How do you expand mapped raw LUN?

How do you expand mapped raw LUN?

Resizing a LUN used by a Raw Device Map (1004456)

1. Shut down the virtual machine.
2. Remove the virtual disk associated with the RDM that needs a capacity increase.
3. On the array, increase the size of the LUN that the RDM pointed to.
4. Re-add the LUN as an RDM to the virtual machine.
5. Power on the virtual machine.

How do I add a raw device mapping to VMware?

When you have created the RDM pointer file, attach the RDM to a virtual machine using the vSphere Client:

1. Right click the virtual machine you want to add an RDM disk to.
2. Click Edit Settings.
3. Click Add.
4. Select Hard Disk.
5. Select Use an existing virtual disk.

What is raw disk mapping in VMware?

A raw device mapping file is a special file in a VMFS volume that manages metadata for its mapped device. There is a one-to-one mapping between mapping files and mapped devices. The mapping file is presented to the VMware Service Console as an ordinary disk file, available for the usual file system operations.

How do I expand a VMDK disk?

I did this:

1. Launch new enlarged vmdk image.
2. Go to Start and right click Computer and select Manage.
3. Click Disk Management.
4. You should see some grayed space on your (in my case) C drive.
5. Right click the C drive and select Extend Volume.
6. Choose size and go.

Where is RDM LUN ID in VMware?

To identify RDMs using the vSphere Client:

1. Determine which RDM LUNs are part of an MSCS cluster.
2. Edit your virtual machine settings and navigate to your Mapped RAW LUNs.
3. In the Physical, there is the specification of the device in use as RDM (that is, the vml ID).

How do I assign a LUN to a virtual machine?

Procedure

1. Navigate to the vSAN cluster.
2. Click the Configure tab. Option. Description. vSphere Client. Under vSAN, click iSCSI Target Service. Click the iSCSI Targets tab, and select a target. In the vSAN iSCSI LUNs section, click Add. The Add LUN to Target dialog box is displayed. Enter the size of the LUN.
3. Click Add.

Can you resize Vmdk?

You cannot reduce the size of a virtual disk, VMware does not currently allow it as it could risk losing data. If you want to reduce the disk size you could either use VMware converter to copy the VM and resize the disks at the same time or create a new smaller virtual disk and copy the data over to it.

How do I find my RDM disk in vmware?

How do I add a LUN to a datastore cluster?

You can add and associate a LUN with an ESX host in VMware Infrastructure Client to increase storage available to the server.

1. Sign in to VMware Infrastructure Client.
2. Select “Storage Adapters” from under Hardware.
3. Confirm “Scan for New Storage Devices” is selected and then click “OK” to assign the LUN to the host.

How do I find my LUN ID in VMware?

VM > Right click & select Edit > Manage Other Disk (button) > Expand the disk you want to view, and click Manage Paths… > LUN ID column is shown.

Where is RDM LUN ID in VMWare?

How do I find my RDM disk in VMware?