https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668544#M104709 Hello,<BR />yes you are right...<BR />The max size is 2TB minus 512 bytes, or 512 bytes less than 2TB. So create smaller lun, o try to create 2 luns...<BR /><BR />Jan Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:17:32 GMT Jan Soska 2010-08-01T06:17:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668543#M104708 Hello.<BR /><BR />I hope someone can help me. I bought a DL380 G6 Server with 10 Harddrives (300 GB SAS) <BR />With the SmartCD i put all the harddrives together and made a Raid 5. After than i could not install the ESXi from the CD. Maybe there is a problem with the Raid, because it is bigger as 2 TB ? I heard that some servers doesn't support more as 2 TB, if you want boot from that? Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:11:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668543#M104708 HPZweo 2010-07-31T11:11:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668544#M104709 Hello,<BR />yes you are right...<BR />The max size is 2TB minus 512 bytes, or 512 bytes less than 2TB. So create smaller lun, o try to create 2 luns...<BR /><BR />Jan Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:17:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668544#M104709 Jan Soska 2010-08-01T06:17:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668545#M104710 My Solution was:<BR /><BR />I created a Disk Array (Raid5) with all Harddrives. After than i created a 2 TB logical drive (Raid5) and a second 450 GB logical drive (Raid5). After i installed the ESXi on the 2 TB Harddrive, i extended the first Datastore with the 450 GB from the second logical drive. You can do it in the Configuration Tab of ESXi. After that i had one Datastore with 2.45 TB Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:41:14 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668545#M104710 HPZweo 2010-08-02T16:41:14Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668546#M104711 hah, pretty nice solution...<BR />Congratulation!<BR /><BR />Jan Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:42:42 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/how-to-install-esxi-4-1-on-2-5-tb-datastore/m-p/4668546#M104711 Jan Soska 2010-08-02T19:42:42Z