vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
vSphere Storage - ESXi 5.1 - Documentation - VMware
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2 Click the Configuration tab and click <strong>Storage</strong>.<br />
3 Select the VMFS3 datastore.<br />
4 Click Upgrade to VMFS5.<br />
A warning message about host version support appears.<br />
5 Click OK to start the upgrade.<br />
The task Upgrade VMFS appears in the Recent Tasks list.<br />
6 Perform a rescan on all hosts that are associated with the datastore.<br />
Upgrade a Datastore to VMFS5 in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client<br />
You can upgrade your VMFS3 datastore to VMFS5. VMFS5 is a new version of the <strong>VMware</strong> cluster file system<br />
that provides performance and scalability improvements.<br />
You can perform an upgrade while the datastore is in use with virtual machines powered on.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
n If you have a VMFS2 datastore, you must first upgrade it to VMFS3 using an ESX/<strong>ESXi</strong> 3.x or ESX/<strong>ESXi</strong><br />
4.x host. Follow the instructions in “Upgrade VMFS2 Datastores to VMFS3,” on page 166.<br />
n All hosts accessing the datastore must support VMFS5.<br />
n Verify that the volume to be upgraded has at least 2MB of free blocks available and 1 free file descriptor.<br />
n Browse to Datastores in the <strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client navigator. See “Display Datastore Information in the<br />
<strong>vSphere</strong> Web Client,” on page 23.<br />
Procedure<br />
1 Click the datastore to upgrade.<br />
2 Click the Manage tab, and click Settings.<br />
3 Click Upgrade to VMFS5.<br />
4 Verify that the hosts accessing the datastore support VMFS5.<br />
5 Click OK to start the upgrade.<br />
6 Perform a rescan on all hosts that are associated with the datastore.<br />
The datastore is upgraded to VMFS5 and is available to all hosts that are associated with the datastore.<br />
Increasing VMFS Datastore Capacity<br />
If your VMFS datastore requires more space, increase the datastore capacity. You can dynamically increase<br />
the capacity by growing a datastore extent or by adding a new extent.<br />
Use one of the following methods to increase a datastore capacity:<br />
Chapter 17 Working with Datastores<br />
n Dynamically grow any expandable datastore extent, so that it fills the available adjacent capacity. The<br />
extent is considered expandable when the underlying storage device has free space immediately after the<br />
extent.<br />
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