To take a backup of the VMDK:
Stop the cluster nodes.
Rename the VMDK that needs to be expanded with the command:
vmkfstools -E
Clone the VMDK to a thin volume using the original name with the command:
vmkfstools -I -d thin
Grow the clone with the command:
vmkfstools -X
Inflate the cloned VMDK with the command:
vmkfstools -j
Start the cluster.
Remove the old VMDK from the datastore.
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backup the vmdk
1. vmkfstools –E servervm.vmdk servervm_old.vmdk (this renames the vmdk)
2. vmkfstools –i servervm_old.vmdk servervm.vmdk –d thin (clones the renamed vmdk to original name in thin format)
3 vmkfstools –X 200G servervm.vmdk (expand the available size to 200 GB)
4. vmkfstools –j servervm.vmdk (inflates the vmdk in eargerzeroedthick format)
Conclusion: I think its just another way to redo the metadata on the VMDK files so it reads the new resized disk properly...
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