Author : Ivanka Radkova
Topic Name : Hardware Features Available with Virtual Machine Compatibility Settings
Publication Name : vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
Product/Version : VMware vSphere/6.7
Question :
as per the document(VMware_vSphere_Version_Comparison_40-41-50-51-55-60-65.pdf), VM hardware version 11 support 64TB, is it really true? I had a situation my vm stopped responding after 4TB of usage. Could you update me your feedback to jobi.samuel@cz.ibm.com ?
the possible vmdk-size does not depent on the virtual hardware version but to the esxi-version. but since 5.5u3 a vmdk can have 62TB, so there is no limit.
vmfs3 had a limit, but i hope your datastores are vmfs5 or vmfs6?
my datastore is VMFS 5 fyi
I would like somebody from VMware to comment if there is any limitation based on vm hardware version
These articles both mention ESXi version and the underlying storage type, but not the VM hardware version:
Large Capacity Virtual Disk Conditions and Limitations