Three Options for expanding a VMWare DiskImage
January 29, 2007
Some time ago we created a virtual machine with Windows XP that had a 4 GB C: drive (system) and 8 GB D: drive (data). With all those service packs and automatic updates a 4 GB drive for the Windows system is too small as we all know now.
I see three options to get around the problem:
Option 1:
Create a third virtual drive inside the VM (e.g. 10 GB) and extend the C: partition onto the second drive. To do this you must move the page file from C: to D: (you can’t have the pagefile on an extended disk).
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Option 2:
Use VMWare Converter to create a clone of your system and increase disk size during this process.
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Option 3:
Resize a VMWare Disk Image using VMWare’s built in tools and this GUI, then use an ISO image of the GPartEd Live CD to resize the partition.
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David Klein www.ssw.com.au | August 2, 2007 at 6:18
Thanks for this tip Dirk – our Sharepoint 2007 image is struggling for space so this is a life saver. You would think that VMware Server would offer this ability just like the VMWare Workstation/ESX Disk Management tools. I suppose there has to be some reason to move to ESX!
David Klein http://www.ssw.com.au