Extending an existing VMFS partition

[abaum]

Is it possible to increase the size of a VMFS partition without using extents in ESX 3 U4? All I can see in the server config manual is to use extents.

adam

[AntonVZhbankov · Accepted solution]

No, 3.5 can't extend VMFS partition. The only way - create new datastore of desired size, migrate all VMs and delete old.

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[vmroyale]

Hello. The "VMFS Volume Grow" functionality was added with vSphere. With ESX3 U4, you will have to use extents, which is generally not recommended.

Good Luck!

[Chuck8773]

Not without reformatting. I have done this a few times. Storage vmotion all files. Increase and reformat.

ESX introduces the functionality to increase a VMFS partition.

Charles Killmer, VCP

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