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vdiskmanager GUI

For users who don't want to mess with the command line, I wrote a quick-n-dirty GUI wrapper for vmware-vdiskmanager in the spirit of RDPetruska's VMware DiskManager GUI.

This program allows you to create a new virtual disk, expand an existing virtual disk, or defragment an existing virtual disk.

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schnide
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Related to disk resizing in 2.0b2, I see the hard disk settings for breaking in to 2gig pieces and the resize bar. What needs to be done to get windows to see the new size? I am running Vista Enterprise. Do I need to boot off the gparted-live-0.3.7-7.iso to run gparted to get windows to recognize the size? When you change the size and click save, nothing appears unlike when breaking in to 2 gig pieces a progress bar appears. I tried to run the hep in beta but nothing would come up. Are there docs somewhere that I missed related to this process in 2.0b2?

Thanks

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schnide
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Im not certain how to edit a post so here is the followup I found in another thread. See the link below for the Windows part of the expansion process:

http://www.petri.co.il/extend-disk-partition-vista-windows-server-2008.htm

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WoodyZ
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Im not certain how to edit a post

While in a Browser, in the lower right corner of the post there should be an hyperlink.

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rome_jm
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Eric,

I have downloaded your vdiskmanager gui & am still confused how to launch it. I have also downloaded the vmware converter but having problems there too. I am trying to solve a problem that arose after taking a snapshot in Fusion 1.1.3. The message that came up stated files could not be deleted & to repair the disk. The environment still works fine. I checked the Package Content & discovered the vmdisk was nearly 30GB & my vmdisk parameters are set to 20GB. So, I have been trying to increase the size of my vmdisk - but without success. Can you offer some help.

Thanks, Jeff

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WoodyZ
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I have downloaded your vdiskmanager gui & am still confused how to launch it.

> I checked the Package Content & discovered the vmdisk was nearly 30GB & my vmdisk parameters are set to 20GB.

Download the "vdiskmanager GUI 0.2007.06.18.zip" to you hard drive and unzip it. Ctrl-click an select either Archive Helper (Leopard) or BOMArchiveHelper (Tiger) and then double-click the "vdiskmanager GUI" icon in the "vdiskmanager GUI 0.2007.06.18" folder created by unzipping it.

BTW the files that comprise a Virtual Machine are in a folder (a.k.a a Bundle and or Package) and if you ctrl-click the icon representing the Virtual Machine and select Show Package Contents you will see the individual files that comprise it and the base virtual hard drive will not be any bigger then the size that was set when it was created and the reason the Package is bigger is because you have a Snapshot and also could have a .vmem file which will be the size of the amount of Memory allocated to the Virtual Machine as well as other files.

So it not unusual for a Virtual Machine's Package to be considerably bigger then the size that was designated for the virtual hard drive.

For a better understanding have a look at the Virtual Machine Files section in and for an in depth understanding of this have a look at "Files That Make Up a Virtual Machine" in Workstation User's Manual. Note: Even though I'm pointing you to documentation for Workstation User's Manual much of the information such as this is applicable in Fusion.

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rome_jm
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Hi Woody,

Thanks for the feedback. I did as you instructed & everything worked fine. Then I defragmented the VM disk from within XP Pro. I next defragged the VM disk from within vdiskmanager.

But, I still have the same original problem. Maybe you can help me. After taking a snapshot image I am presented with a dialog box that reads "Unable to cleanup deleted files: The specified Virtual Disk needs repair." Outside of reloading XP Pro into an new VM is there anything you can think of to remedy this malady?

Thanks, Jeff

Jeffrey M. Rome, mobile phone: 617-640-6500, computer fax: 206-338-6500, jm.rome@capital-access.net

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tjarman
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Fusion 2.0.1

iMac Leopard 10.5.5

Guest OS is WinXP Home Edition

I have the newest version of Fusion and resizing the disk using the slider in the settings is not working. I have tried using the terminal and issuing the command to increase the virtual disk space. I have tried this nifty little gui interface. Nothing. It is not expanding.

I created my virtual machine by importing a Boot Camp partition. Because I really didn't want to be running a Windows machine on my iMac, I only gave the Windows partition the minimum amount of space of 5 GB. But now I have run out of room on the Windows VM.

I'm open to any suggestions on getting this to work.

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WoodyZ
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Have a look at:

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tjarman
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My WinXP virtual machine is no longer in a partition. After importing in the original Boot Camp partition, I removed any traces of it so that I only have the VM. Will these instructions still work for me?

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WoodyZ
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Read the Document!

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tjarman
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I had, but I reread it and went for it. I just kept reading "partition" and not enough reference to "virtual disks", so I just needed to know it was the right direction. I chose to use the EASEUS application as it required the least amount of steps. Once I freed up enough space, it worked like a charm. What would have been nice was some specifics on what was needed in the way of free space. It was quite a bit of trial and error. But I got the job done and I'm in business again on the Windows side of things. This was by far the simplest method I had read about.

Thank you!

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clapperboy2010
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I'd like to convert a clone from Pre-Allocated to Sparse, or re-size it to a smaller volume.

I'm running Fusion 1.1.3. When I ran Convert in the GUI, it stopped at 14%, since I did not have enough free space on the Mac hard drive. The clone is allocated at 36GB. I'd like it to be 26GB. I have 4.5GB free on the Mac. How much more free space do I need for the conversion or to decrease the size of the Pre-Allocated disk?

thanks,

Scott

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admin
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How much more free space do I need for the conversion

It depends on how much data has been written in the guest; it's potentially as much as 36 GB.

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XNS2011
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Does this command still work? When I do the Terminal command:

/Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -x 33.00Gb '/Users/xxxxx/Virtual Machines.localized/Vista on Fusion.vmwarevm/winvista.vmdk'

there is no vmware-vdiskmanager command in the directory.

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WoodyZ
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/Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager

This pathname is pre-version 4 of VMware Fusion.  For VMware Fusion 4 the pathname is: "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager"

Note:  This is an old discussion thread and the GUI Wrapper for vmware-vdiskmanager in this thread is not for use with VMware Fusion 4.

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