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Question : ESX 4, Can not add datastore
I have installed VMWare ESX 4 on a brand new HP DL 360 G6.
According to VMWare HCL it is compatible
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Model
CPU Series
Supported Releases
HP ProLiant DL360 G6
Intel Xeon 55xx Series
ESX 4.16 , ESXi 4.1 Embedded6 , ESXi 4.1 Installable, ESX 4.0 U26 , ESX 4.0 U16 , ESX 4.06 , ESXi 4.0 Embedded U26 , ESXi 4.0 Embedded U16 , ESXi 4.0 Embedded6 , ESXi 4.0 Installable U2, ESXi 4.0 Installable U1, ESXi 4.0 Installable, ESX 3.5 U5, ESX 3.5 U4, ESXi 3.5 Embedded U5, ESXi 3.5 Embedded U4, ESXi 3.5 Installable U5, ESXi 3.5 Installable U4
The versión installed is ¿ VMware ESX 4.0.0 build-261974
Licence ¿ Product: vSphere 4 Essentials Plus Licensed for 2 physical CPUs (1-6 cores per CPU)
Server Summary
GENERAL
Manufacturer: HP
Model: ProLiant DL360 G6
Processors: 8 CPU x 2.4 GHz
Processor Type: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5530 @ 2.40GHz
Hyperthreading: Active
Total Memory: 45.99 GB
Number of NICs: 4
State: Connected
Virtual Machines: 1
VMotion Enabled: No
Active Tasks: No
RESOURCES
CPU Utilization: 4%
Memory Utilization: 6%
DATASTORES
Storage1: Capacity: 464.50 GB (255.25 GB free)
NETWORKS
Prior to installation of ESX two RAID was configured:
Drive A ¿ Raid 1 (two 500Gb HDD) total Storage =500 Gb
Drive B ¿ Raid 5 (Six 500Gb HDD) total storage = 2.3 Tb
ESX operating system and Datastore 1 are on Drive A
Now I need to use Drive B and apparently ESX is not able to see the drive, if I go to / Configuration / Storage / Add Storage / Disk-LUN / I don’t see any available disks
I have also tried to delete and create the Raid 5, and still the same problem.
Under / Configuration / Storage / view by devices, I see two Disks.
Disk LUN 0, 465 Gb, It is working fine. All description seems to be fine
But on the second disk, capacity is in 0b
Where is my problem?
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Answer : ESX 4, Can not add datastore
The issue is with the 2.3TB Array. You cannot have a datastore more than 2TB-512MB, basically make it 1.99
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