SCP and filepart

[Spiker]

Hi

Perhaps a Linux type question - would appreciate someones guidance

I notice when I use WinSCP to copy from say Windows to say a vmfs volume in the service console /vmfs/volumes, the files I copy over usually error and the file appears as a file part

Now, I can rename them and they seem fine, and the permissions also seem fine 777 etc

Anyone know why this is ?

If I copy to home there is no problem

[oreeh]

Don't copy directly to a VMFS volume using scp (or cp, ftp, ...).

This could lead to poor VM disk performance.

Copy to a local EXT3 filesystem instead and use vmkfstools to import the VMDK to the VMFS volume.

And yes, you normally can simply rename them.

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

See this thread - about half way down.

http://www.wmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=503233

[Spiker]

Thanks for your help guys - much appreciated