hey all,
we have found datastores with old VMFS version (5)
However, since the VCenter + ESXi hosts are version 6.5, vmfs 6 is available for upgrade
Is it recommended to do this upgrade? (the procedure - moving all the data to another datastore, recreating the datastore on the same storage device)?
I'm asking this since there are a few datastores that moving the data inside them is a bit sensitive issue, so we would do the upgrade only if it's worth it 😊
Hope I described the situation well
Thanks,
Tankwell
This is just my personal opinion, but for most use cases I don't see a hard requirement for a VMFS upgrade.
The documentation (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-7552DAD4-1809-4687...) lists the main differences, where IMO the space reclamation is one of the interesting new features.
The list is likely not 100% complete, as there are other features which require VMFS6, like clustered VMDKs for WSFC (only for FC storage), but it gives you an overview.
André
This is just my personal opinion, but for most use cases I don't see a hard requirement for a VMFS upgrade.
The documentation (https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-7552DAD4-1809-4687...) lists the main differences, where IMO the space reclamation is one of the interesting new features.
The list is likely not 100% complete, as there are other features which require VMFS6, like clustered VMDKs for WSFC (only for FC storage), but it gives you an overview.
André
Hey,
Thank you 😊😊
I have read the info you gave... I saw also that automatic reallocation is a good feature in this version....
Nice one