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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Sets the name of the VMFS on the specified SCSI device
-S --setfsname <fsName>
You can see the VMFS name by running the vmkfstools command with the -l
option, vmkfstools -l.
Advanced vmkfstools Options
Advanced options are tasks that you may perform infrequently. These tasks are not
available through the management interface, or are available in a limited form, and
are suggested for advanced users only.
Commits the redo log of the specified file, making the associated changes
permanent
-m --commit
If a virtual machine is in undoable or append mode, then the redo log is created
automatically. The name of the redo log is derived by appending .REDO to the name
of the file that contains the base disk image. You can commit the changes to the disk
that are stored in the redo log by using the commit option or eliminate the changes
by using the rm command to delete the redo-log file.
Sets the VMFS on the specified SCSI device to the specified mode
-F --config [public|shared|writable]
Note: In ESX Server 2.1, private VMFS volumes are deprecated. If you have existing
VMFS version 1 (VMFS-1) or VMFS version 2 (VMFS-2) private volumes, then change
the access to public.
Public — With public VMFS-2 volumes, multiple ESX Server computers can access
the same VMware ESX Server VMFS volume concurrently. VMware ESX Server file
systems with a public access mode use an automatic per-file locking to ensure file
system consistency.
With a public VMFS-1 volume, multiple ESX Server computers have the ability to
access the VMware ESX Server VMFS volume, 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-1 volume at a time.
Note: ESX Server creates VMFS volumes as public by default.
Shared — The shared access mode allows virtual machines on multiple servers to
access the same virtual disk on a VMFS-2 volume simultaneously. (In public mode,
virtual machines can only access the same VMFS volume, never the same virtual disk,
at the same time.)