VMware vCenter Converter Standalone xfs filesystem options support

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

After successfully converted a Linux machine with a filesystem xfs with option ftype=1, the destination Virtual Machine has a filesystem xfs with option ftype=0

Environment

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.x

Cause

At this time, xfs ftype=1 is not supported by VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.

Resolution

• Currently, there is no resolution.

• xfs ftype=1 will be supported in a VMware vCenter Converter Standalone future release.

Additional Information

Support for xfs file system is included in vCenter Converter Standalone 9.0

vCenter Converter Standalone 9.0 Release Notes