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When you say add the new added space do I need to run diskpart?
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When you say add the new added space do I need to run diskpart?

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Ok, so I shut down the VM, go into VCenter &amp;&nbsp;edit the setting of the VM to use all 288GB, then use the GParted LiveCD to expand the boot partition.<br />
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Correct?
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Ok, so I shut down the VM, go into VCenter & edit the setting of the VM to use all 288GB, then use the GParted LiveCD to expand the boot partition.

Correct?

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Cloning it now. As I understand it I need to delete any snapshots of the VM prior to resizing, correct?
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Cloning it now. As I understand it I need to delete any snapshots of the VM prior to resizing, correct?

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I would ensure you are Snapshot free. Please don't use Snapshots for backup. The snapshot delta for a partition resize will be very large! (lots of block changes!).
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I would ensure you are Snapshot free. Please don't use Snapshots for backup. The snapshot delta for a partition resize will be very large! (lots of block changes!).

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I am using cloning for backup. Once it is succesfully expanded &amp;&nbsp;stable I will delete the clone.
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I am using cloning for backup. Once it is succesfully expanded & stable I will delete the clone.

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Yes, cloning is a quick way of backup.
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I have a VM running on ESX 4.1 it is a Windows 2003 box with a very full C: drive &amp;&nbsp;no other drives.<br />
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It is currently using 156.8GB but Virtual Server is showing 288.75GB provisioned.<br />
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How do I get to this provisioned HD space &amp;&nbsp;expand the Windows 2003 boot partition?
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I have a VM running on ESX 4.1 it is a Windows 2003 box with a very full C: drive & no other drives.

It is currently using 156.8GB but Virtual Server is showing 288.75GB provisioned.

How do I get to this provisioned HD space & expand the Windows 2003 boot partition?

Expanding Windows Server 2003 VM boot drive

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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