Comments on: ESX VM swap on NFS: If it crashes, try something else http://andyleonard.com/2009/02/04/esx-vm-swap-on-nfs-if-it-crashes-try-something-else/ qstat -u aleonard -s z Sat, 05 May 2012 13:11:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andy Daniel http://andyleonard.com/2009/02/04/esx-vm-swap-on-nfs-if-it-crashes-try-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Andy Daniel Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:04:35 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/?p=218#comment-240 There appears to be some internal debate over this. The KB has been pulled from public access. There appears to be some internal debate over this. The KB has been pulled from public access.

]]> By: Andy http://andyleonard.com/2009/02/04/esx-vm-swap-on-nfs-if-it-crashes-try-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Andy Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:07:03 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/?p=218#comment-219 We've stuck with the status quo, since we haven't seen the problem (yet), and moving swap would require downtime. Out of curiosity, what are you using for your NFS server? (We're running against a NetApp FAS3040 with ONTAP 7.2.5.) We’ve stuck with the status quo, since we haven’t seen the problem (yet), and moving swap would require downtime. Out of curiosity, what are you using for your NFS server? (We’re running against a NetApp FAS3040 with ONTAP 7.2.5.)

]]> By: Jared http://andyleonard.com/2009/02/04/esx-vm-swap-on-nfs-if-it-crashes-try-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Jared Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:58:43 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/?p=218#comment-218 Did you get an fix on this? We are seeing this issue now and VMware support as usual is pretty hard to get a straight answer from. Did you get an fix on this? We are seeing this issue now and VMware support as usual is pretty hard to get a straight answer from.

]]> By: Andy http://andyleonard.com/2009/02/04/esx-vm-swap-on-nfs-if-it-crashes-try-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Andy Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:18:09 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/?p=218#comment-200 We hadn't finished moving our NFS VMs off of iSCSI swap when the latest guidelines came out. If it weren't for all the other advantages of NFS - especially allowing us to utilize expensive storage more effectively - we'd be done with NFS for VMware at this point. Oddly enough, I can't get to the KB article right now, although I presume it's just a KB SNAFU. We hadn’t finished moving our NFS VMs off of iSCSI swap when the latest guidelines came out. If it weren’t for all the other advantages of NFS – especially allowing us to utilize expensive storage more effectively – we’d be done with NFS for VMware at this point.

Oddly enough, I can’t get to the KB article right now, although I presume it’s just a KB SNAFU.

]]> By: Omahn http://andyleonard.com/2009/02/04/esx-vm-swap-on-nfs-if-it-crashes-try-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Omahn Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:16:38 +0000 http://andyleonard.com/?p=218#comment-199 Unfortunately we've been hit by the issue mentioned in the linked KB articles. Two of our VMs on NFS just stopped running with the swap errors in the logs. It's a shame as we've been running production VMs on NFS without issue for around a year now. Now I'm more than a little concerned about the other 100+ VMs still on NFS.. Unfortunately we’ve been hit by the issue mentioned in the linked KB articles. Two of our VMs on NFS just stopped running with the swap errors in the logs. It’s a shame as we’ve been running production VMs on NFS without issue for around a year now. Now I’m more than a little concerned about the other 100+ VMs still on NFS..

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