I have ESXI 5.x Server. I am unable to expand the disk space in one of my VM guest. I have powered off it but still option is grayed out as showed in the image below ... esxi disk not expanding grayed out
YSK is correct. Increasing the size of a VMDK while as an IDE disk is not supported.
However, there are workarounds for that issue.
One example: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/11/07/resizing-an-ide-virtual-disk-part-two/