Con you md5sum the file? I don't care what the md5 value is, I'm more interested in whether or not it completes. From what I've seen so far, it looks like the source file or drive has a problem. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:42:18AM -0500, admin at lctn.org wrote: > Target is ext4 > > I get the following error: > > cat: NLS-Storage-flat.vmdk: Input/output error > > cat works for other files from the same location though. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Munir Nassar" <nassarmu at gmail.com> > To: "tclug-list" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 10:28:06 AM > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Unable to copy over large vmdk files > > cat the file; cat file.vmdk > /destination/file.vmdk (or use dd or gnu ddrescue) > > if it still does not work, the problem is likely with the destination, > does the destination filesystem support large files? > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:48 AM, <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is a vmfs issue or linux, so starting here. > > > > I have mounted a 3par volume (thinly provisioned vmfs) on my Linux box (64 > > bit) and I am attempting to copy it to a second hd. I have tried cp, scp, > > and rsync but the 1.6Tb file ends up with a zero file size on the target hd > > after many hours of growing in size during the copy. Smaller files copy over > > fine. It is only the large vmdk with this problem. > > > > Any ideas how to resolve? > > > > > > > > Raymond Norton > > LCTN > > 952.955.7766 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org