topic cannot extend vmdk vvols with esxi 6.7u3 in VMware Solutions Discussions

cannot extend vmdk vvols with esxi 6.7u3

buixuanthanh — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:02:47 GMT

hi every one

I used vmware with vvols but the VM can't extend hdd and this is err export: (esxi 6.7 and storage Netapp FAS9000 with ontap 9)

" The disk extend operation failed: The virtual disk requires a feature not supported by this program"

please help me.

Thanks all.

hmoubara — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 04:45:23 GMT

Do you have vmkfstools installed within your VMware environment?

Thanks

buixuanthanh — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:51:51 GMT

Hi hmoubara,

Thanks for your reply, the vitual machine has installed vmwaretools the last version.

I can add new hard disk but can't increase vmdk of old hard disk.

Thanks.