[root@sa-esxi-01:/vmfs/volumes/58f6f247-8b2eeaa9-d5cd-0050569e19f5] ls -lArth
total 1472640
-r-------- 1 root root 7.0M Apr 19 05:14 .vh.sf
drwx------ 1 root root 68.0K Apr 19 05:14 .sdd.sf
-r-------- 1 root root 1.0G Apr 19 05:14 .sbc.sf
-r-------- 1 root root 64.0K Apr 19 05:14 .pbc.sf
-r-------- 1 root root 16.1M Apr 19 05:14 .pb2.sf
-r-------- 1 root root 256.2M Apr 19 05:14 .jbc.sf
-r-------- 1 root root 128.6M Apr 19 05:14 .fdc.sf
-r-------- 1 root root 536.0K Apr 19 05:14 .fbb.sf
What are they used for?
Why is only one a folder?
Why don't we have this in NFS?
Why are they different sizes?
What happens if I delete these?
They are VMFS file system files.
See this KB for more details: About VMFS system files overhead (1001618) | VMware KB
NFS itself is only used to presented already existing storage/file systems to remote systems.
They are VMFS file system files.
See this KB for more details: About VMFS system files overhead (1001618) | VMware KB
NFS itself is only used to presented already existing storage/file systems to remote systems.