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Failed to reconfigure virtual machine. invalid operation for device '1' when expand vm storage size

Dear All

I have a esxi 6.5, and i'm trying to expand HD storage on one of the vm centos 7, but after I applied ok, it shows below error message, and I checked my vm host client, its up to date, any help would be appreciated

keith

Polydore Dracopoulos

one of two things to try.

is there an ISO attached to the VM that is blank? remove the ISO.
Also see if there is a backup image of that server. could be preventing the expansion, may have to delete it before you expand.

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keith li

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yes I found there are snapshot there, after deleted the snapshot it works, and one more question, after increased additional 10G in centos, after I boot into the centos, I still see the HD size still remain old size, any idea how I can expand the size from centos ?

Polydore Dracopoulos

I am not versed in Linux/CentOS enough to give you the exact information, but a quick search online gave me the following link.
https://www.miarec.com/doc/administration-guide/doc1012

RAFA

Good Morning

Excellent review of the snapshot.

If you increased the disk in the Centos VM, you must increase the disk volume at the operating system level.

I remain attentive to your comments.

keith li

ASKER

below link work perfectly

https://www.rootusers.com/how-to-increase-the-size-of-a-linux-lvm-by-expanding-the-virtual-machine-disk/