Expand the volume of the disk (Storage)

[ademirrodrigues]

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW DO I RAISE A HD PRA AN THAT THIS WITH VMWARE 250G PRA WANT TO INCREASE 500GB SENDING A PHOTO.

[rcporto]

Check if you VM has snapshot... and if Yes, remove the snapshot and try expand the disk again.

[Kapil84]

Hi,

Always confirm the following before increasing the size of the virtual disk:

• All snapshots have been removed.
• The virtual machine is powered off.

[vfk]

You don't need power off the VM to increase the disk, removing snapshot is enough to be able to increase the vdisk

[Kapil84]

Yes you are right no need to power off the VM.

[Anjani_Kumar]

Must delete the snapshot or consolidate it first before extending the disk size.

Windows Server 2003 need a reboot if System Disk (c:\) is being extended.

Above than 2003 doesnt require a reboot. only extend command is enough to extend the disk . Doesn't matter if disk is os or data.

Good Luck

[warring]

You can use dell's extpart to extend 2003 c:\ with out restarts