ESXi 5.5 Remove partiions from disk

ESXi 5.5 Remove partiions from disk

/dev/disks # ls
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:1
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:2
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:3
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:5
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:6
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:7
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:8
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:9
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F0462212
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F0462212:1
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F0489201
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F0489201:1
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F1446112
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F1446112:1
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334630343632323132574443205744
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334630343632323132574443205744:1
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334630343839323031574443205744
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334630343839323031574443205744:1
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334631343436313132574443205744
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334631343436313132574443205744:1
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:1
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:2
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:3
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:5
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:6
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:7
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:8
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:9
/dev/disks #

/dev/disks # partedUtil delete "t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F1446112" 1

Do this for other drives you want to remove portions from. I did all three WD 500GB drives. When finished,

/dev/disks # ls
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:1
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:2
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:3
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:5
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:6
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:7
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:8
t10.ATA_____Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB_______________S21NNEAG204262A_____:9
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F0462212
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F0489201
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0_______________________WD2DWMC3F1446112
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334630343632323132574443205744
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334630343839323031574443205744
vml.0100000000202020202057442d574d43334631343436313132574443205744
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:1
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:2
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:3
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:5
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:6
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:7
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:8
vml.01000000005332314e4e45414732303432363241202020202053616d73756e:9
/dev/disks #

As you can see all the portions are gone. I can now add these drives under ESXi server for images and ISO storage, etc...