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March 15th, 2018 07:00
SVC3020 ESXI 6.5 and autogrow
Hello,
i addet more space to my storage and wanted to add this to my ESXI datastore.
I cant't see space after the existing volume on esxi side - the svc3020 storage supports auto growing - what am I missing? Is theare any way to extend the existing vmfs beyond its limits?
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DELL-Bob Mi
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March 15th, 2018 10:00
On your 3020 did you expand one of the volumes? Once you do this the space will be available on the ESX side.
A. expand a Volume in SC3020 ()not too large as you cannot shrink a volume)
B. Expand the VMDK or RDM in ESX. Refer to page 55 of the Storage SC Series Best Practices with VMware vSphere 5.x–6.x: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20441056
DELL-Bob Mi
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March 15th, 2018 10:00
Video on steps for ESX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8QlkV7PAiM
Nick0815
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March 16th, 2018 07:00
any help is highly appreciated :Wink:
Nick0815
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March 16th, 2018 07:00
Thought about vmkfstools to set a biger volumesize - but that sounds easy!
Now i must investigate at storage side and how to extend a existing volume..
Thanks a lot!
DELL-Bob Mi
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March 16th, 2018 10:00
From page 113 of the dell storage manager 2016 r3 administrator’s guide:
http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/storage-sc2000_administrator%20guide_en-us.pdf
Steps
Do not make the Volume too large. You can increase it more later, but you cannot shrink it.