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Please provide system logs as well. May be some error/more detailed in there that will help in resolving the issue.<br />
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Regards,<br />
~coolsport00
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Please provide system logs as well. May be some error/more detailed in there that will help in resolving the issue.

Regards,
~coolsport00

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Dell tests system by making many small FAT32 partitions on disk. &nbsp; VMware detects these and doesn't know what to do. &nbsp; Do a fast initialization on Disk.
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Dell tests system by making many small FAT32 partitions on disk.   VMware detects these and doesn't know what to do.   Do a fast initialization on Disk.

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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for drews777's comment #a39509643 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28244712/Setting-up-datastore-on-DELL-T610-for-VM-ESX5-Disconnect-from-server.html?anchorAnswerId=39509643#a39509643]

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That's why I asked you the question<br />
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<b>Is this server's disks unused? </b><br />
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clearly they are and this is the issue!
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That's why I asked you the question

Is this server's disks unused?

clearly they are and this is the issue!

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New Dell T610 Server with ESX5. &nbsp; Log in via web Vsphere Client as root. &nbsp; Start by creating datastore. &nbsp;Select the local drive, select file system type, goes to check current file system configuration and then server disconnects. &nbsp; Suggestions
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New Dell T610 Server with ESX5.   Log in via web Vsphere Client as root.   Start by creating datastore.  Select the local drive, select file system type, goes to check current file system configuration and then server disconnects.   Suggestions

Setting up datastore on DELL T610 for VM ESX5.  Disconnect from server.

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