wbwhaley68
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Add New Disks to Existing Datastore

Hello Everyone -

I'm relatively new vSphere, so I apologize ahead of time if this is a topic that has been covered previously. First time post to vmware communities

I have a Dell Server running ESXi v6 with a RAID 5 datastore that is running out of space. Ideally, I'd like to be able to add the disks without rebuilding and losing my existing file system. I built the array using the on-board H700 PERC BIOS Utility. I have added additional disks to existing RAID 5 arrays on Windows boxes running Dell Open Manage in the past, but wasn't sure if there was similar functionality built into ESXi or not. I am still doing some digging into the H700 PERC BIOS itself, but haven't found where anyone has added the new disk via the BIOS utility without a rebuild of the array. Before doing any work, I will make sure that I have everything backed up, but it would be nice if I could just add the hot plug drive, reconfigure online and resize the datastore.

Thank you for the benefit of your experience in this matter!

Thanks!

Bill

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