http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/desktop/workstation?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:48:10 GMT Clearspace 1.10.12 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-06-23T11:48:10Z en http://communities.vmware.com/message/1292350?tstart=0#1292350 <br /> whats wrong with your keyboard ? - it seems to use bold letters all the time ? - maybe replace that with a working one <img class="jive-emoticon" border="0" src="http://communities.vmware.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif" alt=";-)" /><br /> <br /> What about changing the preallocated disk to a growing one ? - that way you do not need to change anything in the VM itself - you just need to run vmware-vdiskmanager from a commandline and convert the large existing disk to a may 35 Gb file that then grows as needed<br /> <p /> Run vmware-vdiskmanager without parameter to get info on the syntax<br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> ___________________________________ <br /> <br /> <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html">VMX-parameters</a>- <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html"> VMware-liveCD</a> - <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://sanbarrow.com/sickbay.html"> VM-Sickbay</a> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:48:10 GMT continuum http://communities.vmware.com/message/1292350?tstart=0#1292350 2009-06-23T11:48:10Z 5 months, 3 days ago http://communities.vmware.com/message/1291840?tstart=0#1291840 <b>Hello:</b><br /> <br /> <b>I did not set it up this way, but I have become owner of a glorified "workstation PC" running a Server OS, running VMware server. 1.0.8 . It has a WIndows 2003 Server VM runing in a VMware VM, when it was setup 250 GB was allocated for the Vmware disk drive windows is running on, the problem is I need to resize the VMware file, as the OS is only taking up 38 GB, and will never need more. I would like to use this Image as a test bed to create new vm's to test out some migration paths, but I can't copy it as I currently do not have enough space in the host to house another 250 GB of space. is there anyway I can shrink the size of the VMware file, so that I do not have to worrk about 250 gb of overhead that will be a total waste of space?</b><br /> <br /> <b>I tried booting up under the G-parted Linix Iso, and resize the windows volume, that worked fine, but the VMware side still shows 250 GB</b><br /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <b>thanks in advance</b> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:10:20 GMT CamNetworkAdmin http://communities.vmware.com/message/1291840?tstart=0#1291840 2009-06-22T23:10:20Z 5 months, 3 days ago 1