Uploading vmdk's to vSAN datastore

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

Issues uploading VMDK files to vSAN datastore

Environment

VMware vSAN

Resolution

You can upload vmdk files to vSAN datastore, however it must follow these rules. Please see: Uploading vmdk files to vSAN datastore

• You can upload only stream-optimized vmdk files to a vSAN datastore. VMware stream-optimized file format is a monolithic sparse format compressed for streaming. If you want to upload a vmdk file that is not in stream-optimized format, then, before uploading, convert it to stream-optimized format using the vmware-vdiskmanager command‐line utility. For more information, see Virtual Disk Manager User’s Guide.
• When you upload a vmdk file to a vSAN datastore, the vmdk file inherits the default policy of that datastore. The vmdk does not inherit the policy of the VM from which it was downloaded. vSAN creates the objects by applying the vsanDatastore default policy, which is RAID -1. You can change the default policy of the datastore. See Change the Default Storage Policy for vSAN Datastores.
• You must upload a vmdk file to VM home folder.