Hello,
I have an ESX 4.1 with only a local datastore (RAID5) within virtual machines on a DELL server
I want to enlarge the datastore, I don't have enough free space to creat more virtual machines.
To do it:
-Install a new hardisk (with vmware powered on)
- Add the new hardisk to the Raid5 with With DELL Open Manage
- wait to finish expand raid 5
- Power Off Vmware machines? or Continue started?
- Expand with vmware Vshpere the local datastore (what time need to expand?)
I want to know if I can do an extend with the new unpartitioned space on the existing local datastore without lose my virtual machines? I only the local datastore with esxi when I expand the esxi continue working?
Can anybody help me ?
Regards