Hi,
Seems that we are running into a maxed out config Issue. I am not sure how you were able to create a VMDK of 2TB in the first place,? because the maximum size for a VMDK on a VMFS volume is 2TB -512 bytes , =~ (1.98TB) Its a limitation of VMFS and only RDM's can be greater than 2TB.
The below is the configuration maximums for a VMFS5
Volume size : 64TB7
Raw Device Mapping size (virtual compatibility) : 2TB minus 512 bytes
Raw Device Mapping size (physical compatibility : 64TB
Block size: 1MB
File size : 2TB minus 512 bytes
If the above is what is the problem for us, then we could the below options.
1. Attach the VMDK to a VM and use the VMware Converter, do a V2V and reduce the size of the VMDK at destination. - ( The best option - bcoz you can even change it to a thin provisioned at the destination ).
Else
2 . Wait till the release of ESXi 5.5 which can support upto 64TB vmdk.
Thanks,
Avinash