Several methods here---> http://vmware-land.com/Resizing_Virtual_Disks.html
Converter is the easiest and safest method.
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Come on seriously, no reply button???
I am working converter hard on this issue. Wonder what happened here?
Kaizen!
The reply button is now present... Did someone do something?
As I mentioned in my PM, try VMware Converter, like you are.
Hey Matt,
What OS does this guest have?
Jase McCarty
Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center
(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach
Depends on the OS of the VM. Why not simply create a smaller VMDK, move the data, then delete the original, and redo the drive letter mapping. Other than that, tools like partition magic, etc. Will vmkftools -D option to make the drive smaller destroy the data?
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Jamie
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Several methods here---> http://vmware-land.com/Resizing_Virtual_Disks.html
Converter is the easiest and safest method.
Eric Siebert
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The reply button was missing due to the location the thread was posted in. normal users have no rights to the Virtual Infrastructure roll up forum.
however to answer your question, use convert to convert the guest, during the initialisation process you can reduce the size of your disks, but you knew that already didn't you Matthew
Tom Howarth
VMware Communities User Moderator