VCP-DCV Configure and Manage vSphere Storage — All Questions With Answers

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vmkfstools -P -v10 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm1/vm1.vmdk

Output:
DISKOPEN: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c29a1b2c3d4e:1: Size 17179869184 (512 bytes sectors)
DISKOPEN: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c29a1b2c3d4e:2: Size 8589934592 (512 bytes sectors)
DISKOPEN: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000c29a1b2c3d4e:3: Size 4294967296 (512 bytes sectors)
vmfs version: 6.82
capacity: 17179869184 (16.0 GB)
format: 3 (vmfs6)
number of extents: 3

esxcli storage core device list
=======================
   Device: naa.6000eb3a10e71d0023f04b28b6544000
   Device Display Name: DGC Fibre Channel Disk (naa.6000eb3a10e71d0023f04b28b6544000)
   Size: 2048.00 GB
   Device Type: Direct-Access
   Multipath Plugin: NMP
   Is Local: false
   Is SAS: false
   Is USB: false
   Is NMP: true
   Is PAE: false
   Number of Paths: 4
   Primary Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_ALUA
   Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_ALUA
   Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
   Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=none}
   Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000eb3a10e71d0023f04b28b6544000

vsan.check.health - Cluster Health
-----------------------------
- vSAN object health: Degraded
- vSAN object repair: In progress
- Resyncing objects: 2
- Resyncing data size: 120.00 GB
- Active rebalance tasks: 0
- Data efficiency: 1.2x (compression + dedup)

vmkfstools -P -v 10 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1
VMFS version 6.82
Number of extents: 2
Extent 0: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000eb3a10e71d0023f04b28b6544000:1
   offset: 0, size: 1048576 (blocks), block size: 1MB
Extent 1: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6000eb3a10e71d0023f04b28b6544001:1
   offset: 0, size: 2097152 (blocks), block size: 1MB

Device: naa.6000c29d123456789
   Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_ALUA
   Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR
   Paths:
      vmhba3:C0:T0:L0 – state: active
      vmhba3:C0:T1:L0 – state: standby

{
   "policy": {
      "hostFailuresToTolerate": 1,
      "objectSpaceReservation": 0,
      "stripeWidth": 1,
      "forceProvisioning": false
   }
}

2023-01-15T10:30:00.123Z cpu0:12345) NMP: nmp_DeviceStartIo: Device "naa.6000097000019270" failed to issue command due to Not Found (SCSI Sense: H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0).

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Output from vmkfstools command:

vmkfstools -V /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm1/vm1.vmdk

Disk descriptor file: /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm1/vm1.vmdk
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=12345678
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="vmfs"

# Extent description
RW 1048576000 VMFS "vm1-flat.vmdk"

# The Disk Data Base
#DDB


The VM is using a virtual mode RDM? (Based on the descriptor, is this a virtual RDM?)

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VASA Storage Capability JSON from an array:

{
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "id": "capacityByThin",
      "description": "Thin provisioning",
      "properties": {
        "provisioningType": {
          "type": "string",
          "value": "thin"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "replication",
      "description": "Replication at storage container level",
      "properties": {
        "rpo": {
          "type": "integer",
          "value": 3600
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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~ # esxcli storage nmp path list

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a6-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a7
   State: active (optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a7-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a8
   State: active (non-optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a8-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a9
   State: active (non-optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a9-naa.600601607...-fc.20000010a1234:5006016844e0a6a6
   State: active (non-optimized)
   SATP: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA
   PSP: VMW_PSP_MRU

vmkfstools -Ph /vmfs/volumes/VSAN-DS
  VMFS version 3.61
  Number of extents: 1
  Capacity 2.0 TB (2199023255552 bytes)
  Free space 123.5 GB (132542701568 bytes)
  Max file size 2.0 TB (2199023255552 bytes)
  Max file name length: 255 characters
  Number of files: 1542
  Number of directories: 12
  Number of links: 0
  Number of VMFS pointer blocks: 0
  Number of resource maps: 0

# esxcli storage nfs41 list
  Volume Name  Host         Share           Accessible  Mounted
  -----------  -----------  --------------  ----------  -------
  nfs-ds       nas01.local  /exports/nfs01  true        true
# esxcli storage nfs41 param set -v nfs-ds -p MaxQueueDepth -v 64
# esxcli storage nfs41 param list -v nfs-ds
  Parameter            Value
  -------------------  -----
  MaxQueueDepth        64
  MaxReadTransferSize  131072
  MaxWriteTransferSize 131072
  ...

status = 'fail'
  msg = 'Failed to enable vSAN on host 192.168.1.100: vSAN requires at least one disk group with a capacity tier.'
  host = '192.168.1.100'

Storage DRS Configuration for Datastore Cluster 'DS-Cluster':
  Automation Level: Manual
  Runtime Settings:
    Invocation Frequency: 8 hours
    Threshold: Utilization 80% (Conservative)
    I/O Metrics: Enabled
    I/O Latency Threshold: 15 ms
  Power Management: Disabled
  Advanced Options:
    minSpaceUtilizationDiff: 50 GB
    minIOLatencyDiff: 5 ms

Error: Cannot add host 'esxi-05.lab.local' to vSAN cluster.
Cause: Host esxi-05.lab.local does not have a VMkernel interface with vSAN traffic enabled.
   VMkernel interfaces on host:
   vmk0: Management (10.0.0.5)
   vmk1: vMotion (10.0.1.5)
   vmk2: Provisioning (10.0.2.5)