Raymond, Could be both. How are you mounting the volume and what is the destination file system? Is this a clone of the volume or are VMs currently powered on and using the VMDKs on the same volume you are copying? 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 <(952)%20955-7766> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20170727/339bd27c/attachment.html>