How to get a drive in windows larger than 2tb when a vmware esxi vmdk is limited to 2tb

A vmware vmdk is limited to 2tb-512b.
With data these days being big that might not fit the needs of certain individuals or requirements.
You can use a raw disk but that isnt always an option.




Here is what you can do:
Create a striped volume in windows made out of multiple vmdks.


Add 2 or more vmware virtual hard disks to your virtual machine.
See here I have 2 drives of 1.5tb each







In windows  go to disk management
Right click and initialize the disks














GPT is fine





Now right click one of the disks and select New Striped Volume














Add the disks you want to add to the striped volume
Click next





Assign drive letter









Format and next





Finish









Yes









Now I have a 3tb disk made from only vmdks