What can use vmkfstools for?
You use vmkfstools to
- Create and manipulate virtual disks
- Create and manipulate file system
- Create and manipulate logical volumes
- Create and manipulate physical storage devices on an ESX/ESXi host.
- Create and manage a virtual machine file system (VMFS) on a physical partition of a disk and to manipulate files, such as virtual disks, stored on VMFS-3 and NFS.
- You can also use vmkfstools to set up and manage raw device mappings (RDMs)
The long and single-letter forms of the options are equivalent. For example, the following commands are identical.
Options
- Type vmkfstools –help
Great vmkfstools Link
http://vmetc.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/man-vmkfstools.txt
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