Delete a disk partition in VMWare ESXI
To delete a partition in VMWare ESXI, you can use command
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partedUtil |
First find out all disks available on your server using command
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ls /vmfs/devices/disks/ |
On my server, it show following
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[root@ns3048991:~] ls /vmfs/devices/disks/ t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________ vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:1 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:1 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:2 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:2 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:3 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:3 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:5 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:5 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:6 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:6 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:7 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:7 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:8 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:8 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:9 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:9 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3TSMY____________ vml.01000000004e34473354534d59202020202020202020202020484753542048 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3TSMY____________:1 vml.01000000004e34473354534d59202020202020202020202020484753542048:1 [root@ns3048991:~] |
I want to delete the partition
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t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:3 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:3 |
To do this, i run
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partedUtil delete "/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________" 3 |
Here is help for partedUtil
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[root@ns3048991:~] partedUtil Not enough arguments Usage: Get Partitions : get <diskName> Set Partitions : set <diskName> ["partNum startSector endSector type attr"]* Delete Partition : delete <diskName> <partNum> Resize Partition : resize <diskName> <partNum> <start> <end> Get Partitions : getptbl <diskName> Set Partitions : setptbl <diskName> <label> ["partNum startSector endSector type/guid attr"]* Fix Partition Table : fix <diskName> Create New Label (all existing data will be lost): mklabel <diskName> <label> Show commonly used partition type guids : showGuids Get usable first and last sectors : getUsableSectors <diskName> Fix GPT Table interactively : fixGpt <diskName> Show Partition Information : partinfo <diskName> <partNum> Add Partition Information : add <diskName> <label> ["partNum startSector endSector type/guid attr"] [root@ns3048991:~] |
Thank you for this post. Thsi steps helped me.