I am attempting to create a datastore on a USB Drive (Lab environment(, however is recieve a time out error at the last step of the process. Is there work around for this?
mkfstools -C vmfs6 -S USBDisk-ISO-Datastore /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1
create fs deviceName:'/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1', fsShortName:'vmfs6', fsName:'USBDisk-ISO-Datastore'
deviceFullPath:/dev/disks/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1 deviceFile:mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1
ATS on device /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1: not supported
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Checking if remote hosts are using this device as a valid file system. This may take a few seconds...
Creating vmfs6 file system on "mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1" with blockSize 1048576, unmapGranularity 1048576, unmapPriority default and volume label "USBDisk-ISO-Datastore".
Failed to create VMFS on device mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0:1
Usage: vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vmfs6|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/vml... or,
vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vmfs6|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/naa... or,
vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vmfs6|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhbaA:T:L:P
Error: Connection timed out
[root@localhost:/var/log]
thank you in advance.
