Hi,
I know this question has been asked in the past but I have not yet seen a solution.
Can you please advise if there is a solution.
(please be gentle on me - I am new to this stuff...)
My Setup:
* Proliant MicroServer N54L
* Adaptec 2405 RAID card
* 2 x Seagate 1TB HDD's (ST31000524AS) in RAID1 for VM's datastore
* 2 x Seagate 3TB HDD's (ST3000DM001) in RAID 1 for storage datastore
* ESXi 5.5 (1746974-HP-5.72A.3-Jun2014) booting from USB stick
All is functioning and I have 2 x VM's running happily on this setup.
Now I want to add a 3rd VM, which requires adding the storage disks manually.
When I run the vmkfstools -z command I get the error:
"Failed to create virtual disk: Invalid argument (1441801)"
The exact syntax i used is: vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0 /vmfs/volumes/VM_Datastore/RDM/NAS_Drive1.vmdk
The disk ID in bold is correct.
I searched the error and found it is common with Adaptec RAID cards.
Given the fact the Adaptec 2405 is on the HCL should I be getting this error? Is there anything I can do to resolve it?
My VMware skills are very basic. I do not have access to vMotion or any enterprise console. This is a standalone ESXi installation.
Will appreciate any help.
Regards,
Y.