Re: No Operating System - v1.6.2 uses 'Paravirtual' scsi hba
Hi, So far I have not been able to deploy any of the ova's in the 1.6.x series. The v1.5.1 fling deploys and boots just fine. The error on the v1.6.x series is the same for all of them - when deploying...
View ArticleAdding Workload Problems
Hello, I am trying out IO Analyzer for the first time and I believe I have everything set up correctly but in the Web UI I cannot get a workload added. I when I deployed the workers I deleted the...
View ArticleTrace Files - Clarify Latency
Hi, just wanted to clarify something regarding the trace files. I am right to assume that the last field, latency, is ignore during playback or does it have a part to play? Thanks
View ArticleVscsi trace commands output parameter description?
Vscsistats -e trace output is like this,#Command Type,Serial Number,IO Data Length,Num SG Entries,LBN,Time Stamp (microseconds),Command Latency...
View ArticleRe: What do the fields in a trace file mean?
Hi Chien-Chia,Field Timestamp (in Microsecond) is as per epoch or 0 for first command ,0 + completion time of first command and so on.. Thanks,Ram
View ArticleRe: Odd I/O Analyzer Behavior
I am having the exact same issue. I tried the suggesting but it is still happening. Wes
View ArticleDid not find workers on iometer when install vmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2
I deployed "vmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2.ova" on two ESXi hosts say as ESX1 and ESX2. followed all instructions mentioned in user guide io-analyzer1 on ESX1 and io-analyzer2 on ESX2. Launched Io analyzer...
View ArticleOpensource / FIO instead of IOMeter / use community
Hello, I believe it would make sense to open the sources to the community. GO opensource please. Please get rid of the IOMeter Tool. Yes IOmeter is a great tool but the alternative fio provides more....
View ArticleWorkers Don't Execute - Empty run-resxtop.sh
I have freshly downloaded, and deployed the OVA. It's working just fine on the controller, but we do not get the guests to run their workloads. I've worked through the log files, and scripts, and think...
View Articlevmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2 is not loading in mozilla / chrome
Hello i just installed vmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2 it did not like my dhcp so i configured the static ip : "/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0"...
View ArticleBlog Post: Deploying the VMware I/O Analyzer Fling
Made a quick blog post on how to deploy and perform a workload job in its simplest form. Hope this helps people getting started! Deploying the VMware I/O Analyzer Fling - virtuallyBoring
View ArticleRe: Blog Post: Deploying the VMware I/O Analyzer Fling
looks good. Any suggestions for my case it did not took dhcp ip default was localhost:~ # cat ifcfg-eth0BOOTPROTO='dhcp'BROADCAST=''ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''IPADDR=''MTU=''NAME='82545EM Gigabit Ethernet...
View Articlemax write iops Workload - What is being written?
Is it all random? or is it a set of data over and over?
View ArticleIOmeter not shutting down properly
I'm having a problem where my worker VMs aren't all shutting down IOmeter properly and thus not launching it properly when I run the next test, and the VMs are not producing any workload. This happens...
View ArticleHow to get live scsi traces from Vscsistats?
0down vote favorite   Here are things I already know, using vscsistat -t option I can get command traces for "VM/.vmdk" on ESxi. Steps to get scsi traces are:Start capturing traces, On Successful...
View ArticleIs there any method to recurring run test (just like a cron jobs)
Hello, Is there any method to recurring run test (just like a cron jobs), or any API can add job to scheduler? ThanksAlan
View ArticleIO Analyzer 1.6 Network Ports
Hi Guys, i just deployed the appliance in an segmented enviroment. so the ESXi Hosts and the appliance itself are stored in different vlans.Which do i need to open between them? everytime i tried do...
View ArticleWhere is the MD5/SHA-1 Checksum for the 1.6.2 release?
Subject says it all. Where is it and does it exist? Thanks,
View ArticleStats collection errors after updating to openSUSE 12.2
Not sure if this is going to get answered but I'll give it a shot... I updated the IOanalyzer appliance to openSUSE 12.2 and IOMeter/Dynamo version 1.1.0. (much better btw - you should officially...
View ArticleRe: Workers Don't Execute - Empty run-resxtop.sh
I had the same problem and fixed it by setting the time on all the Vmware IOMETER VM's. Once I did that the controller VM and all workers functioned properly.
View ArticleRe: IO Analyzer 1.6 Network Ports
Hi Guys, i got that information i was looking for: I/O Analyzer uses- SSH (TCP 22; used for file transferring between controller and workers)- HTTP (TCP 80 AND TCP 8180; controller only; 80 for Apache...
View ArticleAnyone used IOBlazer fling lately?
I love the ability (on paper anyways) of doing a vSCSIStats trace and then playing it back. Anyone use this older fling? Does it work in vSphere 5.5 or 6.0? Thanks in advance you wonderful people!
View ArticleRe: Stats collection errors after updating to openSUSE 12.2
Hi, did you find a solution?
View ArticleIs it possible to change the network adapter from E1000 to VMXNET3 to test w/...
Hello, I'd like to use I/O Analyzer to compare the difference between using a normal MTU (1500) via iSCSI and Jumbo Frames (9000+ MTU). The datastores in question are using 10GbE and could benefit...
View ArticleRe: Workers Don't Execute - Empty run-resxtop.sh
That was a good one. By setting the time on all VMs workload now is generated and all works properly.
View ArticleHow to know IO-meter is running on multiple drives ?
I had connected 10 physical drives to storage controller and run Io meter with following configuration (16K_100Read_0Rand) and run for 900sec 1. How we know Io-meter is running on how many drives2. How...
View ArticleI/O Analyzer not able to add the host
Hi, I/O Analyzer appliance is not able to add an ESXi 6.5 RC build based host. ESXi 6.5 Beta3 build gets added to the UI. Â Do you use ssh connection protocol to connect a host from I/O analyzer ?...
View ArticleRe: I/O Analyzer not able to add the host
I am seeing the same problem. I have a 4 node All Flash VSAN cluster that I am trying to benchmark. When my hosts are running 6.0 Update 2 the io analyzer web front end has no problem adding them to...
View ArticleIO-Analyzer 1.6.2 - How to add Worker VM's?
I'm using IO-Analyzer but I'm not able to attach a worker VM to a controller VM? I assumed that the controller VM would initiate an IOmeter dynamo on the worker VM and connect it to the IOmeter GUI....
View ArticleVmware IO Analyzer Archive Results location
Hello All! I accidentally hit the Archive Results button and I have no clue where the data went. Using: vmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2 Thanks in advance!!vmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2
View ArticleRe: Vmware IO Analyzer Archive Results location
I did not get answer from the community but did from vmware directly via io-analyzer-info@vmware.com. They promptly replied with the below which did the trick! Subject: RE: Location of archived tests...
View Articlereduce delay in resxtop data gatherer
Does anyone know if there is a way to have the esxtop data gather at a higher frequency? By default it is gathering data at 20 second intervals, but I am profiling how some SAN deployments handle...
View ArticleAbout Live Storage Migration in VMware ESX 5.1
Storage Migration use IO Mirroring，i want to know that， whether the size of the IO data block is compared with the size of the migrated data block when the data is being migrated to improve the...
View ArticleRe: About Live Storage Migration in VMware ESX 5.1
HI Romick, The size of the IO blocks are not compared. Mirror Mode driver mirrors the I/O. In other words, when a virtual machine that is being Storage vMotioned writes to disk, the write will be...
View ArticleRe: About Live Storage Migration in VMware ESX 5.1
Hi yezdi， Thank you for your reply. But I think, if I/O write request is equal to the size of the migration data block, it can directly mirrors the I/O. Because of this, it is unnecessary to do...
View ArticleAbout VMWare ESXi 5.1 Storage vMotion
In papaer http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/vmware-vsphere51-vmotion-performance-white-paper.pdf，mention that“Writes to a region that has already been copied...
View ArticleVMWare IO Analyzer vs. ESX Host Firewall
Hi all!does anyone know if we need special ESX host FireWall settings for run listening sessions?If we start a listening session w/o workload each ESXi host (Cluster Members ESX 5.5) lose his managment...
View ArticleRe: IO-Analyzer 1.6.2 - How to add Worker VM's?
Hi DKuefner,Try to login to worker Vm console. WBR,Servgey.
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Re: IO-Analyzer 1.6.2 - How to add Worker VM's?
Is I/O Analyzer needs license to be deployed or any other restrictions ?
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Re: vmware-io-analyzer-1.6.2 is not loading in mozilla / chrome
I'd like to know the answer too. Deployed it multiple times to make sure I didn't bork the install, but still cannot see the webpage.
View Articleio analyzer on esxi 5.1.0 error authentification
Hello, in the io-analyzer prerequisites, it says Esxi 4 minimum. How can I solve the authentication problem? Error adding host. <br />java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Host authentication...
View ArticleRe: io analyzer on esxi 5.1.0 error authentification
Anyone have an old version of io analyzer so I can test it? Unable to find on the web. Thank you.
View ArticleNetwork is unreachable
Hi, If I configure IP and try to ping connect: Network is unreachable
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Re: io analyzer on esxi 5.1.0 error authentification
It is good to make products available, but a little feedback on my problem would be welcome.
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I/O Analyzer Testing
I am running the test scheduler but its hangs showing Running (initializing VI SDK).
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Empty file - /root/ioAnalyzerScripts/run-resxtop.sh
I have been looking at the scripts in /root/ioAnalyzerScripts to better understand the IoAnalyzer tool, and I've found that the file 'run-resxtop.sh' is completely empty. What is the deal with this?
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