Increasing hard disk space on vmware vm guest
Hello EE,
I provisioned a vm with 40gb of storage , now I only have a few hundred MB left. How do I go about increasing the disk space without impacting the data on the virtual disk ? This is 2012 server as the vm guest os . I am using vcenter server 5.5 , but no other tools at my disposal , unless there are free ones ? Please assist.
I provisioned a vm with 40gb of storage , now I only have a few hundred MB left. How do I go about increasing the disk space without impacting the data on the virtual disk ? This is 2012 server as the vm guest os . I am using vcenter server 5.5 , but no other tools at my disposal , unless there are free ones ? Please assist.
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a snapshot would prevent the disk size to be increased
are there any present?
are there any present?
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So if i delete the snapshot , can I then proceed as normal with original recommendations?
Yes, but be careful..... are you familiar with Snapshot deletion?
and the effect of size of snapshot can have?
and the effect of size of snapshot can have?
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NO , please enlighten me . This is a non production role server so I am ok with deleting hte snapshot as long as it does not affect any other guests on the host.
Okay, if it's not important just select DELETE ALL.
But be prepared to wait, for the Snapshot to be merged, into the parent disk, depending on how large the snapshot is, could be seconds, minutes, hours or days.
If it sticks at 95% just Be Patient and Wait it out.
Snapshot deletion is disk intensive operation, so whilst this is occurring the datastore, can go slower than normal, which can affect performance of other VMs.
Also check you have enough space for the merge. (snapshot delete!)
But be prepared to wait, for the Snapshot to be merged, into the parent disk, depending on how large the snapshot is, could be seconds, minutes, hours or days.
If it sticks at 95% just Be Patient and Wait it out.
Snapshot deletion is disk intensive operation, so whilst this is occurring the datastore, can go slower than normal, which can affect performance of other VMs.
Also check you have enough space for the merge. (snapshot delete!)
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