Expand HP DL 380 Local datastore RAID 5

[Shirleyhhe]

HI, I need help to expand my local Datastore.

I'm currently running on ESX 5.5, recently I added 2 x 1.2 TB HDD to my HP server and expand my RAID 5 Vol on the RAID card. Total I have ard 13 x 1.2 HDD in raid 5.

however, the local DATASTORE is still showing the old vol size? how can let the Host see the new vol size?

I have tried rescan, refreshed but not working.

can someone point me to the correct guide?

[lpapaleo]

Have you rescan and refresh?

Otherwise try if it’s possibile with host reboot

luca

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

the local datastore (the one on the volume with ESXi on it) needs to be resized from the command line.

For required steps, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2002461

In step 7 I'd recommend you use the partedUtil getUsableSectors command, rather than the subtracting 1 from the sector count method.

André

[Shirleyhhe]

# partedUtil getUsableSectors "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508b1001cb2244d9ab66f75c02348

:1"

Unknown partition table on disk /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508b1001cb2244d9ab66f75c02348:1

i get this error, how do i proceed?

[a_p_]

Remove ":1" from the device name. What's needed is the last usable sector of the disk itself (":1" refers to the first partition).

André