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    ATS Heartbeat Disable VM ESX

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    This document discusses host disconnect issues that may occur when using VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 or later with IBM SAN storage. A change introduced in vSphere 5.5 Update 2 uses Atomic Test and Set for heartbeat I/O by default, which is now supported on IBM SAN storage running 7.6.1 code or later when used with vSphere 6.0u3 or later. However, it is not supported on vSphere 5.5 environments and can cause host disconnects if heartbeat I/O delays exceed 8 seconds. The document provides commands to disable Atomic Test and Set heartbeats to prevent this issue.

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    ATS Heartbeat Disable VM ESX

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    This document discusses host disconnect issues that may occur when using VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 or later with IBM SAN storage. A change introduced in vSphere 5.5 Update 2 uses Atomic Test and Set for heartbeat I/O by default, which is now supported on IBM SAN storage running 7.6.1 code or later when used with vSphere 6.0u3 or later. However, it is not supported on vSphere 5.5 environments and can cause host disconnects if heartbeat I/O delays exceed 8 seconds. The document provides commands to disable Atomic Test and Set heartbeats to prevent this issue.

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    This document discusses host disconnect issues that may occur when using VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 or later with IBM SAN storage. A change introduced in vSphere 5.5 Update 2 uses Atomic Test and Set for heartbeat I/O by default, which is now supported on IBM SAN storage running 7.6.1 code or later when used with vSphere 6.0u3 or later. However, it is not supported on vSphere 5.5 environments and can cause host disconnects if heartbeat I/O delays exceed 8 seconds. The document provides commands to disable Atomic Test and Set heartbeats to prevent this issue.

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    ATS Heartbeat Disable VM ESX

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    Goran Martincevic
    This document discusses host disconnect issues that may occur when using VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 or later with IBM SAN storage. A change introduced in vSphere 5.5 Update 2 uses Atomic Test and Set for heartbeat I/O by default, which is now supported on IBM SAN storage running 7.6.1 code or later when used with vSphere 6.0u3 or later. However, it is not supported on vSphere 5.5 environments and can cause host disconnects if heartbeat I/O delays exceed 8 seconds. The document provides commands to disable Atomic Test and Set heartbeats to prevent this issue.

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    Host Disconnects Using VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update 3, 6.... https://www.ibm.

    com/support/pages/node/690413

    Support
    Host Disconnects Using VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update
    3, 6.0, 6.0 Update 1 and 6.0 Update 2

    Flashes (Alerts)
    Document
    Information
    Abstract
    More support for:
    VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update 3, 6.0, 6.0 Update 1 and 6.0 Update 2 IBM Storwize V7000
    hosts may experience multiple repeated disconnects leading to application outages (2076)
    in response to delays in completing heartbeat I/O.
    Software version:
    Content 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,
    7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1,
    A change was introduced in VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2 and
    8.2
    vSphere 6.0 to use Atomic Test and Set (ATS) by default for heartbeat
    I/O. Document number:
    The use of ATS heartbeating is now supported on IBM SAN Volume Controller, 690413
    Storwize and Spectrum Virtualize systems running 7.6.1.x code or later, with
    Modified date:
    VMware vSphere environments using ESXi 6.0u3 or later. However, ATS
    20 March 2019
    Heartbeating is still not supported on VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 environments.
    Please note that "ATS Heartbeats" and "ATS for Hardware Accelerated Locking" are
    two separate settings. The issue reported by this flash only applies to ATS
    Heartbeats.

    To enable ATS heartbeating on a particular host, use the following command

    VMFS-5:

    • esxcli system settings advanced set -i 1 -o /VMFS3/useATSForHBOnVMFS5

    Due to the low timeout value for heartbeat I/O using ATS, this can lead to host
    disconnects and application outages if delays of 8 seconds or longer are
    experienced in completing individual heartbeat I/Os on backend storage systems or
    the SAN infrastructure.

    Workaround

    Release 7.6.0 introduced enhancements to the way that SVC and Storwize process
    ATS, which will reduce the likelihood of experiencing this issue.

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    To prevent VMware hosts on these levels from experiencing this issue, the following
    commands can be issued to disable using ATS for heartbeat I/O and revert to the 5.5
    Update 1 heartbeat method. Note that after issuing these commands, the host will
    Support
    NOT be required to be rebooted.

    VMFS-3:

    esxcli system settings advanced set -i 0 -o /VMFS3/useATSForHBOnVMFS3

    (N.B. ATS for heartbeat is disabled by default with VMFS-3, so this command will
    only need to be issued if it has previously been manually enabled)

    VMFS-5:

    esxcli system settings advanced set -i 0 -o /VMFS3/useATSForHBOnVMFS5

    Refer to the following VMware Knowledge Base article for more details on how to
    query and modify these settings:

    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2113956 (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2113956)

    For any queries about the above commands, contact VMware support.

    Cross-reference information

    Product Component Platform Version


    Flex System Platform 6.4, 7.1, 7.2
    V7000 Independent
    IBM FlashSystem Platform 8.2
    9100 Independent

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    Product Component Platform Version


    IBM Storwize Platform 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3,
    Support(2071)
    V3500 Independent 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7,
    7.8
    IBM Storwize Platform 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3,
    V3700 (2072) Independent 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7,
    7.8
    IBM Storwize Platform 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,
    V5000 and V5100 Independent 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8,
    8.1, 8.2
    IBM Storwize Platform 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3,
    V7000 (2076) Independent 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7,
    United States — English

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