Windows Server 2019 - Disk size not maching the diskpart info

Question

we'd like to get your opinion on this weird issue:

Environment

Windows Server 2019 VM running on top of an ESXi 7.1 Cluster
The storage subsystem is a compellent iSCSI array. The other windows VM are not affected by the same issue described below

Issue Description:

We've increased the size of the VM Hard Drive from 24 TB to 25 TB - The Drive is the "D:" Drive.
Under the disk management we were able to see the 1TB of free space, so we've decided to expand the NTFS just a little bit ( 500 GB more )
According disk part, we see:

DiskPart

According windows explorer we see:

Windows Explorer

We've also decided to install a 3rd party software to check if there was some kind of misconfiguration... currently we're using EaseUS, it shows the correct NTFS Size:

EaseUS

Do you know how to fix that please ? it looks like the new space hasn't been allocated.

It's not clear to me, did you extend the Windows volume after increasing the size of the VMDK? — joeqwerty, Jan 25 '21 at 17:00
Hello Joeqwerty, yes exactly. We've extended the windows volume after increasing the size of the vmdk. — DanieleP, Jan 25 '21 at 17:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 25 '21 at 17:17

This has worked for me in the past to reconcile the different sizes for my drives size showing in disk management and windows explorer disk properties:

C\ > DISKPART
DISKPART> List Volume
DISKPART> select volume # (this is the number of the volume listed by the above ‘List Volume’ command)
DISKPART> extend filesystem
DISKPART> exit

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '21 at 18:03

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thanks, I did it right now. Unfortunately nothing is changed:

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Do you have any other advice for us ?

answered Jan 25 '21 at 18:03

DanieleP

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Windows Server 2019 - Disk size not maching the diskpart info

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