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craigl
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Checking the block size

When upgrading the datastore there is a pre-req that the block size isn't greater than 8MB. How do you check what the bock size is?

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If you're using the VI client already then it's listed in the configuration->storage section when you click on the volume.

If you're still using VC1.x and ESX2.x then type vmkfstools -l vmhba0:0:x:1 at the service console.

Where x is your LUN number. (not always a 1 either, ls your /vmfs directory)

This will give an output like this:

Name: your volume name (public)

Capacity 1901273439744 (113321 file blocks * 16777216), 687865856 (41 blocks) avail

The 16777216 is the blocksize in bytes, in this case 16MB.

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