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sadom
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disk add

I have 2 ms sql cluster and I want to expand the disk.  but i have followed error. no rdm disk on cluster and no snapshots

The disk extend operation failed: The virtual disk requires a feature not supported by this program Hot-extend is currently supported only for VMFS flat virtual disks without snapshots opened in persistent mode.

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diegodco31
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Hi

What's type disk?

If use earger zeroed, To extend a earger zeroed disk from and used by MSCS cluster, you will need to shutdown your MSCS nodes and extended the virtual disk size from command line, see: Extending an EagerZeroedThick Disk - VMware vSphere Blog

Diego Oliveira
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcodiego
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RajeevVCP4
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what is the type disk

Physical RDP or Virtual RDP

VMFS ?

Is it sharing ?

Rajeev Chauhan
VCIX-DCV6.5/VSAN/VXRAIL
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sadom
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Yes it has share disks. @

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diegodco31
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Hi

To extend a earger zeroed disk from and used by MSCS cluster, you will need to shutdown your MSCS nodes and extended the virtual disk size from command line, see: Extending an EagerZeroedThick Disk - VMware vSphere Blog

Diego Oliveira
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcodiego
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sadom
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I want to do this with vsphere client or web client. why i must use the command . I didn't understand that! What are the risks of this process?

I use vcenter 6.5 u2

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