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Chapter 6 Administering ESX Server
storing!disks!for!virtual!machines.!You!can!also!edit,!label,!and!remove!existing!
partitions.!
When!you!edit!a!VMFS!partition,!you!can!change!the!volume!label,!maximum!file!size,!
access!mode,!and!whether!you!want!to!span!the!partition.!
Figure 6-4. Disks and LUNs tab
Creating a Disk Partition
You!can!use!existing!free!space!on!your!VMFS!volumes!to!create!new!disk!partitions.!
For!background!on!how!SCSI!devices!are!identified,!see!“Determining!SCSI!Target!IDs”!
on!page 263.
NOTE You!can!have!only!one!VMFS!volume!per!LUN.
NOTE You!cannot!change!any!partitions!set!up!when!you!installed!ESX!Server.!These!include!
any!volumes!with!a!Linux!file!system!or!that!are!used!for!Linux!swap!space.