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prakash9339
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incraseing Hard disk in 2003

I have  2003 server VM

i want to increase E drive ...VM is having 3 Vmdk ..resources also available ...

if increase that vm need reboot?

in 2008 extend partition option is there ...in 2003 how we can do it???

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julienvarela
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No need to install extpart, it is an executable.

But you can use diskpart.

  1. Open a command prompt and type diskpart.
  2. At the DISKPART prompt, type list volume. Make note of the basic volume you want to extend.
  3. At the DISKPART prompt, type select volume <volumenumber>. This selects the basic volume volumenumber that you want to extend into contiguous, empty space on the same disk.
  4. At the DISKPART prompt, type extend [size=<size>]. This extends the selected volume by size megabytes (MB).

Regards,

Julien.

Regards, J.Varela http://vthink.fr

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continuum
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Have a look at the tool extpart.exe from Dell
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julienvarela
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Hi,

If your E is the only partition of your drive you can extend without a reboot using expart or diskpart.

To expand the VMDK using the VI Client , edit the settings of the virtual machine and click the hard disk you want to expand.

    • Enter a new value in the Provisioned size field:

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Then in your guest os used dispkart or extpart

Start extpart ,select the proper partition and type the size to expand.

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Regards,

Julien.

Regards, J.Varela http://vthink.fr
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prakash9339
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am unable to install extpart.exe..is ther another way to do it

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julienvarela
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No need to install extpart, it is an executable.

But you can use diskpart.

  1. Open a command prompt and type diskpart.
  2. At the DISKPART prompt, type list volume. Make note of the basic volume you want to extend.
  3. At the DISKPART prompt, type select volume <volumenumber>. This selects the basic volume volumenumber that you want to extend into contiguous, empty space on the same disk.
  4. At the DISKPART prompt, type extend [size=<size>]. This extends the selected volume by size megabytes (MB).

Regards,

Julien.

Regards, J.Varela http://vthink.fr
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