Unable to increase VD size

[sufirumi]

Greetings fellow techies,

I have a XP VM (actually a template but converted to VM so I can modify properties) on which I cannot increase the virtual disk size. I've tried cloning a new VM from this one and even the new VM won't let me resize the disk. I do not have any snapshots on this bad boy and I am logged in to vCenter w/ full permissions so this isn't the case either. I know there has to be something very simple I'm clearly overlooking so I thought I'd turn to you pro's for help.

I've attached a screenie but please feel free to ask for additional info to better understand my scenario.

Thanks in advance for any help you can send my way.

[idle-jam · Accepted solution]

IDE disk cannot be resized. the only way is to convert it to SCSI type or using vmware converter to do a V2V clone and have the option of changing the disk size ..

[sufirumi]

[sufirumi]

Thanks for the super-fast response, idle-jam!
I will give her a go and post back w/ results.

Thanks again.

[idle-jam]

good luck in resizing! i'm too amazed at my speed, i was a few mins faster than your screenshot 🙂