Tag: vmware esxi

To delete a partition in VMWare ESXI, you can use command

partedUtil

First find out all disks available on your server using command

ls /vmfs/devices/disks/

On my server, it show following

[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

t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:3  vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:3

To do this, i run

partedUtil delete "/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________" 3

Here is help for partedUtil

[root@ns3048991:~] partedUtil
Not enough arguments

Usage: 
 Get Partitions : get  
 Set Partitions : set  ["partNum startSector endSector type attr"]* 
 Delete Partition : delete  
 Resize Partition : resize    
 Get Partitions : getptbl  
 Set Partitions : setptbl   ["partNum startSector endSector type/guid attr"]* 
 Fix Partition Table : fix  
 Create New Label (all existing data will be lost): mklabel   
 Show commonly used partition type guids : showGuids 
 Get usable first and last sectors : getUsableSectors  
 Fix GPT Table interactively : fixGpt  
 Show Partition Information : partinfo   
 Add Partition Information : add   ["partNum startSector endSector type/guid attr"] 

[root@ns3048991:~] 

To find vmware version, run

vmware -l
vmware -v

Example

[root@dedi-ams-116581:~] vmware -l 
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 GA
[root@dedi-ams-116581:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-4887370
[root@dedi-ams-116581:~] 

To find IP address, run

[root@dedi-ams-116581:~] hostname -i
51.15.0.152
[root@dedi-ams-116581:~] 

See VMWare esxcli