Hi there,
I have two datastores which I'm planning to consolidate. I'm at the point where I have almost emptied the second datastore so that I can delete it and then increase the capacity of the first datastore into that space. There are some system type folders in the datastore and I'm wondering what I should do about them i.e.
1. There are two folders...
.naa.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a 0.00 KB slotsfile
2. There is one folder...
.sdd.sf which says "This list is empty"
3. Also there is a folder left from one of the VMs which was moved off this datastore. It has the name of the VM and a single 0.01 KB .XML inside it. The file is NameOf TheMovedVM-aux.xml
Any advice on how to deal with these would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Most likely syslog is configured for that datastore:
VMware Knowledge Base Configuring syslog on ESXi (2003322)
Changing the setting requires a reboot from memory.
ESXi won't allow you to unmount a datastore if it is use so it is safe to try.
Right-click the datastore to unmount and select Unmount.
After you can delete datastore.