Hi Everyone,
I'm sure this is ok but i want to double check before i go any further, will i encounter any issues around vMotion or restoring files or whole VM's from backups if I store a VM's extra virtual disk on a different datastore than the VM? more info below
SETUP
VM Datastore 1 700GB LUN0 15KSAS RAID10
VM Datastore 2 700GB LUN1 15KSAS RAID10
Datastore - SQL & ESXi Logs 200GB LUN2 15KSAS RAID10
Datastore - Storage 1 6TB LUN3 7.2NLSAS RAID6
Datastore - Storage 2 6TB LUN3 7.2NLSAS RAID6
THE PLAN
All VM's to be located on VM Datastore 1 and 2, SQL virtual disks that contain DB logs to be located on Datastore - SQL & ESXi Logs and File Server virtual disks and DB files to be located on Datastore - Storage 1 and 2.
VM EXAMPLE
File Server
VM -------------------------------- VM Datastore 1
Virtual Disk (D: drive) ------- Datastore - Storage 1
SQL Server
VM -------------------------------- VM Datastore 2
Virtual Disk (D: drive) ------- Datastore - SQL & ESXi Logs (SQL logs located on this drive)
Virtual Disk (E: drive) ------- Datastore - Storage 2 (DB files located on this drive)
Also if you have any tips on best practice for performance let me know. Thanks in advanced!!