Done this many times with ESX, it really does work great. I HAVE had problems with the newer version of Gparted though. For me, 3.4.11 live CD worked the best to extend Windows system partitions, newer versions had problems.
Original Message: ----------------- From: mikeMitchell [email protected] Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:49:26 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Best way to extend system partition... Using ESX 3.5...we: Extend the 'physical' (virtual) drive using Infrastructure Client... We boot the VM into gPartEd (a small bootable GNU linux iso - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php)... It lets you mouse the partition boundary on the vm's drive Then boot to original OS Of course windtunnel this before letting 'er rip on a prod machine. From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:37 am To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Best way to extend system partition... +1 _____ From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Best way to extend system partition... Paragon partition manager John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud _____ From: Reimer, Mark To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thu Oct 29 10:05:09 2009 Subject: Best way to extend system partition... Hi folks, I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi. Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard error (cannot extend this volume.). I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it shows as unallocated disk space. Any thoughts as to how I might do this? Thanks. Mark _____ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
