Change the block size? vSphere ESXi 4.1.0.

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• The current block size for a store of data in VMFS3 is 4 MB. Must upgrade thedatastore to VMFS5 and wants to change the block size of 1 MB

  The current block size for a store of data in VMFS3 is 4 MB. Must upgrade thedatastore to VMFS5 and wants to change the block size of 1 MB

  help me on this

  Create a new data store VMFS5 with a block size of 1 MB. Migrate all virtual machines store data to the new data store, and then delete the VMFS3 data store.

• Change the block size of 1 MB (4 MB or 8 MB)

  Hi all

  I'm in a delemia.  I have an ESXi installed 4.1 vSphere but I used the block of 1 MB by default when the size isstalling ESXi.  I have turned Virtual Machines for some time on this topic and may not all simply re - install the ESXi again.  I am currently in need greater than 256 GB drives in my virtual machines.

  What I read for possible patches to change the 1 MB to 4 MB or 8 MB data store to support more than 256 GB drives is to add to the new temporary HDD on the server and create a new store of data on it with the block size of 4 or 8 MB and then migrate the virtual machines to the new larger block size datastore.  Then re - initialize the original 1 MB data store such as a 4 or 8 MB and migrate to the original data store.

  Two questions about this:

  (1) is my eventual detailed correction?  In other words, I add another, say, 8 MB block size datastore, although I have implemented the ESXi server as a 1 MB? Or will it just automatically initiaize the new temporary data store like 1 MB anything?

  (2) If this correction is possible, the passage of the VMS in a data store from 1 MB to 8 MB data store will have reprecussions?  In other words, move a Virtual Machine with the 1 MB block size to a data store with 8 MB is a problem with this virtual machine?

  Any suggestion would be great.

  Thanks in advance.

  -Dan

  Welcome to the community,

  You can format each data store (which is just a partition with a type of VMFS partition) with a different block size and move the VM back if you wish. However, if your hardware supports ESXi 5.x, this can be an easier way to solve the dilemma, because after the upgrade to ESXi 5.x, you can also upgrade the VMFS3 data store to VMFS5 which supports the file (virtual disk) sizes of up to ~ 2 TB with a unified 1 MB block size.

  André

• change the block size to SAN LUNS?

  is it possible that I can change the size of the block on a SAN LUN (whether SATA, iSCSI or fiber) with the help of a vCenter?  If not, what is the way to do it?  Or, our administrator SAN should do?

  It is easier in vcenter - once the vmfs data store has been deleted data from the data store vmfs to remove and re-create it with the correct size of the block.

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• Changing the block size of 8 MB on local hard disk in esx 3.5 u4

  Hai

  I want to adjust the size of the blocks of the local disk block size is 1 MB, I want it 8 MB so as to p2v a 600 GB machine in to the esx host has 800 GB hard drive. I know the following command

  To change the size of the block of the vmfs file system, you must use vmkfstools to reformat the partition. The command is:

  vmkfstools - vmfs3 - blocksize 8 M vmhba0:0:0:5 createfs

  but this command returns an error to handle attention I think that this command does that for logical unit number not local hard drive of the esx hosts tell me how to change the size of the block of your local hard disk in esx not lun

  VAMSi

  Under ESX / Setup / storage, you need to remove the data with the wrong block size store (don't forget that you have a backup of your virtual machine).

  So simple, you can choose to add a new data store (link on top-right), you will see free space (the old leaves) and you can choose the size of the block.

  André

• How to shrink thin comments on VMFS5? or change the block size?

  Hi all, I'll try to find a way to reduce invited bloating thin-set in service in an environment VMFS5 all.

  We went from 4.1 to 5.1 and then also vmotioned storage all our newly created vm VMFS5 volumes before you delete the old VMFS3 volumes.  During this operation, everyone has forgotten that one of our volumes has been intentionally assigned to a block size of differnet than all the others for the purpose of narrowing of the guests who had swelled upward for some reason any.  Now, we have no way to create something other than a volume of 1 MB block size which prevents us from doing the cleaning routine.  Is there an alternative way to shrink a guest who does not put offline?

  For those who do not know the procedure that I describe, here's how it works:

  You have a 100 GB comments that has only 10 GB of actual data in it, but because of something after bad temporary files, cleaning up old data, etc., that 100 GB had been used at a point of real files but is now only 10 GB in use. You want to recover which is now 90 concerts waste of space because your thin provisioned VMDK is sitting there at 100 GB in size.  With VMFS3, you could create a volume with a block size that was different from that of the volume on which the guest is currently living.   In our environment were all our 1 MB LUN but one that we kept to 2 MB just for that purpose.   When we were getting a little low on space and found guests such as the one in question, we would run a simple command to write zeros to the entire free space:

  Cat/dev/zero > bigfile; RM f bigfile

  Then all you have to do is storage vMotion the guest at the volume of 2 MB and return to its normal domestic and suddenly the VMDK's 100 GB up to 10 GB, all with no impact on the guest.  Without support for the creation of a file system with a different block size in VMFS5, now I'm not aware of a way to reclaim this space in a way that does not require an interruption of the guest.

  You can select the VMFS version when you create a new data store. With selected VMFS3, you will be able to specify the desired size of the block.

  André

• Change the block/file Max size

  When I formatted my storage I accepted the default size of the mã¡XIMUM file and the size of the block. I didn't know this would limit the size of my data stores (I thought it was just the maximum size of a file). Is there anyway to change on the fly, or do I have to all off svmotion and then remove and re-add the storage?

  Thank you.

  Data store/logic unit number would be limited to 2 TB - 512 k in size (through ESX/ESXi 4.1 u1/VMFS 3.x). Depending on the block size, you went with, VMDK files will be limited to a maximum size. As 256Go with a block size of 1 MB. If you need larger files VMDK, then you will need for storage vMotion VM off the LUN/store data, reformat/recreate the LUN/store data, then they go back on it.

  This is part of a proper planning in the way that you set the LUN... If you need to have 500 GB VMDK files, then do not use the block size of 1 MB. Similarly, do not use the size of block 8MB if you have<256GB vmdk="">

• Dealing with the Local Storage block size (vSphere 4)

  I have a pretty basic question / easy I think I know the answer want to but to double check.  I spaced that vSphere 4.0 uses a default size of 1 MB, which began to cause problems with our backup software try to attach block vmdk is greater than 256 GB in size.  I want to continue to use local storage for our assistants of esXpress but to do this I need to have a larger block size to the local vmfs volume...  Question is can I safely delete the local storage (if nothing is done off of it) and add it and increase the block size or is there a way of installing to set greater than 1 MB block size?

  Easy points.  Thank you guys.

  • Kyle

  Remember, by default your COS is installed on local storage, so do not remove.

  I think this article gives you the best solution

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1012683

• confusion about the block size

  Hello
  I doubt very simple but fundamental, I really want to know what exactly is the block size, now my confusion is to say we have 100 members in account dimension (all are store) which is dense, and we have dimension period with 18 members, who is also dense.now on 100 members account only 50 of them have values stored in them so that the size of the block will be 50 * 18 * 8 , or will it be 18 * 100 * 8
  
  Thanks in advance

  The size of the block is constant, regardless of the data.

  The density of this block varies with the data.

  The storage needs of the blocks on the changes to disk with the density of the block.

  Kind regards

  Cameron Lackpour

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  Sorry to hear that you are having problems with font sizes in Firefox on your desktop.

  Text sizes really small for each Web site you visit, or is it just your emails?
  Text sizes are really small on your desktop and Android or only one?

  There are several things that could cause your text sizes to seem strange, so I'll take you by a couple.

  First of all, your email page could have a zoom. On your PC, could you please try open Gmail and then by clicking on the icon at the top right of your screen that looks like three lines?

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  If that doesn't fix it, let's try using the method on your printout. To access the content settings screen, click the button in the top right that looks like three lines. Click on Preferences. A new window will open. Click on the 'Content' button and follow the instructions that you change the font size.

  There is another version of the instructions I just gave you, with screenshots, here: font size and zoom - increase the size of web pages

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