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| Question: I can only build a 256 GB drive on my ESX server. I'm using 3.0.1 ESX, 2.0 VI Client, ESX VSA. Answer: Virtual disks (files) can be up to 256GB for SCSI disks with the default 1MB block size. You will need to reformat the volume in ESX with a larger block size (non-default). Move the data first if there is anything that you want to keep. (SSH, VMotion, etc to move it off) Block size Max VMDK size
1 256 GB
2 512 GB
4 1024 GB
8 2048 GB See also “Maximum Configuration for ESX Server” Pages 27-28 “Datastore Partitioning” Pages 181-186 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_301_201_installation_guide.pdf Spanning up to 32 physical storage extents (block size 8MB = 2TB) = maximum volume size of 64TB.
Christopher Viamonte
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| Q: How is this done thru the command line? A: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_server_config.pdf vmkfstools File System Options Example> vmkfstools -C vmfs3 -b 8M -S MyName vmhba0:0:0:3 This would format the device @ vmhba0:0:0:3 with 8MB pages and a datastore name of "MyName", allowing for the maximum vmdk file size of 2047GB. Before running this command double check you have moved all data off that datastore and that you have the correct device name of vmhbaX:X:X:X.
Christopher Viamonte
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