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September 4th, 2011 14:00
metalun vmware
i expanded a lun to a meta lun in navisphere. bu vmware does not recognixe this new size. what to do? i have data and live vms running on the lun
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dynamox
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September 4th, 2011 15:00
if you are on vSphere < 5 , VMFS limit is 2TB. If your LUN is greater than that you will need to use extents.
tdubb123
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September 4th, 2011 15:00
yes rescanned. this is 4.1 u1
tdubb123
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September 4th, 2011 15:00
its only a 300gb lun and i added 300 more.
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tdubb123
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September 4th, 2011 15:00
in navisphere the metalun status is expanding.
is that the reason? how long does that take?
dynamox
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September 4th, 2011 15:00
Block size is too small, could that be the issue ?
tdubb123
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September 4th, 2011 15:00
when i go to increase size in vsphere. I am not even seeing the additional space from the metalun. but it does show up as an extent
dynamox
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September 4th, 2011 16:00
ahh..you did striped meta. It depends what the priority is and how busy RG/SP is.
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September 4th, 2011 16:00
take a look at this paper
EMC CLARiiON MetaLUNs - Concepts, Operations, and Management
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September 4th, 2011 16:00
what is the difference btw concat and stripe? metalun is not samme as extents right? anything cons about metalun for vmware?