Reducing hard disk size of VM

[Eire09]

Hi,

I did a P2V conversion and now I need reduce the size of the hard disk migrated. The C (System volume) is too big & I was unable to reduce the size of the disk using VM Converter.

Can anyone think of a way of reducing the size of the disk? I have Acronis software but not sure if I can do it with this.

Thanks guys.

[Troy_Clavell]

VMware Converter is usually the safest option for reducing the disk size.

You may want to check out this document, http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9339 , that put together

[Eire09]

Thanks Troy. I',m now trying to boot the ISO for Gparted as outlined in the doc. After a reboot it doesn't boot up Gparted.

I have selected the ISO in the Datastore ISO file location & selected Connect at power on?

Any suggestions?

[Troy_Clavell]

I haven't used Lightbulb's method, you may want to send him a PM

....just confirm the .iso is bootable and "connect at power on" as you said is checked.

[dickybird]

Hi

Since you have Acronis,

Try shrinking using Acronis first, then shutdown the VM

Got to ESX server by logging in to Service console and use following command (login as root)

#vmkfstools -X 21G nameof VM.com.vmdk --force (This command will shrink the partition on VMFS Volume)

21GB is just example of the size you want

Power On the VM

[Eire09]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I ran the command as suggested however --force doesn't seem to be recognised.

Any other suggestions?

[azn2kew]

Can you run the V2V Converter wizard again, that should shrink/expand your drives if you select them too. Please try again.

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iGeek Systems Inc.

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