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theulis
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VVols Path

Hello all,

I am trying to get a bit more familiar with VVol Storage:

The path that the VM files are stored follow a weird path starting with rfc4122, for example:

rfc4122.d7c0989e-9be2-41e0-a36c-2e6d593feed3/test-vm.vmx 

Is there a way to find out which is VM using this "folder": rfc4122.d7c0989e-9be2-41e0-a36c-2e6d593feed3 without checking the VM files (vmx, etc)

in other words does this UUID follows any naming rules when generated / created?

Thank you

Theo

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That string is a UUID that describes the protocol endpoint for a NFS-backed VVol. It's prefaced with RFC4122 because it conforms to the RFC 4122 spec governing UUID generation algorithm. The "4" as indicated below means it's v4 of that spec, which outlines random generation.

rfc4122.d7c0989e-9be2-41e0-a36c-2e6d593feed3

That UUID isn't indicative of a VM or even set of VMs but of the PE exposed by that NFS type

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That string is a UUID that describes the protocol endpoint for a NFS-backed VVol. It's prefaced with RFC4122 because it conforms to the RFC 4122 spec governing UUID generation algorithm. The "4" as indicated below means it's v4 of that spec, which outlines random generation.

rfc4122.d7c0989e-9be2-41e0-a36c-2e6d593feed3

That UUID isn't indicative of a VM or even set of VMs but of the PE exposed by that NFS type

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