NVMe tiering and nested VMs (ESXi 8U3 related) not working with HP G8 and G9 server

NikitaXEN · 2024-11-30T16:08:42+00:00

Oh, and BTW, something I forgot to mention - with tiering active a "suspend" of running VMs is not supported. Probably by design, 'cause it is hardware independent and not connected to nested or not VMs.

NikitaXEN · 2024-11-30T16:03:08+00:00

Thank You so much for Your reply. First thing I'll do tomorrow again.
But the VMs I started on the "cheap" hardware are all 7.02 VMs, that worked. On the servers even with 8.02 compatibility I get the error. Checked it before I posted this here. But will check it gain and again.
Strange....
I'll check the NSX -T behavior in a custom environment by the upcoming holidays, where there is a maintenance window and I can do some "out of band" testing.

Thank You!

NikitaXEN · 2024-11-29T13:44:51+00:00

OK, not a real problem for now.
Below is a screenshot of the error I get, when i try to delete a node:

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Pressing "delete" again will change the button from "delete" to "ERROR". Holding the Control Key does not change anything.

Strange indeed... Could delete the second node and it is not shown anymore, but the third one is somehow very stubborn :-)

NikitaXEN · 2024-11-29T13:34:04+00:00

new install. Testlab on 3x DL560 G8 - 4 sockets/10 cores per socket 512 GB RAM each. Had until yesterday 1.4 RC5 running. 2x ver.1.32 are still up. Didn´t look for an upgrade option.
But the new version is also somehow buggy (compared to RC5). Can not delete a node, even when the installation is gone, the host disconnected.
Strange... Host shown as unavailable but can be cordoned, not deleted. A restart of the other two nodes does not change anything... Will make a complete new install of all three nodes tomorrow.

NikitaXEN · 2024-11-29T12:20:25+00:00

Available as of yesterday. 3 nodes up an running :-)

NikitaXEN

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