Description
VMware Expert - Paris - €450-€500 a day - 6 Month Contract
ESXi Host Storage Migration - Using VMware Storage vMotion
Zone all VMware nodes to new VMAX
Auto Provision relevant LUNs to each ESX host
Log into the VI client, select "Configuration", then "Storage adapters" for first ESXi host accessing the new LUN(s)
Rescan all VMHBA and Scan for new LUNs
Format the new LUN(s) as VMFS
Select the new datastore wizard in the VI client for each new datastore
Log into the VI client, select "Configuration", then "Storage adapters"
Rescan all VMHBA and Scan for new LUNs for all other ESXi hosts accessing the new LUN(s)
Check each LUN is multi-pathed as per original LUN(s)
Log into the VI client, select "Configuration", then "Storage"
For each LUN select properties
Check for a "fixed" load balancing policy
Check one path is "active" and "preferred" and the other is "on"
Reconfigure each LUNs preferred path as per original LUN(s)
Alternate the preferred path to load balance the traffic down each HBA, fabric and FA for each LUN
Remove LUNS from old array for ESX Servers
Remove zoning for ESX hosts to the old array
Rescan disks to verify old array LUNS removed
V Blocks experience is a plus