Manually Create VMWare vSphere ESXi Datastore Partition

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0638.html

   01. Log into the ESXi web UI    02. Enable the SSH service if it is not already enabled by selecting Actions ≫ Services ≫ Enable Secure Shell (SSH)    03. Connect to the ESXi host via SSH    04. Run the following commands          # list connected disks          ls /dev/disks/          # using one of the partition ids from the above output          # list the partition table          partedUtil getptbl /dev/disks/≪%partition id%≫          # add the new partition to the partition table          partedUtil add /dev/disks/≪%partition id%≫ gpt "≪%partition number%≫ ≪%starting sector%≫ ≪%ending sector%≫ AA31E02A400F11DB9590000C2911D1B8 0"          # create vmfs volume          vmkfstools -C vmfs6 -S ≪%custom label%≫ /dev/disks/≪%partition id%≫:≪%partition number%≫    05. Back in the ESXi web UI, select Storage from the left navigation menu    06. The new Datastore should be listed and available for use  

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