VmfsDatastoreMultipleExtentOption

VmfsDatastoreMultipleExtentOption

Datastore addition policy to use multiple extents on the disk for a VMFS datastore.

Multiple extents implies that more than one disk partition will be created on the disk for creating or increasing the capacity of a VMFS datastore. Multiple extents are needed when unpartitioned space is fragmented in the existing partition layout of the disk.

AllOf

This class requires all of the following:

VmfsDatastoreBaseOption

JSON Example

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "layout": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "total": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "blockSize": 0,
            "block": 0
        },
        "partition": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "partition": 0,
                "type": "string",
                "start": {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "blockSize": 0,
                    "block": 0
                },
                "end": {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "blockSize": 0,
                    "block": 0
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "partitionFormatChange": false,
    "vmfsExtent": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "partition": 0,
            "type": "string",
            "start": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "blockSize": 0,
                "block": 0
            },
            "end": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "blockSize": 0,
                "block": 0
            }
        }
    ]
}

array of HostDiskPartitionBlockRange

vmfsExtent

Required

The block ranges to be used as extents in a VMFS datastore.

The first block range will be the head partition.

Property Of

ArrayOfVmfsDatastoreMultipleExtentOption