Tyson0317
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How do I increase VM hard drive size in ESXi 4.0 ??
We have a new VMWare ESXi 4.0 server and one of the things that we used to be able to do in 3.5 was alter the size of the HD on the VM after the VM was created. You could not make it smaller, but you could make it larger... Now the Size window is always greyed out... What gives?
gmbaxter
Have you tried with the virtual machine off?
What is the current size of the drive?
What is the current block size in use by the VMFS volume?
What is the current block size in use by the VMFS volume?
ASKER
Yes we tried with the VM off.
The current size is 10GB
I dont know how to look up block size, but it is whatever the default is - we didnt not change it.
Thanks,
T
The current size is 10GB
I dont know how to look up block size, but it is whatever the default is - we didnt not change it.
Thanks,
T
Do you have any snapshots for the VM. That normally prevents the disk from being expanded.
ASKER
Nope. I know the snapshot thing too... No Snapshots.
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ASKER
Ryder, I hoped there would be a way to do it in vSphere - kindda stupid that functionality that was there in the previous version is now gone. But I guess that seems to be the trend now-a-days with Microsoft leading the way...
Thanks for the workaround - I will give it a try when I get SSH enabled on that box...
Thanks for the workaround - I will give it a try when I get SSH enabled on that box...
Actually you can in vSphere as well especially virtual disk with scsi controller
Perhaps you have this issue for ide disk?
Well, knowing command line is always helpful :)
Perhaps you have this issue for ide disk?
Well, knowing command line is always helpful :)
ASKER
The physical server is an HP DL360G6 with the p410i controller and 2 SATA drives on a mirror RAID...
I'm talking about the VM disc controller or disk type
ASKER
Buslogic? And the "Virtual Device Node" reads IDE (0:0) Hard Disk 1
Yup that could be the issue
ASKER
Alright, with the SCSI it does let us change the size... Dang! Wonder if I can re-make my existing machines without trashing them...
ASKER
Does not look like there is a way to change this once the machine is already created... Any ideas?
What OS is that? You can do V2V using vmware converter and select scsi controller
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
ASKER
XP Pro 32. I'll check out that article. Thanks.