I have installed esxi 8.0.1 on a new HP G10 with the following config:
- USB drive as boot installation media for ESX
- A 2TB Nvme for esxosdata!
- Some other SSD as single RAID10 array.
The problem is:
- ESX only used the first ~ 130GB of the 2TB Nvme Device and the remainder is left unusable.I need to use the remainder for some VMs. Two options:
- extend via command and use as data store.
- Create new partition and add as a data store (Preferred)
My knowledge(so far):
- The store partition cannot be extended via UI and should be done with SSH. -I know we can migrate esxosdata to a new partition (complex) As Describe here
My Question:
- Which is the better method to use the free space on NVME for VMs side by side with esxosdata?
Tried extending the datastore via Vsphere UI, Not possible with error:
Failed - Cannot change the host configuration.
Errors
Failed to update disk partitions for /vmfs/devices/disks/...
Best
