What is storage V motion?
Storage vMotion is a component of VMware vSphere that allows the live migration of a running virtual machine’s (VM) file system from one storage system to another, with no downtime for the VM or service disruption for end users.
What is Npiv in VMware?
NPIV stands for N-Port ID Virtualization. It is an ANSI T11 standard that describes how a single Fibre Channel Physical HBA port can register with a fabric using several worldwide port names (WWPNs), what might be considered Virtual WWNs.
What is V motion in VMware?
VMware® VMotion™ enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one physical server to another with zero downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity. VMotion is a key enabling technology for creating the dynamic, automated, and self- optimizing data center.
How do I move RDM to another drive?
To work around this issue:
- Remove the RDM from the virtual machine, and delete it from disk to ensure that the mapping file is deleted.
- Add the RDM again, and put the mapping file in a different datastore than the ultimate target of the Storage vMotion.
What is storage vMotion used for?
With Storage vMotion, you can migrate a virtual machine and its disk files from one datastore to another while the virtual machine is running. With Storage vMotion, you can move virtual machines off of arrays for maintenance or to upgrade.
Does storage vMotion require downtime?
Storage vMotion is a newer technology from VMware that allows migrating all virtual machine files from one storage location to another while the VM is powered on and without any downtime.
How storage vMotion works in VMware?
As defined by VMware, Storage vMotion allows you to migrate a virtual machine and its disk files from one datastore to another while the virtual machine is running. The execution host is not changed during the Storage vMotion progress.
Can vCenter migrate itself?
Yes you can. What we did last time: We used the vcenter to clone itself to the other host.
Can we convert RDM to VMDK?
To convert RDM to VMDK, You can use the Advanced option in Storage vMotion ->Change the disk format as “Thin or Thick” from the disk format drop down for the RDM disk, select the destination datastore and proceed with the storage vMotion. Once storage vMotion is completed, virtual RDM disk will be converted to VMDK.
What does NPIV stand for in VMware?
NPIV stands for N-Port ID Virtualization. It is an ANSI T11 standard that describes how a single Fibre Channel Physical HBA port can register with a fabric using several worldwide port names (WWPNs), what might be considered Virtual WWNs. This in turn means that since there a multiple Virtual HBAs per physical HBA,…
How to enable NPIV on Fibre Channel VM?
Select the VM that will use NPIV and then go to the VM Properties, select the Options tab, and check the Fibre Channel NPIV setting: As you can see, there are No WWNs currently assigned. Next, we need to map an RDM to the VM in order to enable NPIV.
Where are NPIV WWNs zoned in QLogic HBA?
However, in this case, it was a quick way of allowing the NPIV WWNs be zoned to the same storage array as the physical QLogic HBA. So at this point, the NPIV WWNN and WWPNs from the Virtual Machine are added to the FC switch and now are zoned to the FC ports of the storage array. That completes the FC Switch configuration.
Where does the NPIV WWNN and WWPN go?
So at this point, the NPIV WWNN and WWPNs from the Virtual Machine are added to the FC switch and now are zoned to the FC ports of the storage array. That completes the FC Switch configuration. Things now start to become interesting.