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<blockquote>E was expanded to use volume from F ie fusionned together. &nbsp;</blockquote>what do you mean 'fusioned together'?<br>can you post a screenshot of disk management?&nbsp; it will make understanding the environment better
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> E was expanded to use volume from F ie fusionned together.  

what do you mean 'fusioned together'?
can you post a screenshot of disk management?  it will make understanding the environment better

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i mean from windows server F drive is deleted and recovered ( expanded) the volume in E.
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i mean from windows server F drive is deleted and recovered ( expanded) the volume in E.

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which means if i delete vmdk disk belong to F drive. it will delete also vmdk file belong to E right ?
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which means if i delete vmdk disk belong to F drive. it will delete also vmdk file belong to E right ?

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Depends what partitions are on which virtual disks
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Depends what partitions are on which virtual disks

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then additional disk space from datastore can be added to any one of these vmdk disk ( E or F ) to get more space ?
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then additional disk space from datastore can be added to any one of these vmdk disk ( E or F ) to get more space ?

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<blockquote>then additional disk space from datastore can be added to any one of these vmdk disk ( E or F ) to get more space ?</blockquote><br>yes<br>increase the size in the disk properties, rescan in disk management or diskpart and extend the volume(s)<br><br>
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> then additional disk space from datastore can be added to any one of these vmdk disk ( E or F ) to get more space ?


yes
increase the size in the disk properties, rescan in disk management or diskpart and extend the volume(s)



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yes but make sure you increase in small increments and do not use all datastore space try to leave 20% free
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yes but make sure you increase in small increments and do not use all datastore space try to leave 20% free

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@Andrew. &nbsp;‘not clear use virtual disk for each volume ‘ <br />
you mean install vmware converter in VM and create new VM ? if i do so the host name should be different, we loose folder file permission managed by security groups. New mapping shouldbe done with new hostname ..
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@Andrew.  ‘not clear use virtual disk for each volume ‘
you mean install vmware converter in VM and create new VM ? if i do so the host name should be different, we loose folder file permission managed by security groups. New mapping shouldbe done with new hostname ..

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When creating a VM, you should add a virtual disk, format it as C:<br />
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need another disk, add another virtual disk, and format it as D:<br />
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etc etc<br />
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having drive letters sharing a virtual machine disk is a bad idea. these are called partitions, and no longer recommended.
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When creating a VM, you should add a virtual disk, format it as C:

need another disk, add another virtual disk, and format it as D:

etc etc

having drive letters sharing a virtual machine disk is a bad idea. these are called partitions, and no longer recommended.

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hello,<br />
i have a vm running in windows server 2008. it contains 3 virtual hdd ie C E F and 1T 50G 1T.<br />
E was expanded to use volume from F ie fusionned together. Now E drive holds data. <br />
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I would like to know if the drives can be separated as before ie E and F with same size without data loss ? and if i add &nbsp;additional size from datastore to vmdk files (ie E F ) will be there dataloss or any technical issues ?<br />
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cheers,
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hello,
i have a vm running in windows server 2008. it contains 3 virtual hdd ie C E F and 1T 50G 1T.
E was expanded to use volume from F ie fusionned together. Now E drive holds data. 

I would like to know if the drives can be separated as before ie E and F with same size without data loss ? and if i add  additional size from datastore to vmdk files (ie E F ) will be there dataloss or any technical issues ?

cheers,

VM vmdk and disk volumes W Srv 2008

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.