Similar to Failed to reconfigure Virtual machine (Extending Disk space) in ESXi version 6.5 - I am unable to expand my disk space on my VM. Any ideas as to why?
Failed to reconfigure virtual machine Splunk. Invalid operation for device '1'. - dismiss
.vmx is shown below. Any ideas as to why I can't expand the disk? I'm able to modify other settings, such as tweaking the amount of RAM in the VM.
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "11"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
memSize = "2048"
sched.cpu.units = "mhz"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom"
ide1:0.fileName = "emptyBackingString"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.clientDevice = "TRUE"
floppy0.fileName = "vmware-null-remote-floppy"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet0.networkName = "Production"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.uptCompatibility = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Splunk-000004.vmdk"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
displayName = "Splunk"
guestOS = "centos-64"
toolScripts.afterPowerOn = "TRUE"
toolScripts.afterResume = "TRUE"
toolScripts.beforeSuspend = "TRUE"
toolScripts.beforePowerOff = "TRUE"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 70 80 5d e7 32 65-d0 1e 0f bf a4 62 c0 c1"
uuid.location = "56 4d 70 80 5d e7 32 65-d0 1e 0f bf a4 62 c0 c1"
vc.uuid = "52 57 89 38 0b 9d e1 0a-c7 05 d0 f7 df a4 b6 01"
chipset.onlineStandby = "FALSE"
sched.cpu.min = "0"
sched.cpu.shares = "normal"
sched.mem.min = "0"
sched.mem.minSize = "0"
sched.mem.shares = "normal"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:62:c0:c1"
vmci0.id = "2015289398"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
extendedConfigFile = "Splunk.vmxf"
ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"
ide1:0.clientDevice = "TRUE"
sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = "off"
sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal"
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
workingDir = "/vmfs/volumes/574f9688-d416f29c-2831-00247e546bb4/Snapshots/splunk"
fileSearchPath = "/vmfs/volumes/574f9688-d416f29c-2831-00247e546bb4/Snapshots/splunk;."
sched.cpu.affinity = "all"
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
sched.cpu.latencySensitivity = "normal"
tools.guest.desktop.autolock = "FALSE"
nvram = "Splunk.nvram"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
svga.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/574f9688-d416f29c-2831-00247e546bb4/Snapshots/splunk/Splunk-c577dcf2.vswp"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "42"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "4194304"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"
snapshot.redoNotWithParent = "true"
numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "1"
numa.autosize.cookie = "10001"
svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE"
migrate.hostLog = "./Splunk-3ce843c7.hlog"
scsi0:0.redo = ""