We use the VMfstools along with another VM with Drivequest Partition Magic to do C:\ Drive extension, but we also treat out VM's like physical machines so we size our C:\ drives not to run out of space, (Put all software on d:\ drive)
Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive I always have treated my vm's as physical machines so I would look at ghost or some disk copy utility of your choice to simply copy from the current size to a new size. I don't personally like to mess with vm's config directly. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jond Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive Has anyone here resided the C: drive on a server running inside VMWare ESX? Any advise or words of wisdom? Any methods better than the others? *Note, this isn't a mission critical server. The ESX host box is mission critical, but the server in question is not. That's the only reason I'm considering this. This is the method I'm considering: . Shutdown the virtual machine you want to resize . Log into the ESX Server console via Putty . Type "vmkfstools -X /vmfs/volumes///" ie. /vmfs/volumes/Storage1/my_vm.vmdk New disk size can be specified in kilo, mega or gigabytes and will be the total size of the new disk. So if you want to increase a virtual disk from 20GB to 24GB you would specify either 24000m or 24g . Shutdown the second helper virtual machine . Edit the settings of the second VM and add the hard disk from the first VM . Power on the second VM and load the Disk Management snap-in and verify that the disk from the first VM has un-allocated space on it . Select Start, Run and enter diskpart.exe . The command 'list volume' will show you all volumes. . Select your volume based on the results of the list volume command, ie. 'select volume 1' o Type the command 'extend' to extend the volume . Check the Disk Management snap-in again and the volume should be extended with a larger capacity . Shutdown the second VM and remove (not delete) the disk from it . Power on your first VM and the new space should be there and ready to use Advise? Thanks, Jon ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
