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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Editing a Disk Partition
Select a partition to edit and click Edit.
ESX Server 2.1 includes a new file system, VMFS version 2 (VMFS-2). If this partition is
formatted for VMFS-1, you can convert it to VMFS-2. See File System Management on
SCSI Disks and RAID on page 255 for detailed information on this file system.
The changes you can make to the partition may include (certain partitions do not
allow you to change all of the following):
• Setting the volume’s type.
• Changing the name of the volume label.
• Setting the volume’s access mode.
• Setting the volume’s maximum file size.
Setting the Volume’s Access Mode
There are two modes for accessing VMFS volumes: public or shared.
• Public mode is the default mode for ESX Server. VMware recommends you use
this mode.
With a public VMFS version 1 (VMFS-1) volume, multiple ESX Server computers
have the ability to access the VMware ESX Server file system, as long as the VMFS
volume is on a shared storage system (for example, a VMFS on a storage area
network). However, only one ESX Server can access the VMFS volume at a time.