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Chapter 9 Managing Storage

Procedure

1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select a host from the Inventory panel.

2Click the Configuration tab and click Storage.

3 Select the datastore that uses the VMFS-2 format.

4Click Upgrade to VMFS-3.

5Perform a rescan on all hosts that see the datastore.

Managing Duplicate VMFS Datastores

When a LUN contains a VMFS datastore copy, you can mount the datastore with the existing signature or assign a new signature.

Each VMFS datastore created in a LUN has a unique UUID that is stored in the file system superblock. When the LUN is replicated or snapshotted, the resulting LUN copy is identical, byte-for-byte, with the original LUN. As a result, if the original LUN contains a VMFS datastore with UUID X, the LUN copy appears to contain an identical VMFS datastore, or a VMFS datastore copy, with exactly the same UUID X.

ESX can determine whether a LUN contains the VMFS datastore copy, and either mount the datastore copy with its original UUID or change the UUID, thus resignaturing the datastore.

Mounting VMFS Datastores with Existing Signatures

You might not have to resignature a VMFS datastore copy. You can mount a VMFS datastore copy without changing its signature.

For example, you can maintain synchronized copies of virtual machines at a secondary site as part of a disaster recovery plan. In the event of a disaster at the primary site, you can mount the datastore copy and power on the virtual machines at the secondary site.

IMPORTANT You can mount a VMFS datastore copy only if it does not collide with the original VMFS datastore that has the same UUID. To mount the copy, the original VMFS datastore has to be offline.

When you mount the VMFS datastore, ESX allows both reads and writes to the datastore residing on the LUN copy. The LUN copy must be writable. The datastore mounts are persistent and valid across system reboots.

Because ESX does not allow you to resignature the mounted datastore, unmount the datastore before resignaturing.

Mount a VMFS Datastore with an Existing Signature

If you do not need to resignature a VMFS datastore copy, you can mount it without changing its signature.

Prerequisites

Before you mount a VMFS datastore, perform a storage rescan on your host so that it updates its view of LUNs presented to it.

Procedure

1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the server from the inventory panel. 2 Click the Configuration tab and click Storage in the Hardware panel.

3Click Add Storage.

4Select the Disk/LUN storage type and click Next.

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