I have a server that uses local storage for primary disks, and an NFS share for backup locations. Now this NFS target isn't anything special (netgear NV+), and it gets shutdown, moved, cables fall out etc.
Before being virtualized that wasn't a problem, since windows thinks of the backup targets as more or less a removable drive. But now the VM freaks and the whole thing goes offline. The VM stops responding, and won't come back up till the NAS is restored. This is a very undesirable dependency.
Is there a way to break this that anyone knows of, make ESX know that this disk is not critical to operations.
Before being virtualized that wasn't a problem, since windows thinks of the backup targets as more or less a removable drive. But now the VM freaks and the whole thing goes offline. The VM stops responding, and won't come back up till the NAS is restored. This is a very undesirable dependency.
Is there a way to break this that anyone knows of, make ESX know that this disk is not critical to operations.