vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
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<strong>vSphere</strong> <strong>Storage</strong><br />
Resignature a VMFS Datastore Copy in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client<br />
Use datastore resignaturing if you want to retain the data stored on the VMFS datastore copy.<br />
When resignaturing a VMFS copy, <strong>ESXi</strong> assigns a new UUID and a new label to the copy, and mounts the copy<br />
as a datastore distinct from the original.<br />
The default format of the new label assigned to the datastore is snap-snapID-oldLabel, where snapID is an<br />
integer and oldLabel is the label of the original datastore.<br />
When you perform datastore resignaturing, consider the following points:<br />
n Datastore resignaturing is irreversible.<br />
n The LUN copy that contains the VMFS datastore that you resignature is no longer treated as a LUN copy.<br />
n A spanned datastore can be resignatured only if all its extents are online.<br />
n The resignaturing process is crash and fault tolerant. If the process is interrupted, you can resume it later.<br />
n You can mount the new VMFS datastore without a risk of its UUID colliding with UUIDs of any other<br />
datastore, such as an ancestor or child in a hierarchy of LUN snapshots.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
To resignature a mounted datastore copy, first unmount it.<br />
Before you resignature a VMFS datastore, perform a storage rescan on your host so that the host updates its<br />
view of LUNs presented to it and discovers any LUN copies.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Log in to the <strong>vSphere</strong> Client and select the server from the inventory panel.<br />
2 Click the Configuration tab and click <strong>Storage</strong> in the Hardware panel.<br />
3 Click Add <strong>Storage</strong>.<br />
4 Select the Disk/LUN storage type and click Next.<br />
5 From the list of LUNs, select the LUN that has a datastore name displayed in the VMFS Label column and<br />
click Next.<br />
The name present in the VMFS Label column indicates that the LUN is a copy that contains a copy of an<br />
existing VMFS datastore.<br />
6 Under Mount Options, select Assign a New Signature and click Next.<br />
7 In the Ready to Complete page, review the datastore configuration information and click Finish.<br />
What to do next<br />
After resignaturing, you might have to do the following:<br />
n If the resignatured datastore contains virtual machines, update references to the original VMFS datastore<br />
in the virtual machine files, including .vmx, .vmdk, .vmsd, and .vmsn.<br />
n To power on virtual machines, register them with vCenter Server.<br />
Resignature a VMFS Datastore Copy in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client<br />
Use datastore resignaturing if you want to retain the data stored on the VMFS datastore copy.<br />
When resignaturing a VMFS copy, <strong>ESXi</strong> assigns a new signature (UUID) to the copy, and mounts the copy as<br />
a datastore distinct from the original. All references to the original signature from virtual machine configuration<br />
files are updated.<br />
164 <strong>VMware</strong>, Inc.