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Guest operating system esxi 6.5 couldnt create a hdd more than 2TB

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im preparing to install a windows server 2019 on esxi 6.5 guest OS but when i create a partition to install it limit the HDD only 2Tb and another space couldnt create anymore
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jburen
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How big is the datastore that you are using for your VM?

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a_p_
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The 2TB maximum is likely due to a "MBR" partition table. In order to create larger partitions you need to use "GPT".

André

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