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  • 1.  Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 20, 2014 01:15 PM

    WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW DO I RAISE A HD PRA AN THAT THIS WITH VMWARE 250G PRA WANT TO INCREASE 500GB SENDING A PHOTO.



  • 2.  RE: Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 20, 2014 01:36 PM

    Check if you VM has snapshot... and if Yes, remove the snapshot and try expand the disk again.



  • 3.  RE: Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 20, 2014 06:11 PM

    Hi,

    Always confirm the following before increasing the size of the virtual disk:

    • All snapshots have been removed.
    • The virtual machine is powered off.


  • 4.  RE: Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 20, 2014 08:29 PM

    You don't need power off the VM to increase the disk, removing snapshot is enough to be able to increase the vdisk



  • 5.  RE: Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 20, 2014 08:44 PM

    Yes you are right no need to power off the VM.



  • 6.  RE: Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 20, 2014 08:55 PM

    Must delete the snapshot or consolidate it first before extending the disk size.

    Windows Server 2003 need a reboot if System Disk (c:\) is being extended.

    Above than 2003 doesnt require a reboot. only extend command is enough to extend the disk . Doesn't matter if disk is os or data. :smileywink:

    Good Luck



  • 7.  RE: Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

    Posted Aug 21, 2014 05:55 AM

    You can use dell's extpart to extend 2003 c:\ with out restarts