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Will disabling virtualization reclaim vbspace?

adrianjames
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Hi all,

We have a WAVE-574 that came with virtualization enabled in the factory install. We do not want to use virtual blades on this device. According to the documentation, it seems that you cannot disable virtualization unless you reinstall from the recovery CD. So my two questions are:

1. I am assuming with this device you will get the option to NOT enable virtualization at install time; and

2. If this is the case, does having virtualization disabled reclaim the disk space that would normally be assigned to /vbspace (GUEST) and allow it to be used for CIFS and DRE caches?

MOUNT POINT      TYPE       DEVICE                SIZE     INUSE      FREE USE%
/sw              internal   /dev/md0             991MB     710MB     281MB  71%
/swstore         internal   /dev/md1             991MB     560MB     431MB  56%
/state           internal   /dev/md2            5951MB     196MB    5755MB   3%
/local/local1    SYSFS      /dev/md4           14878MB     161MB   14717MB   1%
/vbspace         GUEST      /dev/data1/vbsp   188467MB     128MB  188339MB   0%
.../local1/spool PRINTSPOOL /dev/data1/spool     991MB      32MB     959MB   3%
/obj1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/obj    121015MB     140MB  120875MB   0%
/ackq1           internal   /dev/data1/ackq     1189MB       0MB    1189MB   0%
/plz1            internal   /dev/data1/plz      2379MB      74MB    2305MB   3%
/dre1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/dre    119031MB  116977MB    2054MB  98%

Thanks

Adrian

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Amir Asfandyarov
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hello Adrian,

On WAVE platforms virtual-blade is always enabled and cannot be disabled (so there is no way to reclaim space). The procedure you're referring in the docs corresponds to the WAE devices (please check this -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v441/configuration/guide/virtual.html#wp1051616)

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