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  • 1.  Recovering lost space.

    Posted Oct 28, 2016 04:07 PM

    An error occurred during a drive expansion that left the VMDK large, but the available size to the guest and settings smaller.  How do I reclaim that lost space.

    Any changes to the disk now give

    Reconfigure virtual machine:Insufficient disk space on datastore ''.

    See the error stack for details on the cause of this problem.

    Time: 10/28/2016 11:00:30 AM

    Target: <guest>

    ESXi: <IP address>

    Error Stack

    The disk extend operation failed: msg.disklib.NOSPACE

    800 GB in datastore

    Hard Disk 1 is 80 GB

    Hard Disk 1 VMDK = 83 GB

    Hard Disk 2 is 600 GB

    Hard Disk 2 VMDK is 765 GB

    The settings only see the 600 GB both in ESXi and in the Guest OS.

    No snapshots in place

    I appreciate any assistance, unfortunately the customer only has subscription and no support options.



  • 2.  RE: Recovering lost space.

    Posted Oct 28, 2016 04:24 PM

    Welcome to the Community,

    try to contact community member continuum‌ (find the contact details on his profile page). He might be able to help.

    André