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            <h1>Manually Create VMWare vSphere ESXi Datastore Partition</h1>
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	<li>Log into the ESXi web UI</li>
	<li>Enable the SSH service if it is not already enabled by selecting Actions &gt; Services &gt; Enable Secure Shell (SSH)</li>
	<li>Connect to the ESXi host via SSH</li>
	<li>Run the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># list connected disks<br />
	ls /dev/disks/<br />
	# using one of the partition ids from the above output<br />
	# list the partition table<br />
	partedUtil getptbl /dev/disks/&lt;%partition id%&gt;<br />
	# add the new partition to the partition table<br />
	partedUtil add /dev/disks/&lt;%partition id%&gt; gpt &quot;&lt;%partition number%&gt; &lt;%starting sector%&gt; &lt;%ending sector%&gt; AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 0&quot;<br />
	# create vmfs volume<br />
	vmkfstools -C vmfs6 -S &lt;%custom label%&gt; /dev/disks/&lt;%partition id%&gt;:&lt;%partition number%&gt;</div>
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	<li>Back in the ESXi web UI, select Storage from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>The new Datastore should be listed and available for use</li>
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