How to extend the vmdk without shutdown Guest OS

[dchow15]

Dear all, How do I extend the vmdk size without shutdown the guest OS?

I use

vmkfstools -X /vmfs/volumes/mystore/myvirtualhdd.vmdk

but I need to shutdown the Guest OS

-david

[vmroyale]

What guest do you have?

[dchow15]

RHEL4u4 thanks!

-david

[vmroyale]

AFAIK, you will have to shut down the guest OS to make this happen. Then you can use GParted to finish it up....

[dominic7]

To extend a virtual disk you need to shut down the VM.

If you're using LVMs you can add another disk to the VM hot, and then add it to your Volume group and extend your filesystem over it.

[dchow15]

Thanks all guys!

David

[dikaye]

try this:

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-3170

[v01]

i would be suggest you try this link How to Extend disk of a Virtual Machine on ESXi Host