Unable to create/expand datastore larger than 16 TB

[grabberblue]

I created Datastore1 on LSI 27 TB internal RAID5 disk array but maximum it would allow was 16 TB.

I increased datastore capacity by expanding existing VMFS datastore extent.

It completed successfully and the underlying partition now occupies the entire disk but Datastore1 still only shows 16 TB capacity:

[root@HOS-BDR:~] partedUtil getptbl /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600605b00d01e52022503a8b0634a7e5

gpt

3647399 255 63 58595475456

1 2048 58595475422 AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 vmfs 0

:smileyconfused:

[daphnissov]

What does the output of df -h show on this ESXi host? For the hell of it, I'd also go ahead and punch up the ESXi embedded host client with the latest available from the Flings site.

[grabberblue]

[grabberblue]

[grabberblue]

Since this is a new installation, I shrunk and moved the 2 active VMs to Datastore0, deleted Datastore1 and recreated it.  I specified "use entire disk" and it now shows correctly:

I think the original datastore was created *before* the ESXi license was installed and perhaps that may have been the limiting factor??

¯\(°_o)/¯

[daphnissov]

The license shouldn't have played a hand in this, but in any case it seems to be fixed.