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Simulator CDOT 821 on vSphere 5.1U1 - 0 disks found !

renault — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:25:18 GMT

Hi all, I'm trying to run the simulator on ESXi 5.1U1.

The pb is the filer do not see its disks. I tried

- without files modifications, just enterring : vmkload_mod multiextent, adding to Vsphere inventory, then start.

- with files modification using theses commands, then adding VM to Vsphere inventory, then start, as stated here : http://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/ONTAP-Simulator-Fixes-MEGA-Thread/td-p/11213

vmkload_mod multiextent

cd /vmfs/volumes/nfs99/f-CDot821-sim

vmkfstools -i DataONTAP-sim.vmdk DataONTAP-sim-fixed.vmdk -d thin

vmkfstools -i DataONTAP.vmdk DataONTAP-fixed.vmdk -d thin

vmkfstools -U DataONTAP-sim.vmdk

vmkfstools -U DataONTAP.vmdk

vmkfstools -E DataONTAP-sim-fixed.vmdk DataONTAP-sim.vmdk

vmkfstools -E DataONTAP-fixed.vmdk DataONTAP.vmdk

vmkload_mod -u multiextent

See joined pic Does it means this simulator is not compatible with vSphere 5.1 ?

Thank you

shatfield — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 01:26:31 GMT

Ctrl-C at the prompt, then option 4 from the menu.

renault — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:18:08 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for this suggestion, but it does not work :

shatfield — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:29:13 GMT

Does it bootloop again after the option 4? (the first reboot is expected).

If so, something happened during init that prevented the simdisks from being created. To confirm, Ctrl-C to the boot menu, then ls /sim/dev/,disks

if the directory is empty, you need to rearm vdevinit at the loader:

Reboot, stopping at the LOADER> prompt, then enter the following:

setenv bootarg.vm.sim.vdevinit "23:14:0,23:14:1"
setenv bootarg.sim.vdevinit "23:14:0,23:14:1"

boot

Then Ctr-C, option 4. You should get a reboot, then a wall of dots, then the setup script.

renault — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:46:35 GMT

Thanks to all of you.

In fact, after option 4, there is an error, but after reboot, I can see the wall of dots, and the cluster wizard is automatically started.

Best regards