Increasing RDM Disk Size for a Windows VM

Increasing the size of the RDM disk is a very simple process

1. Login to the Storage Manager and Increase the LUN which is presented to the VM as RDM
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2. Increasing of the LUN can be done online with the VM in Running state

3. Login to the vCenter and Select a Rescan on the HBA(iSCSI / FC)

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4. Now Login to the VM and open the “Disk Management” (we are going to increase the 15GB disk to 20GB)

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5. Right Click on the “Disk Management” and press Refresh

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6. RAW partition of 5GB is added to the existing 15GB disk

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7. Right Click on the Disk(15GB disk) and select Extend

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8. Select the amount of Disk size(5GB) you need to extend and press Next

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9. The disk will be expanded to the new size(20GB)

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