Expanding Disk Capacity.

[Ogeccut]

I need to expand disk capacity. Currently @ 100GB and have about 60GB free on the disk.

When trying to expand the disk i am getting the following error:

"The called function cannot be performed on the partial chains. Open the parent virtual disk.

Please let me know what i can do to fix it?

Thank you,

[rcporto]

Take a look at the following blog post: https://danieladeniji.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/technical-vmware-workstation-expanding-disk-error-the...

But, you will need some additional free space since the solution requires that you clone the existing virtual disk.

[Ogeccut]

I have seen this. Do not have the space at the moment to clone the drive.

I would like to understand what is the cause of the issue?

and maybe....there is a other way to fix it?

Thanks.

[wila]

You can't extend a disk that has open snapshots.

So basically you would need to commit any snapshots that you currently have.

The problem is that I cannot say with the current information we have if that is a safe thing to do.

IF your disk is setup as a split disk, then you should be fine.

However if your disk is a single growing disk file then your 60GB free might not be sufficient as if your virtual disk is 100GB it might need up to 100GB (and a bit more) in order to commit the snapshots.

PS: it wouldn't hurt if you make a backup of your VM to an external disk before doing anything else.

Do so with Workstation and your VM shut down.

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Wil

[Ogeccut]

I do have a backup and deleted all the snapshots, still getting an error?

I believe the disk is split.

[Ogeccut]

What information do you require?

What do you mean by "commit any snapshots"?

I have deleted all the snapshots, and the vm is shutdown,

[Ogeccut]

I have 54 .vdmk files. Which file do i need to Clone?

In the example he cloning .vmdk file first and then expanding?

Thank you

[Ogeccut]

First snapshot of the disk config

And the second one of the error:

[a_p_]

According to the screenshot "CM01-000002.vmdk", the VM still has active snapshots. If no snapshot shows up in the Snapshot Manager, create a new Snapshot from the Snapshot Manager, ad delete it immediately after creating it. This should consolidate the left over snapshots.

André

[Ogeccut]

Thank you. How can you tell the VM still has active snapshots?

That fixed it, I was able to expand the disk after i created and deleted snapshot.

Thank you.

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

Glad to hear you were able to resolve the issue.

It was the .vmdk file's name. Snapshots are usually named <vmname>-00000x.vmdk.

André

[Ogeccut]

Thank you,