Hello,
I have ESXi 6.5 installed on a server.
I use 2 x 1.8 TB hard drive. (I do NOT use raid).
How to create a partition on the same (primary) disk as ESXI OS ?
If i select the same "physical" disk as the ESXI installation, i get an error: "No partition has been selected. Please select a partition on the left hand side diagram."
See picture below: datastore-hdd_01.png
My question is very simple (and stupid ?! sorry), but after some research, i can't find a solution (for dummies ).
I have been using ESXI 4, 5 and 5.5 for years and have never had this problem, i could use the same physical disk for esxi and some VMFS data.
If i create a partition on the second physical disk, everything goes well and i get "the alias link (datastore2 -> for mine)" in the console.
(The command "df -h" in console with ssh give the result below: datastore-hdd_02.png).
The summary:
I have two physical drives.
Disk 1 where i installed VMWare ESXI 6.5 (and where i'd like to use the remaining 1.81TB):
Partition diagram
1. EFI System (3.97 MB)
5. Basic Data (249.98 MB)
6. Basic Data (249.98 MB)
7. VMware Diagnostic (109.98 MB)
8. Basic Data (285.98 MB)
9. VMware Diagnostic (2.5 GB)
2. Basic Data (4 GB)
3. VMFS (1.81 TB)
and Disk 2 (for future):
Partition diagram
1. VMFS (1.82 TB)
Free space (1.09 MB)
Would an expert (or less lame than me :p) have a simple solution (to use the first disk (where esxi is installed)) ?
I thank you in advance for your time
NB: Sorry for my English, is not my natal language
---
Physical DISK 1 in HTML5:
datastore-hdd_01.png
Physical DISK 2 (and other) in console (command "df -h"):
datastore-hdd_02.png