If you are using Nexenta or Nexenta CE (Community Edition) v4.04 you may have noticed that within VMware, the Hardware Acceleration (VAAI) status is listed as Unknown.
Nexenta v4.04 and possibly some other versions ship with VAAI in a default / disabled state. Follow these steps to Enable Hardware Acceleration:
- Download and extract the Nexenta vaaictl python script from the following link: http://downloads.nexenta.com/cdn/NexentaStor/utilities/vaaictl.zip
- If the link doesn’t work, I have pasted the output of the file below.)
- Copy the vaaictl file to your Nexenta box to /tmp
- Using WinSCP with windows via SFTP works well for this.
- SSH into your Nexenta box using PuTTY or another tool. Enter Expert mode by running:
option expert_mode =1 !bash
- Run the following commands to check the status of VAAI:
cd /tmp chmod 555 ./vaaictl ./vaaictl --status
- Output: “Current status is defaulted.”
- To enable VAAI, run the following:
sudo ./vaaictl --enable
- Output: “Changing from defaulted to enable”
- You can now re-check the status of VAAI:
./vaaictl --status
- Output: “Current status is enabled.”
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