Upgrading VMFS3 Volumes
to VMFS5
vSphere 5.0
supports VMFS5 volumes, which have improved scalability and performance.
You can upgrade from VMFS3 to
VMFS5 by using the
, the
vmkfstools
command, or the
esxcli storage
vmfs upgrade
command. You can pass the volume label or the volume
UUID to the ESXCLI command.
You
cannot upgrade VMFS3 volumes to VMFS5 with the
vmkfstools
command
included in vSphere CLI.