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Windows 2016 server VM disk limitation.
Hello,
I am setting up a Windows 2016 VM and one of the disks has 3TB size. I will setup shadow copies to backup the data locally.
Does anyone see and potential issue? Is there a KB which shows the limitation if there is one?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Many thanks.
I am setting up a Windows 2016 VM and one of the disks has 3TB size. I will setup shadow copies to backup the data locally.
Does anyone see and potential issue? Is there a KB which shows the limitation if there is one?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Many thanks.
For VMware, the limit is 62TB for a VM disk and 64TB limit for a datastore.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2058287
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-BF2C8E24-B530-4C94-85F6-09E5AE781466.html
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2003813
If you want to know what limits apply to your environment, please visit the VMware Configuration Maximums page:
https://configmax.vmware.com/home
For Azure, you can go up to 256TB with 64x4TB. 4TB is the limit for the disk.
https://blog.kizan.com/news/microsoft-announces-large-disk-sizes-of-up-to-4-tb-for-azure-iaas-vms
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2058287
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-BF2C8E24-B530-4C94-85F6-09E5AE781466.html
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2003813
If you want to know what limits apply to your environment, please visit the VMware Configuration Maximums page:
https://configmax.vmware.com/home
For Azure, you can go up to 256TB with 64x4TB. 4TB is the limit for the disk.
https://blog.kizan.com/news/microsoft-announces-large-disk-sizes-of-up-to-4-tb-for-azure-iaas-vms
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Thanks, everyone. My disk is configured using GPT so I think I am okay.
One more question, I am looking at Disk Management, and I am seeing a warning sign next to Disk 1. I am not running out of disk space. Please advise where so I check for the issue.
Please see the attached.
Thanks.
diskatrisk.png
One more question, I am looking at Disk Management, and I am seeing a warning sign next to Disk 1. I am not running out of disk space. Please advise where so I check for the issue.
Please see the attached.
Thanks.
diskatrisk.png
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What limitations are you worried about? There are VM Host limitations and VM limitations and those differ based on virtualization technology. Azure limits things to about 4TB, I believe. Hyper-V is 64TB. VMWare also can go up to 64TB. You will need to format the drive as GPT to get the full 3TB.