Hello everyone.
I try to clone .vmdk file by vmkfstools, but I see an error:
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore_hdd/base/base.vmdk -d rdm:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000004333363434383431323820202020202020202020545331323847:3 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/test/test.vmdk
Destination disk format: raw disk mapping to '/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000004333363434383431323820202020202020202020545331323847:3'
Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/datastore_hdd/base/base.vmdk'...
Failed to clone disk: Operation not permitted (65545).
How can I avoid this error?
Thanks!
Hi,
rdm would require access to the whole disk and not to a partition created on that disk.
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore_hdd/base/base.vmdk -d rdm:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000004333363434383431323820202020202020202020545331323847:3 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/test/test.vmdk
Hi,
rdm would require access to the whole disk and not to a partition created on that disk.
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore_hdd/base/base.vmdk -d rdm:/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000004333363434383431323820202020202020202020545331323847:3 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/test/test.vmdk
Thanks a lot! It works