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11 Replies Last post: Nov 6, 2009 9:52 AM by DSTAVERT

Extend Storage Space Please help!!!! posted: Oct 22, 2009 5:18 AM

xZaf

17 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

Hi everyone,

I have read numerous article about extending space on ESXI (free version) and i just cant seem to figure this out. (i am almost at a stage were i may submitted to mental hospital due to this issue!)

Basically, i am doing a sharepoint in-place upgrade, before i do, i take a snapshot (just so i can revert back if things go wrong).

My windows Parttion size is 100GB to support this upgrade,(as it expands the database of SQL server in upgrade process etc) currently its used about 30GB of the 100GB

My ESXi Storage Datastore1 where this SQL resides is 131GB or there about, and has 24.91 GB free.

my upgrade keeps failing due to this message which have read many posts but cant seem to figure or understand the term used to explain or do things - msg.hbacommon.outofspace:

PLEASE can someone help me in layman term (in steps) as to how to fix this, i have installed ESXI as a default and not made changes. i am completely new to this and trying to make sense of LUN etc...

See attached file for screen dumps!

Thankyou very much!

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Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

1. Oct 22, 2009 5:49 AM

in response to: xZaf

NTurnbull

429 posts since
Feb 11, 2008

On a different note, have you done a shrink on your sharepoint database?

Thanks,
Neil

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

2. Oct 22, 2009 6:56 AM

in response to: NTurnbull

xZaf

17 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

no i havent, its 30Gb in size so i dont see why i need to shrink it. The wiered thing is i did manage to do an upgrade with current esxi settings only one time and then revert back to snapshot before upgrade to try again, but now unable to..I did create snapshots while i did that process and then deleted them.

this is a LAB enviroment i am trying all this before i actually to it on the really thing.

Thanks

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

3. Oct 22, 2009 7:25 AM

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DSTAVERT

2,464 posts since
Nov 30, 2003

Refresh the storage space view. Right click on the datastore and Refresh. Make sure the freespace is actually free. How big is the snapshot?

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

4. Oct 22, 2009 7:32 AM

in response to: DSTAVERT

xZaf

17 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

I still have 22.76 showing free, please see attached two screen dumps!

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Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

5. Oct 22, 2009 8:41 AM

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DSTAVERT

2,464 posts since
Nov 30, 2003

You don't have much room and it isn't hard to believe the update could add 22GB of change to the snapshot delta files. Make a copy of the VMDK to another location and don't use a snapshot beforehand.

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

6. Oct 23, 2009 1:22 AM

in response to: DSTAVERT

xZaf

17 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

from the screep dump, do you mean the 100gb VMDK file? i assume copy to datastore2, if so how will this fix the issue. Can not just extend datastore2 to datastore1 and make it as one Datastore?

also is there way i can shrink the 100gb vmdk file, i tried this in VI consloe, by turning machine off and right clik to edidt settings, but it keeps going back to 100GB.

Thanks

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

7. Oct 24, 2009 8:11 AM

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DSTAVERT

2,464 posts since
Nov 30, 2003

I was suggesting that you NOT take a snapshot before you practice your update. The snapshot files could easily take up the 22GB space when you are performing the update. So copy off the VMDK to somewhere else to so you have a backup. The only way to shrink the disk would be to clone the disk to a smaller size. You can do that with the Standalone Converter or from the command line using vmkfstools command. The Converter is a much safer method.

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

8. Nov 2, 2009 8:19 AM

in response to: DSTAVERT

xZaf

17 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

Thanks, i have done that!

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

9. Nov 2, 2009 9:06 AM

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DSTAVERT

2,464 posts since
Nov 30, 2003

Did you get your update test completed?

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

10. Nov 6, 2009 9:29 AM

in response to: DSTAVERT

xZaf

17 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

yes i did thanks!

Re: Extend Storage Space Please help!!!!

11. Nov 6, 2009 9:52 AM

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DSTAVERT

2,464 posts since
Nov 30, 2003

One of the benefits to these forums is that people get some assistance in working around their problems. The cost is that you report what you did so that others benefit from your experience. Please don't just mark the question as answered and leave without posting your solution.

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