Hi,
I have a problem when expanding datastores in 5.0.U1, U2, U3 versions. When large disk cabin, ESXi recognizes the new size, but in "Properties" Datastorage the button "Increase" this is disabled:
I have opened a case with vmware and was told that is a workaround for versions 5.0.X and 5.1.x and in the 5.5.x version is corrected. He sent me this link: VMware KB: Cannot grow VMFS datastore, the Increase button is disabled but I can not apply because it involves service stop.
I found this KB VMware KB: Growing or expanding a VMFS volume or datastore and following the steps sometimes allows me to do the expansion, I enable the "Increase", but many times the button not working, continues disabled.
I found thisl post "Scripted resize of VMFS datastores" but the script fails me, I can not make it work.
The script is this:
$ds = Get-Datastore -Name "Volume05"
$dsscsi = get-datastore $ds | get-scsilun
$dscanonical = $dsscsi.CanonicalName
$esx = Get-View $ds.ExtensionData.Host[0].Key
$storSys = Get-View $esx.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
$dsSys = Get-View $esx.ConfigManager.DatastoreSystem
$vmfsPath = $ds.ExtensionData.Host[0].MountInfo.Path
$storSys.RescanAllHba()
$extent = $dsSys.QueryVmfsDatastoreExpandOptions($ds.ExtensionData.MoRef)
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostScsiDiskPartition
$spec.diskName = $dscanonical
$spec.partition = "1"
if($extent.Count -ne 0){ $storsys.ExpandVmfsExtent($vmfspath,$spec)
}
The error I get is:
Excepción al llamar a "ExpandVmfsExtent" con los argumentos "2": "A specified parameter was not correct. " En E:\Resize_VMFS_01.ps1: 15 Carácter: 3 + $storsys.ExpandVmfsExtent($vmfspath,$spec) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException
Please can someone help me?
Regards
Daniel
