This article gives you more information on the VMFS3.MaxHeapSizeMB advanced parameter. Let’s start off with VMware KB article 1004424 describing the method to increase the VMFS3 Heap Size in case you see the following error message in /var/log/vmkernel or /var/log/messages log: vmkernel: 8:18:59:58.640 cpu2:1410)WARNING: Heap: 1370: Heap_Align(vmfs3, 4096/4096 bytes, 4 align) failed. caller: 0x8fdbd0 vmkernel: 8:18:59:58.640 […]
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VMFS3 Heap Size (MaxHeapSizeMB)
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on February 15, 2011
https://virtualkenneth.com/2011/02/15/vmfs3-heap-size-maxheapsizemb/
Creating easy to identify LeftHand Volumes on ESX/vSphere
Coming from mostly HP EVA environments I got used to identify a Volume/LUN by there LUN number which was a real unique identifier. I could always “talk” LUN number and be sure that it was understood and unique. So ever since I’ve been working with our LeftHand environment I disliked the way that every Volume/LUN is marked […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on December 3, 2009
https://virtualkenneth.com/2009/12/03/creating-easy-to-identify-lefthand-volumes-on-esxvsphere/
VMFS- and Block Size is important for virtual RDM's
A little post from me since I got an error message while working with large RDM’s. While I twittered out the message it seemed that Duncan Epping from VMware had a posting ready at which he only had to press the “Publish”-button. See his very helpful article over here. What you might have noticed is that a RDM’s size is displayed as the real size […]
Posted by Kenneth van Ditmarsch on November 10, 2009
https://virtualkenneth.com/2009/11/10/vmfs-and-block-size-is-important-for-virtual-rdms/
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