Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way to determine if a disk is shared beween 2 VMs , and is there a way to be sure that it is shared ?
The Disk at the ESX level can be seen as follows: ESX1
[root@ESX1:/vmfs/volumes/5a76d0ff-29374c60-0da2-ecb1d7b559f0/VM1] vmkfstools -D ./sli-strsrv-01-prd-cit_7-flat.vmdk
Lock [type 10c00001 offset 74498048 v 181, hb offset 4001792
gen 3, mode 3, owner 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000 mtime 141128311
num 1 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]
MW Owner[0] HB Offset 3215360 5cad723b-b0731e06-6b91-ecb1d7b4cb90 (MAC Address VNIC0 - ESX1)
Addr <4, 153, 16>, gen 50, links 1, type reg, flags 0, uid 0, gid 0, mode 600
len 53687091200, nb 51200 tbz 0, cow 0, newSinceEpoch 51200, zla 3, bs 1048576
[root@ESX1:/vmfs/volumes/5a76d0ff-29374c60-0da2-ecb1d7b559f0/VM2] vmkfstools -D ./sli-strsrv-02-prd-cit_7-flat.vmdk
Lock [type 10c00001 offset 148422656 v 175, hb offset 3260416
gen 3, mode 3, owner 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000 mtime 95353452
num 1 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]
MW Owner[0] HB Offset 3268608 5c71dc0c-40c9a88b-707d-ecb1d7b5a2d0 (MAC Address VNIC0 - ESX2)
Addr <4, 333, 16>, gen 50, links 1, type reg, flags 0, uid 0, gid 0, mode 600
len 53687091200, nb 51200 tbz 0, cow 0, newSinceEpoch 51200, zla 3, bs 1048576
The Disk at the ESX level can be seen as follows: On ESX2
[root@ESX2:/vmfs/volumes/5a76d0ff-29374c60-0da2-ecb1d7b559f0/VM1] vmkfstools -D ./sli-strsrv-01-prd-cit_7-flat.vmdk
Lock [type 10c00001 offset 74498048 v 181, hb offset 4001792
gen 3, mode 3, owner 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000 mtime 141128311
num 1 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]
MW Owner[0] HB Offset 3215360 5cad723b-b0731e06-6b91-ecb1d7b4cb90 (MAC Address VNIC0 - ESX1)
Addr <4, 153, 16>, gen 50, links 1, type reg, flags 0, uid 0, gid 0, mode 600
len 53687091200, nb 51200 tbz 0, cow 0, newSinceEpoch 51200, zla 3, bs 1048576
[root@ESX2:/vmfs/volumes/5a76d0ff-29374c60-0da2-ecb1d7b559f0/VM2] vmkfstools -D ./sli-strsrv-02-prd-cit_7-flat.vmdk
Lock [type 10c00001 offset 148422656 v 175, hb offset 3260416
gen 3, mode 3, owner 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000 mtime 95353452
num 1 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]
MW Owner[0] HB Offset 3268608 5c71dc0c-40c9a88b-707d-ecb1d7b5a2d0 (MAC Address VNIC0 - ESX2)
Addr <4, 333, 16>, gen 50, links 1, type reg, flags 0, uid 0, gid 0, mode 600
len 53687091200, nb 51200 tbz 0, cow 0, newSinceEpoch 51200, zla 3, bs 1048576
I dont see any lock as the 2 VMs are configured within a RHN Cluster in Active / Passive Mode.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Regards