Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 09:18:42 +1000 From: Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> To: David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Aligning VMware VMFS on ZFS Message-ID: <4BE34E52.7050407@modulus.org> In-Reply-To: <4BE33E40.6080905@networktest.com> References: <4BE33E40.6080905@networktest.com>
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David Newman wrote: > - contacted the maintainer of istgt port, who suggests a possible VMFS > and GEOM problem such as GEOM not recognizing the VMFS format. This is the correct answer. GEOM simply doesn't understand how VMware is formatting the disk. By default, VMware aligns VMFS partitions inside the LUN you give to it, so you don't really have to do anything when using it with ZVOLs.
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