We recently upgraded our environment from 4 to 5
Since then I have been frustrated and not having success creating new VMFS 5 datastores via CLI
I am absolutely pulling out my hair trying to use the partedUtil, an someone please let me an easier way
I am in the VMA because once I am ready to use vmkfstools I will need to be in their anyways
Based on document VMware KB: Using the partedUtil command line utility on ESXi and ESX
first it says run ls /vmfs/devices/disks/
I try from the VMA and it telss me no Such file or directory so then I go to the host itself
to get mpx names which I don't I only see naa
Then it says to do partedUtil setptbl "/vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0"
Which I can't because the above name I only saw the naa
And what the heck is up with the big older number and the end of the
gpt "1 128 500000 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 128" "2 500001 999999
AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 0"
Does that actually have to be in there.
At the end of the day I just want the steps involved is preparing the partition so I can format it with vmkfstools.
Please help, I am finding the articles very confusing