Specifications

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Chapter 9 Storage and File Systems
Create a VMFS on the specified SCSI device
-C --createfs [vmfs1|vmfs2]
-b --blocksize #[gGmMkK]
-n --numfiles #
This!command!creates!a!VMFS!version1!(vmfs1)!or!version!2!(vmfs2)!file!system!on!the!
specified!SCSI!device.
For!advanced!users:
! Specify!the!block!size!using!the!-b!option.!The!block!size!must!be!2
x!
(a!power!of!2)!
and!at!least!1MB.!(The!default!file!block!size!is!1MB.)!You!can!specify!the!size!in!
kilobytes,!megabytes,!or!gigabytes!by!adding!a!suffix!of!k!(kilobytes),!m!
(megabytes),!g!(gigabytes)!respectively.!
! Specify!the!maximum!number!of!files!in!the!file!system!with!the!-n!option.!The!
default!maximum!number!of!files!is!256!files.!
List the attributes of a VMFS volume or a raw disk mapping
-P --querypartitions <VMFS_volume_name>
-P --querypartitions <VMFS_volume:fileName>
For!a!VMFS_volume_name,!the!listed!attributes!include!the!VMFS!version!number!
(VMFS1!or!VMFS2),!the!number!of!physical!extents!(partitions)!comprising!the!
specified!VMFS!volume,!the!volume!label!(if!any),!the!UUID!(if!any),!and!a!listing!of!the!
SCSI!device!names!of!all!the!physical!extents!comprising
!the!VMFS!volume.!
For!a!VMFS_volume:fileName,!the!listed!attributes!include!the!vmhba!name!of!the!raw!
disk!or!partition,!corresponding!to!the!mapping!referenced!by!fileName,!and!any!
identification!information!for!the!raw!disk.
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OTE When!creating!a!VMFS!volume!on!a!LUN,!you!can!have!only!one!VMFS!volume!per!
LUN.