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Scratch Datastore - migration online?

Hello,

I have 5 AMD Esxi hosts and 1 Intel. Now I have new storage and I need turn off old. But - there is Datastore for scratch. I wouldnt reboot my Intel server - because I cant do Live motion to AMDs Smiley Sad.

So my questino is - is it possible turn off old storage - unmount old Scratch datastore and create new one with same name? I dont need old logs data - or I can copy it before shut down and after rename new datastore to same.

Thank you for replies.

Pavel

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Hello Pavel,

Afraid not, redirecting this requires a reboot to take effect:

https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1033696

"Note: The configured scratch location is activated during startup of the ESXi host. A reboot is required after performing the preceding commands."

Pretty sure it won't let you unmount that datastore if it is configured for scratch either.

Bob

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