I have a group of NetApp devices that primarily provide storage for a virtual machine cluster. They are directly connected via FC devices. Our initial strategy was to partition the storage into blocks and allocate them directly to VMware vSphere. Due to limitations at the time, we set each block size to 16TB, which led to a disaster. Many years later, we are facing space constraints and want to reclaim this space, but we are finding it difficult to properly map the partitions. I understand there is VSC (Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere), now called ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere, but I cannot download and use it because our device's license has expired. Is there no other solution? Also, our device version is 8.2.5 7-Mode + VMware vSphere 6.7. Is VSC the only option? The system cannot be upgraded; we have many older devices running critical business operations, and upgrading might introduce unforeseen problems.
