topic change LUN's initial geometry in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/change-LUN-s-initial-geometry/m-p/19014#M1926 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i get the below error msg while expanding the LUN.. did any one change the initial lun geometry, if so how.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New size exceeds this LUN's initial geometry</P><P></P><P>NAS01&gt; lun show</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /vol/Vsphere_vol1/vsphere_lun1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 500g (536870912000)&nbsp; (r/w, online, mapped)</P><P></P><P>NAS01*&gt; lun geometry /vol/Vsphere_vol1/vsphere_lun1</P><P> SCSI Disk Geometry:</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 512 bytes/sector</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1024 sectors/track</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 tracks/cylinder (heads)</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16384 sectors/cylinder</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 64000 cylinders</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1048576000 sectors</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8388608 cylinder size (8 MB)</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 536870912000 device size (512000 MB)</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 549747425280 max resize size (524280 MB)</P><P></P><P>NAS01*&gt; lun resize /vol/Vsphere_vol1/vsphere_lun1 +100g</P><P>lun resize: New size exceeds this LUN's initial geometry</P><P>lun resize: max size: 511g (549747425280)</P><P></P><P>thanks in advance</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:58 GMT VKALVEMULA 2025-06-05T06:16:58Z change LUN's initial geometry https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/change-LUN-s-initial-geometry/m-p/19014#M1926 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i get the below error msg while expanding the LUN.. did any one change the initial lun geometry, if so how.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New size exceeds this LUN's initial geometry</P><P></P><P>NAS01&gt; lun show</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /vol/Vsphere_vol1/vsphere_lun1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 500g (536870912000)&nbsp; (r/w, online, mapped)</P><P></P><P>NAS01*&gt; lun geometry /vol/Vsphere_vol1/vsphere_lun1</P><P> SCSI Disk Geometry:</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 512 bytes/sector</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1024 sectors/track</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 tracks/cylinder (heads)</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16384 sectors/cylinder</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 64000 cylinders</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1048576000 sectors</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8388608 cylinder size (8 MB)</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 536870912000 device size (512000 MB)</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 549747425280 max resize size (524280 MB)</P><P></P><P>NAS01*&gt; lun resize /vol/Vsphere_vol1/vsphere_lun1 +100g</P><P>lun resize: New size exceeds this LUN's initial geometry</P><P>lun resize: max size: 511g (549747425280)</P><P></P><P>thanks in advance</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:58 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/change-LUN-s-initial-geometry/m-p/19014#M1926 VKALVEMULA 2025-06-05T06:16:58Z Re: change LUN's initial geometry https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/change-LUN-s-initial-geometry/m-p/19018#M1927 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i dont want to destroy and recreate it. ***</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:28:45 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/change-LUN-s-initial-geometry/m-p/19018#M1927 VKALVEMULA 2012-10-19T18:28:45Z