Specifications

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Chapter 9 Storage and File Systems
This!conversion!may!take!several!minutes.!When!your!prompt!returns,!the!conversion!
is!complete.
Before!starting!this!conversion,!check!the!following:
! Back!up!the!VMFS‐1!volume!that!is!being!converted.
! Make!sure!no!virtual!machines!are!powered!on!using!this!VMFS‐1!volume.
! (SAN!only)!Make!sure!no!other!ESX!Server!is!accessing!this!VMFS‐1!volume.
! (SAN!only)!Make!sure!this!VMFS‐1!volume!is!not!mounted!on!any!other!ESX!
Server.
Examples Using vmkfstools
This!section!includes!examples!using!the!vmkfstools!command!with!the!different!
options!described!previously.
Create a new file system
vmkfstools -C vmfs2 -b 2m -n 32 vmhba1:3:0:1
This!example!illustrates!creating!a!new!VMFS!version!2!(vmfs2)!on!the!first!partition!of!
target!3,!LUN!0!of!SCSI!adapter!1.!The!file!block!size!is!2MB!and!the!maximum!number!
of!files!is!32.!
Extends the new logical volume by spanning two partitions
vmkfstools -Z vmhba0:1:2:4 vmhba1:3:0:1
This!example!illustrates!extending!the!new!logical!file!system!by!adding!the!4th!
partition!of!target!1!(and!LUN!2)!of!vmhba!adapter!0.!The!extended!file!system!supports!
a!maximum!of!64!(2!X!32)!files,!and!spans!two!partitions!—!vmhba1:3:0:1!and!
vmhba0:1:2:4.!
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OTE In!ESX!Server!2.5,!private!VMFS!volumes!are!deprecated.!If!you!have!an!existing!VMFS!
version!1!(VMFS‐1)!private!volume,!the!newly!created!VMFS‐2!volume’s!access!mode!is!
changed!to!public.
Caution The!VMFS‐1!to!VMFS‐2!conversion!is!a!one‐way!process.!After!the!VMFS!
volume!is!converted!to!VMFS‐2,!you!cannot!revert!to!a!VMFS‐1!volume.
NOTE The!first!time!you!access!a!newly!converted!VMFS‐2!volume,!the!access!will!be!slow!
because!of!internal!volume!consistency!checking.