I have 6.5 vcenter with 6.5 ESXi hosts. I have two windows 2012 SQL cluster . The VMs each have a SCSI controller set in "virtual" I am not using an RDM, I'm using a VMDK file with a shared disk. I am using EagerZeroed vmdks on ms cluster. I want to extend the disk to 250 GB. which command should I use. I've seen too many different commands on the internet
vmkfstools -X 250g /vmfs/volumes/cs-ee-symmlun-001A/cormac.vmdk or vmkfstools -X 250G -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/cs-ee-symmlun-001A/cormac.vmdk
which one should i use? I need to install any tool for vmkfstools ?
A few things:
Regarding the error message when you start the VM. What's the output of:
vmkfstools -t0 /vmfs/volumes/Admin-vPlex-Production01_DS/MsSQLClusterDB3/MsSQLClusterDB3_3.vmdk
André
Hi
Check if the following VMware KB article helps:
Extending an EagerZeroedThick Disk - VMware vSphere Blog
It's the vmkfstools command with the -eagerzeroed option that you need to use.
As shown in Extending an EagerZeroedThick Disk - VMware vSphere Blog (from which I assume you copied the example) describes this in detail, so go with step 5.
The vmkfstools command line utility is available by default on any ESXi host.
André
the disk path is below. How should I run the command .can you write the correct command
I found the location of the disk with rvtools :
[LUN001] MsSQLClusterDB1/MsSQLClusterDB1_1.vmdk.
~ # vmkfstools -X 100G -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/cs-ee-symmlun-001A/cormac.vmdk
Thanks ?
# vmkfstools -X 250G -d eagerzeroedthick /vmfs/volumes/LUN001/MsSQLClusterDB1/MsSQLClusterDB1_1.vmdk
What can be the problem ? I want to add 10 gb of disk to 500gb. I will add 200 gb disk if the test is success
it works on sql . any data is not deleted right ? after processing?
One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1) ?
The -X paramater actually expects the final size of the VMDK.
So if you have a 500 GB VMDK and you want to make it 10 GB, then you would use -X 510G.
on both esxi, I just got an error on an esxi. disk size has also not changed in virtual machine properties. also I got an error when power machine on virtual machine
I have two ms sql cluster with shared disk. both virtual servers are working on different esxi host
If the virtual machines are on different physical ESXi hosts then you need to use RDM. With a shared VMDK the virtual machines MUST be on the same host.
so I get this error. I do not understand. what should I do? ? Can I add a disk if I move virtual servers to the same host ? Why is this problem?
A few things:
Regarding the error message when you start the VM. What's the output of:
vmkfstools -t0 /vmfs/volumes/Admin-vPlex-Production01_DS/MsSQLClusterDB3/MsSQLClusterDB3_3.vmdk
André