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Thanks for your excellent reply. &nbsp;What I had meant by Q3 was there are certain LUNs that require additional space; what is the best way to increase/expand the storage space.
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Thanks for your excellent reply.  What I had meant by Q3 was there are certain LUNs that require additional space; what is the best way to increase/expand the storage space.

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Increase the size of the LUN, and then expand the datastore.
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Increase the size of the LUN, and then expand the datastore.

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We have vSphere 6.0 with HP 3PAR using SSMC.<br />
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We already have &nbsp;LUNs &nbsp;etc. in the existing environment. <br />
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1. &nbsp;Could I create VVOLs? How?<br />
2. &nbsp;Is there any way I can convert the existing LUNs to VVOLs<br />
3. &nbsp;Additional space is required for few LUNs/storage<br />
4. &nbsp;What is the best method going forward to create &nbsp;storage in such an environment. <br />
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Any &nbsp;step by step guide for 1 - 4 &nbsp;above will be appreciated.
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We have vSphere 6.0 with HP 3PAR using SSMC.

We already have  LUNs  etc. in the existing environment. 
   
1.  Could I create VVOLs? How?
2.  Is there any way I can convert the existing LUNs to VVOLs
3.  Additional space is required for few LUNs/storage
4.  What is the best method going forward to create  storage in such an environment. 

Any  step by step guide for 1 - 4  above will be appreciated.

Virtual Volume (VVOL) and  Storage/LUN in vSphere 6.0

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.