Disk space on ESXi

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• VMWare EsXi 5.1.0 disk space

  Hello

  I have the following situation. A VM server EsXi 5.1.0 with two virtual machines.

  A virtual machine has two virtual disks of type thick lazy disposition to zero.

  The bootdrive is 1 hard disk drive HDD 2 data. From 1 to 80 GB hard drive put in service then the hard drive 2 has 120 GB put in service. I managed to increase the 80 GB with 10 GB drive because there was still space available in the data store so 2 months ago, I increased to 90 GB drive has worked perfectly.

  In the operating system on drive C (disc 1) I had only 3 GB of free again so I need more space, so that the data drive (disc 2) had 30 GB of free space.

  I thought when I decrease disk 2 with 10 GB and disk increase 1 with 10 GB of all be good. In the VSphere client, I edited the disksspace, but I noticed that I could not reduce the disk 2?

  Also, I could not return my settings? So now on the virtual computer will not boot and I get error ' not enough space on the data store.

  Can I return my settings and get the disc about the size of the 'old '?

  Thank you

  Jeffken

  Reduce a virtual disk is unfortunately not supported in the GUI (and the CLI). In order to decrease the size, you can use VMware Converter for example.

  Anyway, what you can do to be able to turn on the virtual computer as soon as possible - assuming that the host is not part of a cluster and you have not enough memory - is to put a reserve of memory for the virtual machine. The disk space required for the virtual machine swap file, which is created once the virtual machine is running - is equal to the amount of provisioned VM memory minus the reserved memory. So if you change this setting in order to reserve any memory, the paging file will not require any disk space.

  Note that with very low available space on the data store, you can run into issues when you create snapshots!

  André

• ESXi 5 - increase the disk space

  Hello

  
  Info:

  Size of the disk hard server: 4 TB

  What are the limits on the increase in size of virtual machine disk space Windows Server? For example, if C: win2k8 is 80 GB, can I increase to say a maximum of 4000 GB (eg. only 1 VM on the host)?

  I get a new server and I would like to give the VMs small readers and increase disk space needed in the future, if necessary. How will I know how much space the augmentable drive by?

  If I start with young readers, does this mean that I won't be able to increase the disk space, as well as virtual machines with more readers?

  Thank you

  Sorry, my bad. The size of the virtual disk does not depend on the HW version, it's just 5.5 ESXi and VMFS5.

  In any case, some words of clarification:

  • You can create virtual disks with up to 16 TB, in c# Client
  • Large virtual disks > 2 TB-512Bytes (with up to 62 to 64 to no) are not officially supported in c# Client, even if this can work for drives <=16TB (see=""> vSphere 5.5 storage improvements part 1: 62 TB VMDK)
  • Note: You cannot manage VMs with HW version 10 in the c# Client.

  André

• ESXi 4.0 initial installation 208167 used 80G of hard disk space

  Hello

  I'll put up an old HP Proliant DL360 G5 server with two hard drives, managed by the HP Smart Array P400i controller 146SAS.  With RAID 1 + 0, the LogicalDisk is about 136G.  After you have installed the server ESXi 4.0, vSphere client reported that 51G is available for virtual machines.   See attached snapshot.  Back in 2009, on a new DL360 G6 server, I used the same software to ESXi 4.0 and installing used only 2 GB of space.  Which could use the 80G of hard disk space? 

  I noticed a difference in how vSphere client reported the DTX200:

  The DL360 G5, the customer reported the storage as "local disk VMWare..." »

  The DL360 G6, the customer reported the storage as "Home HP series SCSI Disk... »

  Any idea what happened to the 80G?  Thank you.

  -Jim

  If I understand you correctly, there is nothing on the data store yet (i.e. no VMs)? In this case, you can try to remove the data store and recreate to see if it reports the correct size after that.

  André

• Datastore on ESXi 4.1 disk space monitoring

  Hi all

  I use HP SiteScope to monitor our data warehouses.  I use a simple script monitor to bounce back against our servers ESX 4.0 who runs the command of vdf to return the size used, available and percentage used.  When I call the script I pass data with her store name.  This is the content of the script.

  sudo/usr/sbin/vdf /vmfs/volumes/$1

  This returns the following:

  1 k-blocks used available use % mounted on file system

  / vmfs/volumes/4c14635a-8d723b1c-031c-0844324ssa05f3

  419168256 117296128 301872128/vmfs/volumes/MY_DATASTORE 27%

  Then, I am able to use these measures to make reports and alerts if a certain data store is full.  This is a Lab Manager environment development so sometimes people accidentally create too many virtual machines and their warehouses of data to run out of disk space.  Where the reason why we need oversight from a perspective of data store.

  Now enter ESXi 4.1.  The command vdf no longer accepts the name of store data as an additional argument.  I tried a number of different things but do not seem to find the right solution.

  So basically I just need the same measures and be able to run for each of my stores of data.  Does anyone know a different way to this collection through the command line?

  Thanks in advance.

  Billy

  with ls - lh mutual data store name, you can

  and you can see with df h size.

  but I believe that the best solutions is witch with VMA command line.

• ESXi disk space, vms stops

  Hello friends, please let me go throw a hand.
  I have a client who has a VMware ESXi 4.0 running on an IBM server, there a few daysago server has stopped working due to lack of disk space, so IT techniciansbecause the company has made several unnecessary shots. I'm here, delete thesnapshots and same VMDK and other invalid files, released 30 GB, but now the serverreturned to lose ground and has now only 12 MB of free disk space. How can thishappen? What makes a server loses a lot of disk space so quickly?
  Thus, virtual machines are stopped, the server crashed Vmware everything I do, how free space without losing data?

  
  Thank you

  
  Edit by continuum

  all attachments have been removed by OP, so if you read this post keep in mind that the measures used to solve the problem is more sensible.
  If you are having similar problems, that you can't learn from this post

  Ulli

  in order to consolidate desktop you need

  RDS-FS_1 - 000001.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1 - 000002.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1 - 000003.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1 - 000004.vmdk
  RDS - FS_1.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1-000001 - delta.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1-000002 - delta.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1-000003 - delta.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1-000004 - delta.vmdk
  RDS-FS_1 - flat hard

  all in a directory on your host workstation.
  Create the new virtual machine, then adds RDS-FS_1 - 000004.vmdk as an existing drive.
  Also add another disk préallouée one piece with the same nominal size.
  Start your favorite LiveCD of VM and clone the disc to disc

  or use vmware-vdiskmanager and run
  VMware-vdiskmanager - r RDS-FS_1 - 000004.vmdk - t 4 consolidated.vmdk

  the first procedure maybe more fast but needs more manual work.

  Test the vmdk again before you delete the originals on the ESXi and download the new

• export of ESXi 4.1 in the OVF - disk space?

  Hello

  I want to do an export of several machines. But I worry about disk space that will be the local storage.

  If I have a virtual disk configured in VMWare as 50 GB it will export the flat pile or leaving it. Lets say I am only using

  1 GB under windows for example is it export only the space used on the disk (1 GB) or will I get a 50 GB ovf file?

  Also what will happen to linux VM?

  Thank you

  Ward

  Hello

  Take a look at this pdf

  http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=vmware%20export%20to%20ovf%20needed%20disk%20space&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vmware.com%2Fsupport%2Fdeveloper%2Fovf%2Fovf20%2Fovftool_201_userguide.pdf&ei=f1sTUYqyAaGN4AT_1IHQAw&usg=AFQjCNEUc7UmxZGg4omWccFtRqXDcHdljg

  Page 10

  -What are you looking for?

  Frank

• ESXi Datastore out of disk space

  We have a problem with a host, saying that it is running out of disk space.  We have three servers that are running on it and cannot start one because we get an error there is not enough disk space.  We took a virtual disk from one of the servers for free space, but it seems not to have worked.  The data store shows that there is no available disk space.

  How can I get the host to see the virtual disk from one of the guest has been removed?

  Thank you

  Unless you have selected "remove disc" when you are prompted, the disk may have only been removed from the configuration of the machine virtual but not deleted. You can open the browser data store and navigate to the folder of the virtual machine if you want to remove the disc manually.

  Warning: There is no way to return. Deleted is deleted. So be very careful with that.

  What is the reason for the complete data store? There may be snapshots on some virtual machines that could be consolidated rather than remove anything!

  What version/version of ESX (i) are you running?

  André

• Deletion of drive to the VM makes disk space disappear

  I'm new to esxi, then I've probably missed something obivous. But I'm running a Server Windows 2012, and I wanted to add a new hard drive for storage.

  I added a new 2 TB HDD (virtual disk new created, used thick Prov. and scsci), but then (for other reasons probably) it is a not introduce yourself in my server, little matter what I did, so I decided to remove the hard drive and then try again. And here's the problem, these 2 TB that I previously had been assigned but now deleted, moved from my data store. I expect the free space on the data store to increase these CT 2, I just deleted the virtual computer, but not... they are not there. I tried again, but with a smaller size this time (40GB if this is important) and deleted, same thing... disk space is not go back into the data store.

  Now, I guess I missunderstood, or more probably not clicked on something else which is necessary. That's why I'm here hoping for the support of you guys =)

  1. what should I do to get this "loss" space?

  2. (question bonus and sort of off topic) no idea as to why the new disk does not appear in my server Windows 2012? I did the same thing for freenas and he showed here.

  Thank you!

  When you have removed the disk you selected the option 'remove virtual machine and delete the files from disk '?  You will need to do a new analysis under storage to the reclaimed space.  Let me know if this helps.

• How to make instant consolidation if the data store is out of disk space...

  Hello

  I have a virtual machine that has left many of the snapshot files and now can consolidate using the tool (he always said of disk space to make the consolidation)

  The data store have now 60 GB of free space when the space data store maximum disk is 850 GB and the busy VVMM over almost 700 GB of disk space...

  Can I attach a 3 TB USB drive to the ESXi server and move all the files through or another way to do...

  HELP ~ ~

  With the disk space required on drive E, it may be useful to consider an alternative:

  • create a (much smaller) another virtual disk
  • Stop all of the services entering drive E
  • Copy the data from drive E more to the new virtual disk (for example using robocopy)
  • switch drive letters
  • Once everything is working as expected, get rid of the old virtual disk

  This will not only reduce the disk space used on the data store, but also to ensure that the virtual disk cannot grow more.

  André

• How can I increase the disk space

  Hello world

  I am new member communities and virtualization technologies.

  In my office, there are 2 esxi servers and they are mirrored with veeam server. All servers to have converted from physical servers to virtual machines using vmware. We have a problem with the exchange servers that there is not enough disk space. Normally I have to turn off the exchange server and type the new value. I need suggestions on these steps.

  Thank you

  You can increase the size of the virtual disk with the virtual machine... Take a look at this blog post for instructions: http://blog.pluralsight.com/resize-vmware-windows-server-drives

• How to check disk space total used by virtual machine

  Dear team,

  I rec was a demand of the customer, he ask us to share the total disk space used by a virtual machine. I don't have any credentials to the total used space of control to verify. Is there a way I can check the disk space total used by the virtual machine offline.

  Note: we have implemented a virtual machine with the thin disk.

  concerning

  Mr. Vmware

  When you say that you have no credentials, I guess that this is designed for the guests, rather than to the ESXi hosts/vCenter Server operating systems! You can see the disk space used in the data store browser, executing CLI ls-lisa or by using a tool like RVTools third 3rd.

  André

• Recover disk space

  Hello everyone,

  I am all new to this community and very happy to be here.

  I just started a new job looking after a new IT infrastructure, my experience has been Hyper-V, but now I'm looking after a 5.1 ESXi VMWare environment. So far I'm in love, then its great together!

  I've been after help, we have a virtual machine that has 4 VHD thin provisioned, HD1 (disk0 in the server disk management) currently only has 1 TB of unallocated space that is there is no active partition assigned to this area of space. My question is: what is the best practice to deduct all or maybe some of this space back so I can supply more VM.

  I have done some calculations and I have more than enough space on the server with the TB unallocated so that the space is really just wasted already.

  I can't wait to receive some answers and responses.

  Thank you very much

  Lee

  As you can see, the first virtual disk ' CDI-coFW - SQL.vmdk ' occupies ~ 115 GB of physical disk space, which is very probably the space required by the 3 active partitions. It is certainly possible to use e.g. the converter to get rid of the empty partition, but it's probably more than release of disk space for internal purposes. I probably wouldn't change anyting, except that I had a lot of free time.

  André

• Guest operating system does not use the entire disk space

  Hello world.

  I'm kind new to the ESXi.

  When you use ESXi5, I am facing a problem with disk space.

  As you can see in the image below, I posted 600Gigs for my guest OS (CentOS).

  

  But I have found that the OS actually uses only 90Gigs as seen in the image below.

  

  Do you have a suggestion for this? Or any idea why it is that way?

  Thank you very much for your help guys.

  See this KB article: VMware KB: extension of a logical volume in a virtual machine running Red Hat or Cent OS

  Or for more specific assistance of CentOS, go to this link: TipsAndTricks/ExpandLV - CentOS Wiki

• Dynamic hard disk space allocation

  Hello

  Is it possible to ESXi to dynamically allocate disk space as virtual machine he needs. I'm under ESXi 5.1.

  Thank you very much

  Welcome to the community,

  You can configure the virtual disks to the virtual machine as thin provisioned, which allocates additional space if necessary. However, remember that thin configured disks descended not automatically if the data in the guest operating system are deleted. Make sure monitor also that you the use of the data store if you are going to fund it, i.e. to provide more disk space for virtual machines that physically available.

  André