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Posted on 2011-03-04
I am trying to edit my virtual hard disk but its greyed out. I rebooted the host and its still greyed out. Im not using thin client mode or anything. I usually could just go in and make an increase and done and done. But now I cannot.
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try removing the VM from inventory (right-click on it), then browse the datastore to re-add it(right-click on .vmx file). then try to edit it.
Is your virtual disk IDE? If so, see: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016192
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