Hi guys,
I made a VMWare image that was around 8GB thinking I'd need all of that, however, I've just installed everything I need and I've literally got 6GB free!
Now, I'll admit maybe it'd be good to keep an extra 2GB or so spare, but it really is excessive, and since I'm probably going to clone it 4 or 5 times I could do with that extra 4GB (or 20GB!) back if possible.
Any way to do this, or am I going to have to start from scratch?
There is an option (or was, need to check it out, but haven't got access to my lab now).
These posts touch the subject:
http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=423911
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=428964񨮤
Many thanks for the reply, the one doesn't seem to work and the other seems to be confusing command line things
Is there anyway I could make a new disc image and then copy the content from one to the other?
I think the easiest solution (besides from starting a new VM ) is to use something like Symantec's Ghost program.
This way you can copy your current disk to a new (smaller disk). Other then that I don't see any "easy" solution.
The confusing command line things, also aren't supported anymore by VMware, it is reported to still work, but I haven't tested it.
Oh I see, hmm, many thanks - think I'll just start again
My installation seems screwed anyway; it's not letting me run two virtual machines at once!
I have many re-sizing methods on my website...
Nice ... Thanks ... The VMConverter is a nice idea ...Didn't think of that.
Many thanks for the link, looks awesome but unfortunately I already started again and remade the virtual machine earlier
It's back and running now though, one question, any idea why every time I click onto the second virtual machine I have running it's just black?
Also, since I've cloned it, the one that loads up second screws up because it tries to take the same IP address as the other, which doesn't work How do I fix this please?
What process did you use to make the second machine? Also what OS are you using and are you using DHCP or static IP addresses?
Many thanks for the reply; I made the second machine using the clone process that, err, isn't the full clone one. I'm using DCHP btw, I tried entering the IP address manually but there were three boxes and I had no idea what to enter into the second two!
Anyone please have any ideas on how to get the internet working on each? Many thanks
First the black screen: afaik this happens when vmware server is running on linux, with no execute rights on the configuration file. Fix it by running 'chmod +x *.vmx' (no need to stop the guest).
The IP address conflict: you are probably running windows guest, and since you are using a clone, servers have probably same name and sid. Make sure only 1 server is powered up. Download newsid.exe from sysinternals, run it and rename the server as well. Once rebooted, you should be able to run both without problem.