I am just starting out with VMware so everything is fresh. I have a Netgear ReadyNAS 2100 and two hosts. While waiting for my new hardware, i setup a couple virtual machines on an extra computer that has esxi 5.0. Now that I have the 2 new computers and the NAS, I want to move my VM's to the Netgear but everytime I try to use the vsphere client to move or copy the vm's I receive an error "Error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxxx/GeneralServer/GeneralServer.vmx". When I browse the new datastore, I can see the file but only one file. If I try to copy one file at a time, i receive the same error for each file. Also, it takes a very long time to copy anything!!! I am connecting to the Netgear using iSCSI.
Does anyone have an idea why I receive an error every time or why it takes so long to transfer data?
Hi,
What is the file size? and could uou pl. check the block size...Here are the specification for VMFS block size
Thanks
SA
The first file it tried to copy out of the folder is 2.83KB, the largest file is 41,943,040KB. The file type of the datastore is VMFS5.54 with a block size of 1MB. The capacity is 2.00TB and the maximum file size is 2.00TB.
Sorry. What are the specifications of destination datastore?
Total size, block size when formatted
Thanks
SA
Origination side details:
name: datastore1
device: Local ATA Disk
Drive Type: Non-SSD
Capacity: 227.75 GB
Free: 14.99GB
File System: VMFS5.54
Block Size: 1 MB
Destination details:
name: vmstore
device: LIO-ORG iSCSI Disk
Drive Type: Non-SSD
Capacity: 2.00 TB
Free: 2.00 TB
File System: VMFS5.54
Block Size: 1 MB
Instead of copying,.. I would suggest to mount the Netgear NAS share to your Computers and do a vmkfstools -i operation on the vmdks. Once completed, umount this share from the computers and mount it to the new servers that you are about to get.....
Could you pl. check the read/write permissions on NFS.
Thanks
SA
Can you give me some detailed steps on how to do that?
I assume these vmdks are in local datastore of the extra computer. Right. Since you have configured the NetGear NAS box, just provide
esxcfg-nas -a <VOLNAME> -o <Netgear IP> -s <ShareinNetgear>
Once this is mounted, it will be available as a datastore in your extra computer. Now, perform vmkfstools -i <source.vmdk> <dest.vmdk>. Once this is completed, unmount the NAS volume from the extra computer and mount the share in your new computers as mentioned above...
The solution was that the firmware in my Netgear was 4.2.19. I updated to version 4.2.21 and my problem was solved.
