Increase the partition size limit

[CIVODUL4]

Hi !

I have to manage an ESXI server that has been configured by someone else.

I got 8 VM on the server.

I want to increase the size of the partition the file server has from100GB to 1TB . Unfortunatelly the server has been configured with 1M blocks under vmfs3 ( defaut installation )  so i can only increase partitions to the the limit of 256GB.

Is there a way to convert the block size ? Or do i have to reformat the entire disk with VMFS-3 and block of 4M to reach my goal ?

Thanks to all who red my problem.

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Community,

There's no option to convert the block size other than reformatting the volume. However, since you are posting in the ESXi5 forum, I assume you are running ESXi5 which allows to upgrade the datastore to VMFS5, which allows file sizes up to ~2TB with a unified 1MB block size. Before you upgrade the file system, ensure there's no need anymore to access it by an older host!

André