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I have to different vmdks. You referenced VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1. We are on 3.5.
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I have to different vmdks. You referenced VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1. We are on 3.5.

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Okay, you have two virtual disks, you will need to complete a V2V, which would be easier, and use an earlier version of VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.<br />
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e.g. v4.0 or v3.0.3
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Okay, you have two virtual disks, you will need to complete a V2V, which would be easier, and use an earlier version of VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.

e.g. v4.0 or v3.0.3

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Looks like that should work. If I am reading the release notes correctly, 5.1 should work in our 3.5 environment. Any thoughts on using 5.1 in a 3.5 environment?
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Looks like that should work. If I am reading the release notes correctly, 5.1 should work in our 3.5 environment. Any thoughts on using 5.1 in a 3.5 environment?

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I would suggest using 5.1, any issues drop back to an earlier version.
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I would suggest using 5.1, any issues drop back to an earlier version.

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Actually 5.1 will not create 3.5 virtual machines. I am going to look at earlier versions and post back.
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Actually 5.1 will not create 3.5 virtual machines. I am going to look at earlier versions and post back.

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It could be a while before I actually do this, so I will award points.
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It could be a while before I actually do this, so I will award points.

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I have a virtual machine with two drives ( C and D ). Windows server 2003.<br />
Running on VMWARE 3.5.<br />
Both drives are on the same vmware datastore.<br />
This vmware datastore is shared with other virtual machines.<br />
I am using a Fibre channel SAN using RAID 5. <br />
I want to take some space away from D and give it to C.<br />
I have done this with Gparted on &nbsp;a physical machine with local hard drives. <br />
Can I follow the same procedure with Gparted in this scenario?
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I have a virtual machine with two drives ( C and D ). Windows server 2003.
Running on VMWARE 3.5.
Both drives are on the same vmware datastore.
This vmware datastore is shared with other virtual machines.
I am using a Fibre channel SAN using RAID 5. 
I want to take some space away from D and give it to C.
I have done this with Gparted on  a physical machine with local hard drives. 
Can I follow the same procedure with Gparted in this scenario?

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