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  • 1.  PtoV failing on large drive

    Posted Jan 15, 2008 05:53 AM

    I am trying to convert a vm with a second drive that is 290 GB. Iam using esx 3.5 with the latest converter. In the logs I receive the following.

    Task failed: P2VError UFAD_SYSTEM_ERROR(The file is too big for the filesystem)

    The destination vmfs is 1.3tb .

    Any assistance is much appreciated.



  • 2.  RE: PtoV failing on large drive

    Posted Jan 15, 2008 06:45 AM

    Just ghost the 2nd drive or copy all of the files manually. If permissions is a concern, there's an application that copies permissions too. You don't really need to use converter for a data drive because you don't need to change drivers, etc there.



  • 3.  RE: PtoV failing on large drive

    Posted Jan 23, 2008 09:55 PM

    Given that you are attempting to place a larger then 256GB file onto ESX, you should note that you will need to have a VMFS partition with a blocksize larger then the default 1MB allocated. Please reference the snippet taken from our Maximums guide.

    >From the Configuration maximums guide:

    http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_301_201_config_max.pdf

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    VMFS 2

    Volume size (2TB x number of extents) (Minimum = 100MB)

    File size (block size=1 MB) 456GB

    File size (block size=8 MB) 2TB

    File size (block size=64MB) 27TB

    File size (block size=256MB) 64TB

    Number of files per volume 256 + (64 x number of extents)

    VMFS 3

    Volume size (block size = 1MB) ~16TB 4GB (denotes an approximate value)

    Volume size (block size = 2MB) ~32TB 8GB

    Volume size (block size = 4MB) ~64TB 16GB

    Volume size (block size = 8MB) 64TB

    File size (block size=1MB) 256GB

    File size (block size=8MB) 2TB