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wb2
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‎02-24-2011 08:26 AM

iscsi iniator drive in smart copy (auto snapshot manager/vmware edition) Equallogic SAN

Equallogic SAN, firmware 5.0.2

ESXi 4.1

I'm wanting to start using the features of the Auto Snapshot Manager/VMware edition from Dell but wasn't 100% sure how it handles ms iscsi attached drives.  For example if I clone or snapshot a VM I have the option to check "Include PS Series volumes accessed by guest iSCSI initiators (only powered on VMs).  Since there are actually 2 different version of the Auto Snapshot Manager, VMware edition and Microsoft Edition, is the VMware still file system aware when it includes the ms initiator attached drive?

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AndreTheGiant
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‎02-24-2011 08:41 AM

The snapshot is from a VMFS volume, so you can only read it from a host.

Andre

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wb2
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‎02-24-2011 09:19 AM

I'm not sure I follow.

You can snap the ms iscsi attached volume that a VM is attached to as well.

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AndreTheGiant
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‎02-24-2011 09:25 AM

The ASM for VMware handle ONLY the VMFS volumes.

To handle the guest iSCSI volume, you must install ASM inside the guest.

Andre

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
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