All,
I've been trying to get a 3par 7400 array to release vacated space all day long with no luck.
I ran vmkfstools -y XX (numbers from 65 to 99) and the console displaced creating balloon file etc, yet no space was reclaimed. So far 8 hours has passed with no change in space. I also tried creating a zeroed out flat file with vmkfstools -c <size g> -d eagerzeroedthick zerofile, and then deleting the file. Still no joy.
All the videos I've watched and documents I've read seem to indicate its an immediate reclaim operation. That makes sense because of the zero detect ASICs. Its 3par advantage
The 7400 is running 3.1.2 mu2 p24 (i think that is the patch level).
What gives?
Nick
v800
7400