Hello,
I've been following this guide to make my local 3TB drive to work with ESXi 6.
VMware KB: Raw Device Mapping for local storage
But when I use the command
vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/<diskname> /vmfs/volumes/<datastorename>/<vmfolder>/<vmname>.vmdk
I get this error.
Failed to create virtual disk: The destination file system does not support large files (12).
Any advice on how to solve this?
PROBLEM SOLVED!!
vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68AX_________________________WD2DWMC1T1096 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/3TBRDM.vmdk I didn't understand that I needed to add the datastore1 folder and put the .vmdk file there. I'm quite new to things like this
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vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/<diskname> /vmfs/volumes/<datastorename>/<vmfolder>/<vmname>.vmdk
Datastore you are using, is it VMFS-5 or VMFS-3?
this could happen if you try to create RDM pointer file on VMFS-3 datastore, in that case you got to upgrade it to VMFS-5 using cli or web client.
PROBLEM SOLVED!!
vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD30EFRX2D68AX_________________________WD2DWMC1T1096 /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/3TBRDM.vmdk I didn't understand that I needed to add the datastore1 folder and put the .vmdk file there. I'm quite new to things like this
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Just a quick question. Did you create the vmdk's target folder prior to running the command? The command itself will not create the folder.
André
I tried to do it but it didn't work.
/vmfs/volumes] mkdir datastore2
mkdir: can't create directory 'datastore2': Operation not permitted
(How could I fix this?`)
So instead I tried to put the file directly in /vmf/volumes
And thats when I got the error.
[/vmfs/volumes] mkdir datastore2
A folder can only be created on an existing datastore, so the commands would look like:
[/vmfs/volumes/datastore1] mkdir vmfolder
[...] vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_... /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vmfolder/3TBRDM.vmdk
André
Oh ok I see, Thanks!
