Greetings,
Using Fast SCP or any other method I can copy from VMFS 3 to VMFS 3 datatstores.
I have vCenter 5, 1 host ESXi 4 and 1 Host ESXi 5.
The ESXi 4 has a local Datastore @ VMFS 3. It also has access via iSCSi to 2 different NAS Datastores (VMFS3).
The ESXi 5 host has 2 local VMFS 3 Datastores. It also has access to 2 different NAS Datastores (VMFS3 - same as above).
This is the second time I have attempted to updgrade my environment from 4.1 to 5. Previously I wiped to 5 and went back to 4.1 and VMFS 3. Everything works fine with 4.1 and there's no errors running for months.
Here's what I believe is happening to cause me grief in the 4.1>5 process.
For some reason, whatever the process is doing, when the files are copied (the copy completes) the process which closes/.finalizes the copy fails. I am not sure what this may be. Flagging files, flushing a cache, updating permisions, whatever (someone more knowledgable than I may know) it cannot be completed.
What I see on the ESXi console when using SCP * is - the copy completes at 100% (each file has the same result regardless of size or type). Then a Timeout error for the file. The copy continues to the next file and the same 100% then timeout error.
I can copy from the VMFS3 NAS to the local ESXi 5 Datastore VMFS3 using SCP without issue.
I am convinced this has to do with VMFS 5.
I may have left out some detail that may provide more insight. Let me know if there's more details needed and I'll be happy to provide them.
Any help/hint/etc would be greatly appreciated.