VSPHERE5?使用GTP格式的分區表，文件系統類型為VMFS5.X，直接支持大于2TB的磁盤分區，相對于VSPHERE4不同 vsphere4使用MSDOS格式的分區表，文件系統類型為VMFS3.X?而vsphere5 block塊大小統一為1MB，而不是vsphere4的多種格式?1MB 2MB 4MB 8MB,下面一起驗證下ESXi5?是否支持大于2TB的磁盤分區。

例子:iscsi 端共享了(maping) 一個 2.8TB 分區,ESXI5.0 通過iscsi 協議掛載此硬盤

iscsi target 端

1. tgt-admin?-s?
2. Target?1:?iqn.2008-09.com.example:server.target1?
3. ????System?information:?
4. ????????Driver:?iscsi?
5. ????????State:?ready?
6. ????I_T?nexus?information:?
7. ????????I_T?nexus:?2?
8. ????????????Initiator:?iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:localhost-3982d6ed?
9. ????????????Connection:?0?
10. ????????????????IP?Address:?10.0.100.92?
11. ????????I_T?nexus:?3?
12. ????????????Initiator:?iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:localhost-17defd1b?
13. ????????????Connection:?0?
14. ????????????????IP?Address:?10.0.100.91?
15. ????LUN?information:?
16. ????????LUN:?0?
17. ????????????Type:?controller?
18. ????????????SCSI?ID:?IET?????00010000?
19. ????????????SCSI?SN:?beaf10?
20. ????????????Size:?0?MB,?Block?size:?1?
21. ????????????Online:?Yes?
22. ????????????Removable?media:?No?
23. ????????????Readonly:?No?
24. ????????????Backing?store?type:?null?
25. ????????????Backing?store?path:?None?
26. ????????????Backing?store?flags:?
27. ????????LUN:?10?
28. ????????????Type:?disk?
29. ????????????SCSI?ID:?IET?????0001000a?
30. ????????????SCSI?SN:?beaf110?
31. ????????????Size:?2894070?MB,?Block?size:?512?
32. ????????????Online:?Yes?
33. ????????????Removable?media:?No?
34. ????????????Readonly:?No?
35. ????????????Backing?store?type:?rdwr?
36. ????????????Backing?store?path:?/dev/vg1/lv2?
37. ????????????Backing?store?flags:?
38. ????Account?information:?
39. ????ACL?information:?
40. ????????ALL?

ESXI5 掛載并格式化為 VMFS5?
配置 -> 存儲器 -> 添加存儲器 -> 磁盤/lun -> 下一步 -> 下一步 即可

容量 2.63TB
文件系統為 VMFS5.54
文件大小上限 2.00TB(VMDK)
塊大小 1MB

結束
目前 VMware Vsphere5 最新版本 5.0 update 1?

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本文轉自 dongnan 51CTO博客，原文鏈接：http://blog.51cto.com/dngood/862851