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Is VAAI required to be installed in order to create a thick volume on NFS datastore?

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Applies to

  • VMware vSphere
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI

Answer

  • Yes, hardware accelaration is needed for this
  • Hardware accelleration is enabled through the plug-in

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