How to correctly remove a LUN from ESXi (or how to avoid All Paths Down APD)

In order to correctly remove a LUN from ESXi certain steps must be taken before unplugging the storage device merrily from ESXi if you wish to avoid the dreaded All Paths Down issue.   All Paths Down (APD) is when an ESXi server has lost all access to active paths (usually multipathed) storage device. The ESXi server continues to try and access the storage however and this is where the Read More…

vmware healthcheck script for esxi5

The vmware healthcheck script has been around for a while I’ve used it from esx 3.5 onwards, It has now however been updated to cover vsphere5\esxi5 and its a great little script to run every once in a while within your environment to find all those little settings that you might have forgotten about or unattended snapshots. More info HERE.   Author: Dale ScrivenRead More…