using VMKFStools - to extend a disk 2

[blade10]

All-

Happy holidays!

I am able to putty -ssh (to my ESX backend) and log in.. I am not sure if I need to physically install these vmkfstools separately on the ESX kernel but when I type in "vmkfstools -X /vmfs/volumes/Storage .. or whatever my path is I don't it comes back as "command not found"..

is there a separate install of these tools needed? or perhaps my syntax is off.. is there a dir type command I can use to just validate that these tools are on ESX server console?

sorry for novice question but really need to resize disk space on a vm...

thanks for any support

blade

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

need to specify the path for the vmkfstools

/usr/sbin/vmkfstools -X ......

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/15593

Will help you

 

[Arisap]

Also, please be really careful when using vmkfstools. If you have, for example, a 50GB vmdk and want to add 10GB for a total of 60GB the command is vmkfstools -X 60G /path/name.vmdk if you do vmkfstools -X10G this will make the entire vmdk 10Gb and you will lose your data. Be really careful with the syntax!!


Ari