I've been trying to reconfigure vmware to recognize a datastore as SSD strorage. I've found several articles regarding this:
VmwareKB, Virtually Ghetto, Storage Monk. However i'm running into issues:
When I run:
esxcli storage nmp satp rule add --satp SATP --device naa.6842b2b02599aa00181935940bbfce4c --option "enable_ssd"
I get the error:
Error: Invalid option enable_ssd
If I run
esxcli storage nmp satp rule add --satp SATP --device naa.6842b2b02599aa00181935940bbfce4c --option "enable_ssd"
I get the error:
Plugin 'SATP' is not a registered SATP. Please select a plugin from the list in
'esxcli storage core plugin registration list -N SATP' or use the --force option
to force the use of this SATP.
I attempted to use the –force command and can see the rule if I run
~ # esxcli storage nmp satp rule list | grep enable_ssd
SATP naa.6842b2b02599aa00181935940bbfce4c enable_ssd user
However the datastore is still coming up as non-ssd. Any ideas or easier ways to accomplish this ? Thanks
Edit Output of esxcli storage nmp device list
naa.6842b2b02599aa00181935940bbfce4c
Device Display Name: Local DELL Disk (naa.6842b2b02599aa00181935940bbfce4c)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba1:C2:T0:L0;current=vmhba1:C2:T0:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba1:C2:T0:L0
Is Local SAS Device: false
Is Boot USB Device: false
~ # naa.6842b2b02599aa00181935940bbfce4c
Best Answer
Since this is probably a small local installation, did you follow the last step in the VMware KB article?
You must reboot the ESXi host to tag the local datastore (if ESXi is installed locally) as the SSD drive.