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maniee
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storage device name

Hi Team,

              could please explain what it does mean device name ending with like :1 or :3

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MKBA
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The format is like this

naa.<NAA>:partition

for ex In your case device name ends with refer to partition 1 of the Lun & 3 refers to partition 3 of the lun.

If no number is present entire device is considered instead of a single partition

Please refer the KB for more information:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101495...

Thanks

Muruli