VMWare Fusion claiming there is not enough free space

[JeremyMcDev]

For some reason VMWare Fusion will not allow me to expand my disk claiming there is not enough free space even though I have nearly 100gbs free. I am able to create a second virtual hard drive no problem.

OSX 10.9.4 and VMWare 6.0.4. Thanks.

[a_p_]

According to the first picture you posted (and then replaced) the disk might be a monolithic virtual disk type (i.e. a single .vmdk file). In this case increasing the virtual disk requires that the contents of the existing virtual disks are copied to the new virtual disk. What's the current size of the virtual disk?

André

[JeremyMcDev]

That is correct. It is a single vmdk file and it is currently set at 120GB and I'd like to increase it to 150GB. So I have to switch it to use multiple vmdk files instead of 1, so it can copy everything to to the new file then delete?

[WoodyZ · Accepted solution]

You do not have adequate free Host disk space to perform a resize or to change from a monolithicSparse to a twoGbMaxExtentSparse type disk and your only option if you cannot free up an adequate amount of Host disk space is to temporarily copy the Virtual Machine Package to an external drive that has adequate free disk space to perform a resize or to change from a monolithicSparse to a twoGbMaxExtentSparse type disk and then test that all is okay before copying it back. You should also ensure you have a proper backup before converting disk type or resizing and Time Machine is not considered a proper backup for Virtual Machines.  Additionally make sure the Virtual Machine is shutdown, not suspended and VMware Fusion is closed when backing up the VM or copying/moving the VM.

[JeremyMcDev]

Thank you. That is actually what I was in the process of doing when you posted this. It makes sense now that I know how it copies it to another file.