Specifications

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Chapter 9 Storage and File Systems
4Make!the!appropriate!changes,!and!click!OK.
See!“Configuring!Storage:!Disk!Partitions!and!File!Systems”!on!page 196!for!additional!
information.
Using vmkfstools
The!vmkfstools!command!supports!the!creation!of!a!VMware!ESX!Serv er!file!system!
(VMFS)!on!a!SCSI!disk.!Use!vmkfstools!to!create,!manipulate!and!manage!files!stored!
in!VMFS!volumes.!You!can!store!multiple!virtual!disk!images!on!a!single!VMFS!volume.!
You!can!also!perform!most!of!the!vmkfstools!operations
!through!the!VMware!
Management!Interface.
vmkfstools Command Syntax
You!must!be!logged!in!as!the!root!user!to!run!the!vmkfstools!command.
vmkfstools Syntax When Specifying a SCSI Device
The!format!for!the!vmkfstools!command,!when!specifying!a!SCSI!device,!is:
vmkfstools <options> <device_or_VMFS_volume>[:<file>]
where!<device_or_VMFS_volume> specifies!a!SCSI!device!(a!SCSI!disk!or!a!partition!
on!a!SCSI!disk)!being!manipulated!or!a!VMFS!volume,!and!<options>!specifies!the!
operation!to!be!performed.!
If!<device_or_VMFS_volume>!is!a!SCSI!device,!it!is!specified!
in!a!form!such!as:
vmhba1:2:0:3
Here,!vmhba1!specifies!the!second!SCSI!adapter!activated!by!the!command!
vmkload_mod .../XXX.o vmhba.!(See!“VMkernel!Module!Loader”!on!page 240!for!
details!on!vmkload_mod.)! The!second!number!specifies!the!target!on!the!adapter,!the!
third!number!specifies!the!LUN!(logical!unit!number)!and!the!fourth!number!specifies
!
the!partition.!Partition!0!(zero)!implies!the!whole!disk.!Otherwise,!the!number!specifies!
the!indicated!partition.
<device_or_VMFS_volume>!can!also!be!a!VMFS!volume!label,!as!set!in!the!
management!interface!or!with!the!vmkfstools --setfsname!command.
<file>!is!the!name!of!a!file!stored!in!the!file!system!on!the!specified!
device.!
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OTE You!cannot!change!VMFS!accessibility!if!any!files!are!open!on!the!VMFS!volume.!The!
attempted!operation!returns!errors.!Close!any!open!files,!and!edit!the!VMFS!volume.!