUN for exclusive use by the ESXi host. You can also release a reservation so that other hosts can…
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Space Reclamation Requests from Guest OS
ESXi supports the unmap commands issued directly from a guest operating system to reclaim storage space. The level of support and requirements depend on the type…
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Force Unmount temporary datastore used for vSAN traces from vSAN cluster ESXi hosts
>> Disable vsantraced startup by running this command: chkconfig vsantraced off >> Stop the vsantraced service by running this command: /etc/init.d/vsantraced stop >> Change the…
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vSAN SDKs
The vSAN Management SDKs bundle language bindings for accessing the vSAN Management API and creating client applications for automating vSAN management tasks. The vSAN Management…
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Guest and HA Application Monitoring SDK Programming
You can download the Guest SDK for monitoring guest virtual machine statistics, and with facilities for High Availability (HA) Application Monitoring. The SDK version number…
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VDDK 6.7.1
The Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.7.1 is an update to support vSphere 6.7 Update 1 and to resolve issues discovered in previous releases. VDDK…
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Failed to lock the file
Powering on a virtual machine fails. Unable to power on a virtual machine. Adding an existing virtual machine disk (VMDK) to a virtual machine that…
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