HSR is a slick and important feature of ImageManager. However, it is a shame that at least in IM 5.x that the .vmdk files it creates are not partition aligned.
Thanks for your comment, I’ve heard of a few instances where HSR has created .vmdk files that are not partition aligned. ImageManager is supposed to account for this automatically when creating a VMDK. If you are creating a target VMDK outside of ImageManager (using the vSphere client, for example), we recommend that you add 18 MB to the minimum size shown in ImageManager to accommodate worst-case sector alignment in file system structures.
If you are seeing the partition misalignment when performing an HSR .vmdk completely through ImageManager then that is a different concern. At that point, we in support would like to get more details from you. If this is the case, please take the time to fill in a Help Request so that we can document and duplicate the issue so the bug can be tested and fixed.
HSR is a slick and important feature of ImageManager. However, it is a shame that at least in IM 5.x that the .vmdk files it creates are not partition aligned.
Jonathan,
Thanks for your comment, I’ve heard of a few instances where HSR has created .vmdk files that are not partition aligned. ImageManager is supposed to account for this automatically when creating a VMDK. If you are creating a target VMDK outside of ImageManager (using the vSphere client, for example), we recommend that you add 18 MB to the minimum size shown in ImageManager to accommodate worst-case sector alignment in file system structures.
If you are seeing the partition misalignment when performing an HSR .vmdk completely through ImageManager then that is a different concern. At that point, we in support would like to get more details from you. If this is the case, please take the time to fill in a Help Request so that we can document and duplicate the issue so the bug can be tested and fixed.
http://www.storagecraft.com/support/support-request
Sincerely,
Kevin Steele
Technical Account Engineer