disk size and space available incorrect

[topheruk]

I have just installed ESXi 3.5 and I have run into a problem when creating a datastore using the vi client

it can see the 2TB raid 5 array but for some reason it says 44GB available! If I go to add the datastore it knows the HDD is blank and reads the capacity as 2TB but the max capiacity of the datastore is still only 44GB!

any ideas?

cheers

Topher

[depping]

The LUN is probably bigger than 2TB, and I guess 44GB bigger. Try to downsize the lun and see if you can create a datastore. 2TB is the limit, and most of these kind of problems are related to this limit.

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[topheruk]

yes the raid 5 volume is just over 2TB, I could make it a smaller using the raid bios! or is the away to split to 2TB array inside ESXi and if so how do I do it? linux isn't my area

[chrisbuzby]

It may be easier to do this during the intial setup, if you have the luxury rebuild and do an advanced configuration create the partition with the 2TB vmfs partition, honestly I would not even worry about a second 44GB partition...

[topheruk]

yes I can do a fresh install, however I didn't see a option for advanced during the install process!