folks
new server. esxi5.1 installed on ssd card. boots okay. vsphere client connects fine. can't create datastore. researched on the web. partition looks good. get following error + vsphere client gets disconnected from host.
Call "HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions" for object "datastoreSystem-xxxx" on vCenter Server "w.x.y.z" failed.
/dev/disks # partedUtil getptbl vml.0200000000690b11c04d5a1200192d7b79104d1a0c504552432048
msdos
2284556 47 36 3865468928
1 63 80324 222 0
2 81920 4276223 12 128
searched thru hostd.logs and didn't see anything unusual (grep Warnings)
any assistance appreciated.
thanks