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by Dmitry (staff)
Fri May 20, 2016 4:49 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: I killed our SAN
Replies: 5
Views: 4327

Re: I killed our SAN

Just delete your non active device(NOT the physical one) and follow my steps upwards.
by Dmitry (staff)
Fri May 20, 2016 4:44 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hyper-V - disk write protected
Replies: 5
Views: 13238

Re: Hyper-V - disk write protected

Thanks hste.
@pkurtz do not hesitate to ask any additional questions.
by Dmitry (staff)
Fri May 20, 2016 11:38 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hyper-V - disk write protected
Replies: 5
Views: 13238

Re: Hyper-V - disk write protected

Hello,
Could please try "clean" command using diskpart

DISKPART> list disk

DISKPART> select disk 1

Note: Please adjust the disk number accordingly.

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> clean

And create new GPT partition.
by Dmitry (staff)
Fri May 20, 2016 9:49 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Latest Release Notes?
Replies: 3
Views: 3398

Re: Latest Release Notes?

Do not hesitate to ask any additional questions.
by Dmitry (staff)
Fri May 20, 2016 9:40 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: I killed our SAN
Replies: 5
Views: 4327

Re: I killed our SAN

Hello, First of all let me clarify, you had standalone image file device, running in the failover cluster or HA image(two StarWind nodes running)? In case if you had only one node, and you lost your device(not physical one), you can recreate device based on your existing image file. Below you can fi...
by Dmitry (staff)
Thu May 19, 2016 2:10 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Migrate HA target from LSFS to Flat?
Replies: 3
Views: 3611

Re: Migrate HA target from LSFS to Flat?

First of all I should tell you that LSFS was not designed to use with flash storage. Next is you should work with the latest build(it`s available on your customer page) Below you can find the migration plan from LSFS into Flat(image) device(HA case): - First is you need to back up your files. - Open...
by Dmitry (staff)
Thu May 19, 2016 12:19 pm
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Latest Release Notes?
Replies: 3
Views: 3398

Re: Latest Release Notes?

Hello Joe,
You are quite right, for now latest build is 9052, we`ll update customer page and release notes asap.
Thank you for your attention.
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 18, 2016 9:42 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Updating NIC firmware/drivers
Replies: 12
Views: 9751

Re: Updating NIC firmware/drivers

Thank`s a lot for your story, this can be very helpful for all community.
We are really appreciate your contribution into our community.
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 18, 2016 9:33 am
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: VHD/VHDX to VMWare 6
Replies: 3
Views: 10553

Re: VHD/VHDX to VMWare 6

Thank`s, you can try to convert the other VM, and take a look what you get.
It`s strange issue, I`ll tell our RnD about this accident.
Do not hesitate to ask any additional questions.
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 04, 2016 11:44 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Confused about VSAN Free
Replies: 15
Views: 9661

Re: Confused about VSAN Free

As PoSaP mentioned before, main difference between Free and Paid version is that you can install StarWind into VM`s and use full High Availability features. (it`s Paid version) And in the Free version iSCSI connections are restricted. Difference between free and paid: https://www.starwindsoftware.co...
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 04, 2016 11:18 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hyperconverged on non identical hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 3325

Re: Hyperconverged on non identical hardware

The main edition is Windows Server 2012R2 Standard. You can even use two Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and it is free, but they are without GUI. For this case you can manage StarWind from your laptop, just installing the Management console on it. All recommendations and staeps you can find in our...
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 04, 2016 11:00 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Best Practice for caching in a single node iSCSI SAN
Replies: 3
Views: 3807

Re: Best Practice for caching in a single node iSCSI SAN

Hello Ryan, In case of single device you need to split the difference about best performance and better data safety. You are quite right, you need to use WT mode for L1 cache. But you can try trial version and use HA device with WB cache mode. (If you have two server nodes for vSAN) In this instance...
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 04, 2016 10:49 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Very long start of Starwind Virtual SAN Service
Replies: 17
Views: 13169

Re: Very long start of Starwind Virtual SAN Service

Hello Vladcat,
Could clarify, what StarWind version you are using?
You can find this information in the StarWind Management console in the top drop-down menu, Help, About StarWind Management Console.
Thank you.
by Dmitry (staff)
Wed May 04, 2016 10:45 am
Forum: StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) [+Free], HCI Appliance (HCA), Virtual HCI Appliance (VHCA) [+Free]
Topic: Hyperconverged on non identical hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 3325

Re: Hyperconverged on non identical hardware

Hello Thomas,
You can use StarWind for Hyper-Converged scenario your two similar servers.
But according to our system requirements, OS for your StarWind VM`s you should use from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2, including Server Core editions and free Microsoft Hyper-V Server.