Disk arbitrator serial#
Disk arbitrator drivers#
Disk arbitrator software#

To support clustering, the disk must be connected through Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), iSCSI, or Fibre Channel. Lists disks that can support clustering, and are visible to all tested servers.

Disks that can support clustering and can be accessed by all the servers.

Lists all disks that are visible to one or more tested servers. The Validate a Configuration Wizard performs the following storage validation tests: These tests are comprehensive however, some specific tests may not run after the cluster is running nor in a multi-site cluster. The storage tests list and test the capabilities of all disks available to the cluster. Check with the vendor of your third-party application for support statements regarding that third-party product's ability to run in a virtualized environment.įor more detailed information regarding VMware specifications and requirements, visit the VMware web site.

Disk arbitrator drivers#

Examples include the functionality of card level drivers such as those for the Genius family of drivers, the Allen-Bradley DH/DH+ drivers, the Cyberlogic's MBX Driver for the SA85 card, as well as functions requiring direct video access. GE Digital does not support issues related to functionality that is not available as a result of running in a virtual machine infrastructure.

Disk arbitrator software#

It is the responsibility of you, the customer, to ensure that the performance of the Historian software and any third-party applications (especially those not recommended by GE Digital) are adequate to meet the needs of your run mode environment. Also, GE Digital does not provide support or troubleshoot a customer's virtual machine infrastructure. Therefore, GE Digital cannot provide support related to the performance of the Historian software running on a virtual machine if it is determined that the issue is related to the virtual environment. Unsupported USB devices may not interact as expected with other ESXi features.Īdditional VMware Notes GE Digital cannot guarantee the performance of the Historian software in a virtualized environment due to the wide range of parameters associated with the hardware, configuration, memory settings, third-party software installations, and the number of virtual machines running all of which can affect performance.A virtual machine may have up to 20 USB devices attached to it however, each unique USB device can only be attached to one virtual machine at a time.USB Device Limitations USB devices have these limitations when using Historian and VMware:

You must remove all USB devices from a virtual machine before you can remove the controller.You must add a USB controller to a virtual machine before you can add a USB device.If your system includes an additional number of controllers and you connect USB devices to these controllers, the devices are not available to be passed through to a virtual machine. The USB arbitrator can monitor a maximum of 15 USB controllers.Only one USB controller of each type can be added to a virtual machine.Minimum virtual hardware version 7 is required.USB Controller Limitations The USB controller has these limitations when using Historian and VMware: Be aware that device drivers used to write to proprietary cards for the ESXi HOSTS as part of virtual device setup can cause issues. These devices may be used if you can successfully connect them from the virtual machine through the physical HOST, but we do not support the setup of that connection. I/O Devices and Connections and VMware There are a multitude of devices and methods of communications on the market. We do not recommend or support these functions due to the potential effects on the Guest operating system, specifically in regards to polling I/O and timely updates.

Suspended Images/Power Metered Images ESXi servers have power meter functions and options as well as the ability to suspend images to conserve power. If there is not enough disk space on the host machine to grow the VMware disk, the archiver may lose data. Important: If the VMware disk needs to grow at runtime because of IHA growth or creation, the Data Archiver will be slowed.