In the previous chapter, we learned how to configure ESXi hosts to access iSCSI and Fiber Channel storage devices or LUNs.
LUNs presented from the array, would not have any filesystem on it. VMware allows you to create a proprietary filesystem called the Virtual Machine File System (VMFS). The most recent version of VMFS is version 6. vSphere 6.7 enables the creation of either a VMFS5 or VMFS6 filesystem on the storage device.
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating VMFS datastores
- Upgrading VMFS datastores
- Managing Storage Multipathing
- Expanding or growing a VMFS datastore
- Extending a VMFS datastore
- Unmounting VMFS datastores and detaching storage devices
- Attaching storage devices and remounting VMFS datastores
- Managing VMFS snapshots
