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It should be straight forward. As mentioned previously, ensure your backup is good just as a precautionary measure.
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It should be straight forward. As mentioned previously, ensure your backup is good just as a precautionary measure.

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I also check logs on the ESXi host just to ensure everything is happy.
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I also check logs on the ESXi host just to ensure everything is happy.

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Hi,<br />
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Sometime ago I extended a VM C drive on a Windows 2008 server and afterwards it wouldnt boot up so I had to restore from back up. Im about to carry out a similar operation on a different server which has three drives of which one is the C drive which currently sits at 275gb. I weary of doing the same process again in case it breaks the server (windows 28k/SQL2008) so looking for any sound advice and gotchas to look out for.<br />
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Thanks<br />
SycamoreIT
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Hi,

Sometime ago I extended a VM C drive on a Windows 2008 server and afterwards it wouldnt boot up so I had to restore from back up. Im about to carry out a similar operation on a different server which has three drives of which one is the C drive which currently sits at 275gb. I weary of doing the same process again in case it breaks the server (windows 28k/SQL2008) so looking for any sound advice and gotchas to look out for.

Thanks
SycamoreIT

Extend C Drive of Windows 2008 VM

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.

Virtualization

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

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

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.