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Determining which replica disk is used for a linked clone virtual machine (1031842)

Last Updated: 9/5/2022Categories: How toTotal Views: 31679Language:
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Purpose

This article provides information to determine the linked clones that are associated to a replica virtual machine.

Resolution

To determine the linked clones that are associated to a replica virtual machine:

From the ESX console:

Note: To use this method, you require access to the console of one ESX server hosting the View desktop. For ESXi, use Technical Support mode. For more information, see Tech Support Mode for Emergency Support (1003677) or SSH into your  Host. Connecting to an ESX host using an SSH client (1019852)

Log in to the ESX host and su to root (if required). In ESXi connect to the console, press Alt + F1 and type unsupported.

Run the command:

find /vmfs/volumes/ \( -size -1500c \) -name *.vmdk -exec grep replica {} -H \; | grep 'parentFileNameHint=' > replicalist.txt

Run the command:

sed s/:/'-->>'/ < replicalist.txt >replicalist2.txt

Run the command:

less replicalist2.txt

The output is similar to:

/vmfs/volumes/4cceb02c-6fba721c-a0ff-001e0b1f4ca2/test-2/test-2.vmdk-->>parentFileNameHint="/vmfs/volumes/4cceb02c-6

fba721c-a0ff-001e0b1f4ca2/replica-8581f32c-a851-448e-8ea8-/replica-8581f32c-a851-448e-8ea8-.vmdk"

/vmfs/volumes/4cceb02c-6fba721c-a0ff-001e0b1f4ca2/test-1/test-1.vmdk-->>parentFileNameHint="/vmfs/volumes/4cceb02c-6

fba721c-a0ff-001e0b1f4ca2/replica-8581f32c-a851-448e-8ea8-/replica-8581f32c-a851-448e-8ea8-.vmdk"

The Linked Clone virtual machines and the replicas are separated by -->>. The Linked Clone desktops are to the left and the replica is to the right. In addition to Pool Desktops, other virtual machines are also listed.

The replica name shown in vCenter Server is longer than the folder name and .vmdk name in the datastore.

For example:

vCenter Server name – replica-ae5923a9-4991-41e7-ba03-07c61429d839

vmdk name – replica-ae5923a9-4991-41e7-ba03-.vmdk

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Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.x, and ESXi 6.x
确定用于链接克隆虚拟机的副本磁盘
リンク クローンの仮想マシンに使用されるレプリカ ディスクの特定

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