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tdubb123
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Expert

svmotion not renaming vmdk files

I renamed a vm in vcenter, svmotion it to another lun. but the vmdk files are still showing the old name. any ideas?

vcenter 5

vmfs 3

esxi 4.1

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Troy_Clavell
Immortal
Immortal

This is a known bug in vSphere5

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2008877

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a_p_
Leadership
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With ESXi 4.1 the datastores (source and destination) need to have different block sizes. Unless I'm mistaken the reason for this is the datatmover which is used in this case (see http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/02/18/blocksize-impact/)

André

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