Block size is too small - reformat the data store or create files VMDk 2?

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  We have been experiencing problems trying to power on virtual machines. When attempting to power on virtual machines, we see the error "cannot extend the pagefile from 0 KB to 2097152 KB".

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  (2016 01-16 T 21: 19:40.556Z cpu1:4971732) WARNING: Res3: 6984: "freenas-6-ds": [rt 3] No. Space - has not found enough resources after the second pass! (requis_:_1,_trouvé_:_0) 2016-01 - 16 T 21: 19:40.556Z cpu1:4971732) Res3: 6985: "freenas-6-ds": [rt 3] resources t 0, e 0, PN 16, BM 0, b 0, RCs u 0, i 0, 4031 nf, pe 0, 0 2016-01-16 T 21 oe: 19:40.556Z cpu1:4971732) WARNING: SwapExtend: 683: impossible to extend the pagefile from 0 KB to 2097152 KB.

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  263734 + 0 records in

  out 263733 + 0 reviews

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  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  root of true true 32768 KiB 32768 KiB KiB KiB 99% 99% 9472 4096 3575 176 176.

  true true etc 28672 KiB 28672 KiB 284 KiB 320 KiB 99% 99% 4096 1024 516/etc

  Choose true true 0 KiB KiB 0 KiB KiB 0 100% 0% 8 1024 8192 32768 / opt

  var true true 5120 KiB 49152 484 516 99% 90% 8192 384 379 KiB KiB KiB / var

  tmp false false 2048 KiB 262144 KiB 20 KiB 360 KiB 99% 99% 8 256 8192/tmp

  false false hostdstats KiB 310272 KiB 3076 KiB 3076 KiB 99 0% 0% 8192 32 5/var/lib/vmware/hostd/stats

  
  

  We believe that our cause is due to have 0 free blocks of PTR:

  [root@clueless:/vmfs/volumes/55a00d31-3dc0f02c-9803-025056000040] vmkfstools Pei - v 10/vmfs/volumes/freenas-six-ds.

  System file VMFS-5, 61 extending on 1 partition.

  File system label (if applicable): freenas-six-ds

  Mode: public TTY only

  Capacity 21989964120064 (blocks of files 20971264 * 1048576), 16008529051648 (15266923 blocks) prevail, max supported size of the 69201586814976 file

  Volume creation time: Fri Jul 10 18:21:37 2015

  Files (max / free): 130000/119680

  Blocks of PTR (max / free): 64512/0

  Void / blocks (max / free): 32000/28323

  The secondary blocks of Ptr (max / free): 256/256

  Drop blocks (approve/used/approve %): 0/5704341/0

  Blocks of PTR (approve/used/approve %): 64512/0/0

  Void / blocks (approve/used/approve %): 3677/0/0

  Size of volume metadata: 911048704

  UUID: 55a00d31-3dc0f02c-9803-025056000040

  Logical unit: 55a00d30-985bb532-BOI.30-025056000040

  Partitions split (on 'lvm'):

  NAA.6589cfc0000006f3a584e7c8e67a8ddd:1

  Instant native is Capable: YES

  OBJLIB-LIB: ObjLib cleaned.

  WORKER: asyncOps = 0 maxActiveOps = 0 maxPending = 0 maxCompleted = 0

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  FreeNAS is not running on a virtual machine.

  We solved the problem by finding a lot PTR blocks have been used by many of our models of virtual machine. Remove the disk models solved the problem.

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  Hello

  I started the implementation of a server ESXi 5.5 Update 1 this week. I didn't know Dell shipped the server with two virtual disks instead of one. I realized this _apres_ that I had already created the data store and setup a few virtual machines to the breast. I called Dell who sent specific instructions to increase the removal of the second (empty) virtual disk and add it to the main. In the end, I increased the single VD from 2 TB to 3 TB and I want to give the remaining space in my store of data.

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  I will paste my notes that I took everything by jobs. Things have exploded the rails when I put 4 partition size to the largest size. Any help, please?

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  I use that as a guide:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 2002461

  
  

  1 use start hardware device management tools to increase the capacity of additional disk to the device. For more information, commit your hardware provider.

  This has been done. The new size of the virtual disk is 2791,88 GB (TB 2,79188)

  
  

  2. open a console to the ESXi host.

  Pretty simple.

  
  

  3. get the DeviceID for the data store to change.

  ~ # vmkfstools Pei "/ vmfs/volumes/datastore1 / '.

  System file VMFS-5, 60 extending on 1 partition.

  File system label (if applicable): datastore1

  Mode: public

  Capacity 1971926859776 (blocks of files 1880576 * 1048576), 1042688245760 (994385 blocks) prevail, max size of the 69201586814976 file

  UUID: 534e5121 - 4450-19dc-f8bc1238e18a 260d

  Partitions split (on 'lvm'):

  NAA.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4

  
  

  A couple of things to note:

  a. the device for Datastore1 ID is: naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a

  b. the number of Partition on the disk is: 4 ' [...]: 4 "»

  c. the prefix, "naa," means "Network address authority" the number immediately after is a single logical unit number.

  4. Enter the amount of disk space available on the data store.

  ~ # df h

  Size of filesystem used available use % mounted on

  VMFS-5 1. 8T 865.4 G 971,1 G 47% / vmfs/volumes/datastore1

  
  

  5 team of the device identifier, to identify the existing partitions on the device by using the partedUtil command.

  ~ # partedUtil get ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a '.

  364456 255 63 5854986240

  1 63 80324 222 0

  2 80325 8466884 6 0

  3 8466885 13709764 252 0

  4 13711360 3865468766 251 0

  ~ #

  
  

  According to the table in article KB

  4 13711360 3865468766 251 0 - primary #4, type 251 = 0xFB = VMFS, 13711360-3865468766 areas

  | |        |          |   |

  | |        |          |   \---attribut

  | |        |          \---type

  | |        \---se finishing sector

  | \---a starting from sector

  partition \---Numero

  
  

  Also note how the number of section start the old end sector number is + 1.

  
  

  6 identify the partitions that need to be resized and the size of the space to use.

  We want to resize partition 4. I don't really understand the last part of this sentence, however. Read more.

  
  

  7 the number of sector end you want for the target data store VMFS partitions. To use all out at the end of the disc space, remove 1 of the size of the disk in the areas as described in step 5 in order to get the last usable area.

  ESXi 5.x has a command to do this:

  ~ # partedUtil getUsableSectors "/ vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a".

  1 5854986239

  This means that we want 4 Partition of "naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a" to be:

  13711360 - 5854986239 (i.e. the end of the disc)

  
  

  8 resize the partition containing the target VMFS Datastore using the command partedUtil, specifying the original existing partition and the desired end sector:

  Using the above information, our command is:

  resize # partedUtil ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a ' 4 13711360 5854986239

  
  

  9 step 8, the partedUtil command can report the warning:

  He did not. Displacement.

  
  

  10. the tables of partitions have been adjusted, but the VMFS data within the partition store is always the same size. Now there is an empty space in the partition where the VMFS data store can be grown.

  
  

  11 launch this v vmkfstools command to perform a refresh for VMFS volumes.

  Fact.

  
  

  12 reach the VMFS Datastore in the new space using the command - growfs vmkfstools, specifying the partition containing the VMFS Datastore target twice.

  vmkfstools - growfs ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 ' ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 '.

  
  

  It did not work. I got an error:

  / vmfs/volumes # vmkfstools - growfs ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 ' /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d «»

  23001ad809071096d28a:4 ".

  Cannot get device head way /dev/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a:4 information

  
  

  Also the partition was very different to what I asked:

  ~ # partedUtil get ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a '.

  364456 255 63 5854986240

  1 63 80324 222 0

  2 80325 8466884 6 0

  3 8466885 13709764 252 0

  4 13711360 1560018942 251 0

  
  

  I fixed it by running these commands:

  ~ # partedUtil resize ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a ' 4 13711360 3865468766

  ~ # vmkfstools v

  ~ # partedUtil get ' / vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660ef0d23001ad809071096d28a '.

  364456 255 63 5854986240

  1 63 80324 222 0

  2 80325 8466884 6 0

  3 8466885 13709764 252 0

  4 13711360 3865468766 251 0

  Update:

  Since it was such a new machine, not in active production, we have safeguarded the VMs management off the ESXi host. Then flattened the virtual disk, recreated, and then created a store of data with the right size. (TPG this time, naturally.) We put the management of virtual machines on the data store. For Windows virtual machines, we have restored the using AppAssure. Everything is ok now.

  Need to add a new item to the list of punch: check what Dell has done the configuration of the virtual disks. :-)