How to increase the size of an RDM disk in vmware esxi 5.1 vm's
I have a lun created with a san which is 1500GB. I have increased the size now to 2000GB.
How do I get this new size to show up in the vm which is using the rdm disk?
How do I get this new size to show up in the vm which is using the rdm disk?
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well the disk that I have are RDM so the rescan will not work with these to see the new size that I changed via the san..
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So it looks like I need to power down the vm and then remove the rdm disks and then add them back in for it to see the extra storage correct?
Also, I guess since the disk are mbr on the windows side, the largest disk I can have is 2TB correct?
Also, I guess since the disk are mbr on the windows side, the largest disk I can have is 2TB correct?
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You will need to expand the disk, in the OS.
see my Article for methods
HOW TO: Resize a VMware (VMDK) Virtual Disk