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‎10-24-2016 07:46 AM

Cannot increase datastore

Hello,

I have ESXi 6 host with 131 GB datastore, located on 558 GB disk:

esxi_stor.png

I need increase datastore, but when i press "Increase" button, i see blank table, and cannot increase.

I try "Rescan", try connect directly to host, but no success...

How to increase datastore???

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Leadership
‎10-24-2016 10:44 AM

This is the expected behavior. A VMFS datastore on the local/boot disk cannot be increased using the GUI. However, https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2002461 explains how this can be done from the command line. Make sure you read the entire KB article before you start, and consider to backup the VMs prior to following the steps.

André

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