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ncasey
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‎03-10-2007 06:07 PM
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VMFS LUN extended

Our SAN guy "accidentally" extended one of our VMFS LUNS. Is there any issues or problems with leaving the VMDK files on this VMFS LUN?

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Ken_Cline
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‎03-10-2007 06:32 PM
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Nope...you can't extend the VMFS volume, but having the extra space on the LUN won't hurt anything

Ken Cline VMware vExpert 2009 VMware Communities User Moderator Blogging at: http://KensVirtualReality.wordpress.com/

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Ken_Cline
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‎03-10-2007 06:32 PM
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Nope...you can't extend the VMFS volume, but having the extra space on the LUN won't hurt anything

Ken Cline VMware vExpert 2009 VMware Communities User Moderator Blogging at: http://KensVirtualReality.wordpress.com/
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adolopo
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‎03-13-2007 10:36 AM
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Or you can:

Tell your SAN person to take back (the extra space), re-present it as a separate LUN, then extend on that as and extent.

Pretty Ghetto though, IMHO.

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TomHowarth
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‎03-13-2007 12:42 PM
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I would not wan't to use an extent, I'd rather have another LUN presented and formated as VMFS.

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