ESXi 6.5 - Can't Increase Datastore Size

[JasonOTS]

I have a server that I recently upgraded from 5.5 to 6.5 and later added an additional hard drive to the internal RAID array. When looking at the "Devices" tab in the storage section, the new increased virtual disk size is displayed. When I go to try to increase the size of the datastore, the popup page displays "Select a device on which to create a new VMFS partition" and hangs on loading indefinitely. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Jason

[johandijkstra · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Do you try it with the Browser client? if so, please try the C# client (the old client), as the 6.0 version still works for 6.5, it might work.
But only for the ESXi host itself, not for vCenter Server.

Can you please try and see if it works with the C# client?

[JasonOTS]

Thank you - Using the fat client from 6.0 worked.

[Ciuffo69]

Me too the same problem, i'm trying top install the C# client to resolve it. It's not the first time that happens and the client always resolve it. I know that is gone and i'm scared of that, what Vmware think to do when we cannot use it yet?

[johandijkstra]

No problem