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How do I change the size of the thin VM disk. I tried edit settings and it didn't work.

Asked by fsboreal in Virtualization, VMware

Tags: ESXi 4.0, thin provisioned, VMWare, disk size

ESXi 4.0. I have "template" win2k3 machines that I created as thin disks using ESXi 4.0. I then saved those machines off onto another file windows files system. Usually what I do is either use fastSCP to transfer the whole machine over to another machine or I use VMware converter to create a machine on another host.

So the "new" VM is on the new host and say it's really 5 gig. When I start the VM up the OS says that there is only 5 gig. Fine. What I want to do is change the provisioned size to something larger like 20 gig.

When I go to edit settings on the host and change the "Hard disk 1" settings it says it has changed the size on the host but when I start up the VM, the OS says taht it is still only 5 gig. It isn't acting as if I changed it.

So how do I make the OS "see" that it has a bigger disk?

Thanks
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