Applies to VMware vSphere 5 or higher Legacy Guest OS types that do not support more recent versions of the ATA standard (such as ATA-7). For modern operating systems it is not necessary to align the ...Applies to VMware vSphere 5 or higher Legacy Guest OS types that do not support more recent versions of the ATA standard (such as ATA-7). For modern operating systems it is not necessary to align the Guest OS file system partition in VMware vSphere Operating Systems that support newer ATA standards include: Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and higher RHEL 6.x, Ubuntu 12.x If you are using an older OS that requires alignment, contact the NetApp sales team for a copy of the obsolete TR-3747
