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Lun expansion issue
I have extended the LUN in Clarrion-CX-480 which was assigned to VM-ware host(ESX-5).
but host side VMDK not able to increase, even while trying to increaseit is not showing the extended space.
please suggest the possibilities and solutions
Thanks in advance......
Roger_Wu
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August 29th, 2013 22:00
First if your ESX 5 was upgrade from ESX 4, you should make sure you're using VMFS-5 since VMFS-3 has 2TB limitation.
Then follow VMware's KBs:
VMware KB: Growing or expanding a VMFS volume or datastore
VMware KB: Extending a VMFS volume to use new LUN space after expansion
Increase a VMFS Datastore
twood3
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August 30th, 2013 11:00
Did you re-scan?
AnkitMehta
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September 2nd, 2013 00:00
@ Troy: Rescan is a one of the steps mentioned in VMware KB: Growing or expanding a VMFS volume or datastore.
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Aswinkumar_bafd83
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September 2nd, 2013 03:00
Thanks Ankit,
once my question get helpfullanswer/ correct answers surely I will mark accordingly, ofcourse this is a discussion not a question
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dynamox
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September 2nd, 2013 07:00
extend LUN > extend VMFS Datastore > extend vmdk (VM properties) > grow partition in VM (diskpart for Win2k)
Aswinkumar_bafd83
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September 2nd, 2013 21:00
Thank you , it may work out.
we assined new lun and migrated the VM to new LUN.
dynamox
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September 2nd, 2013 22:00
i know it works, done it many times.
AnkitMehta
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September 3rd, 2013 07:00
I see what you did there!
