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Has the disk (virtual disk) , e.g. the vmdk size changed?<br />
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virtual disk changes are hot plug, and do not need a reboot.
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Has the disk (virtual disk) , e.g. the vmdk size changed?

virtual disk changes are hot plug, and do not need a reboot.

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if the vmdk size changed, right click on disk management and select rescan disks
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if the vmdk size changed, right click on disk management and select rescan disks

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so if I extend the drive from VMware edit settings. then wait a week to restart the server, will that hurt the server?
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so if I extend the drive from VMware edit settings. then wait a week to restart the server, will that hurt the server?

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Sounds like you did that already, so wait is OK. Under normal scenario I recommend downing the VM and then do the drive ant boot your VM.
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Sounds like you did that already, so wait is OK. Under normal scenario I recommend downing the VM and then do the drive ant boot your VM.

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I guess I did not check the box for hanccocka comments when awarding points...That's all<br />
Hanccocka is hard worker and awarded him many points in other questions...he earned them and deserver them.<br />
Sorry Hanccocka
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I guess I did not check the box for hanccocka comments when awarding points...That's all
Hanccocka is hard worker and awarded him many points in other questions...he earned them and deserver them.
Sorry Hanccocka

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In VMware 5.1, I have extended C: partition of windows VM machine.<br />
But in windows Disk Management, I do not see the &quot;Unallocated space&quot; that should show up.<br />
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I wonder if it has to be rebooted. &nbsp;it is a production server.<br />
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Thanks
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In VMware 5.1, I have extended C: partition of windows VM machine.
But in windows Disk Management, I do not see the "Unallocated space" that should show up.

I wonder if it has to be rebooted.  it is a production server.


Thanks

Extend C: partition on Windows 2008 VM Machine

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.