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Article Number: 000137368

Can the size of a VMware VMFS Volume be reduced?

Summary: Reducing the size of VMware VMFS volumes

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Article Content

Symptoms

Can the size of a VMware VMFS Volume be reduced?

No, there is no support for reducing the size of a VMware VMFS volume. An alternative solution would be to migrate all virtual machines to a different VMFS volume, and remove the original LUN. This will free up space for creating a new, smaller VMFS Volume.

For detailed information on migrating all virtual machines to a different VMFS volume and removing the original LUN, refer to VMware Knowledge Base Article# 2004605 - Unmounting a LUN or Detaching a Datastore/Storage Device from multiple ESXi 5.x hosts.
 

Article Properties

Affected Product

Servers, PowerEdge

Last Published Date

20 Nov 2020

Version

2

Article Type

Solution

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