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May 5th, 2016 12:00
Fast cloning?
How is fast cloning supposed to work on vSphere NFS and VVOL datastores?
I have UnityVSA installed and I have created legacy NFS datastore and VVOL NFS datastore, I also have EMC NAS VAAI plugin installed and VASA VP configured. Any time I clone a VM full clone is created, I have verified from ESXi hosts vpxa.log that NAS VAAI plugin is being used when cloning on NFS datastore.
Is VSI required for fast cloning on Unity?
Can I force NAS VAAI plugin to create fast clones instead of full clones?
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chenw87
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May 23rd, 2016 07:00
The Unity array does support fast cloning using VAAI and VASA 2.0 (VVols). Fast cloning is a feature used by tools such as Horizon View not available directly from the vCenter GUI.
qitup
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April 5th, 2018 09:00
Same issue here, would love to have fast cloning work. The documentation suggests that it should work and the GUI shows a parent object but when I clone a VM it creates a totally separate entity.
Rainer_EMC
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April 6th, 2018 07:00
IF you use the proper software that explicitly reqeuests a file-level clone than it does work - see Wei's answer above
a regular clone command from vSphere will not
VSI should but i havent checked that in a while
you could file a product enhancement request (PER)