Hello everyone, and sorry for my poor english
I've a big problem with a RAID 10 server where it is installed ESXi 4.0.0, which starts but fails to start VMs. I had shell access to the server and these are the relevant information related to the disks:
~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 238475 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p1 5 900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p2 901 4995 4193280 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p3 4996 238476 239083704 fb VMFS
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p4 * 1 4 4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p5 5 254 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p6 255 504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p7 505 614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFJF_____________________________9SF1Q6G5____________p8 615 900 292848 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 238475 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________p1 5 900 917504 5 Extended
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________p4 * 1 4 4080 4 FAT16 <32M
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________p5 5 254 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________p6 255 504 255984 6 FAT16
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________p7 505 614 112624 fc VMKcore
/dev/disks/t10.ATA_____GB0250EAFYK_____________________________WCAT1F164999________p8 615 900 292848 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Maybe the problem is caused by the different contents of the disks. Using the vSphere Client, in fact, you can see the device but datasore is not detected.
Would you care to give me a hand to get out of this mess?