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Ok I think I understand. &nbsp;<br />
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I am new to ESXi 4.0. &nbsp; I am trying to understand how to partition a datastore if that is possible or correct. <br />
When I installed ESXi on my new Dell server it detected both RAID arrays and created two datastores. &nbsp;One 130gig and one 850gig. &nbsp;I want to split up that 850gig drive into two partitions. &nbsp;<br />
How do I go about doing that? &nbsp;Do I do it in Windows Server 2003 when I install it, or does it need to be done before I install Server 2003? &nbsp;<br />
Thanks,
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I am new to ESXi 4.0.   I am trying to understand how to partition a datastore if that is possible or correct. 
When I installed ESXi on my new Dell server it detected both RAID arrays and created two datastores.  One 130gig and one 850gig.  I want to split up that 850gig drive into two partitions.  
How do I go about doing that?  Do I do it in Windows Server 2003 when I install it, or does it need to be done before I install Server 2003?  
Thanks,

VMware ESXI 4.0 How to partition local scsi disk

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Microsoft Server OS

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.