Hello everyone, new to this community so please bear,
Happy ESXi5.5 user here. Just installed ESXi6 in a server, plugged it via FC into my SAN (EMC Clariion CX3-40f) and tried to partition and format a 250Gb LUN. After trying it via the vmware console and having failed, I ssh'd to the server and tried to carry the partitioning and formating steps one by one. However, I still cannot format the partition:
[root@myserver:~] /sbin/vmkfstools -C vmfs5 -S LUN250GBFC /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600601601f712100669db307a087e011:1
create fs deviceName:'/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600601601f712100669db307a087e011:1', fsShortName:'vmfs5', fsName:'LUN250GBFC'
deviceFullPath:/dev/disks/naa.600601601f712100669db307a087e011:1 deviceFile:naa.600601601f712100669db307a087e011:1
ATS on device /dev/disks/naa.600601601f712100669db307a087e011:1: 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 vmfs5 file system on "naa.600601601f712100669db307a087e011:1" with blockSize 1048576 and volume label "LUN250GBFC".
Usage: vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/vml... or,
vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/naa... or,
vmkfstools -C [vmfs5|vfat] /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhbaA:T:L:P
Error: vmkfstools failed: vmkernel is not loaded or call not implemented.
The interesting part is probably "Error: vmkfstools failed: vmkernel is not loaded or call not implemented"
I haven't been able to make sense out of this "vmkernel is not loaded or call not implemented" message. Note, this is a fibre channel CX3 Clariion SAN, so it should be enterprise enough for esxi's tastes. Plus, I have never had any trouble using esxi5.5 with the same SAN.
(When I tried via the vmware console, the operation failed with the message "ATS on device ... not supported", but judging from the additional output via the cli, I am not convinced this is the culprit. Plus, I actually issued "esxcli system settings advanced set -i 0 -o /VMFS3/HardwareAcceleratedLocking" but I still get the same error)
Any help will be much appreciated.
Athanasios
