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How to increase vm disk capacity using vSphere Client SDK?

lcqlys — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:31:31 GMT

I'm new to the SDK and can't find any documentation or code sample on how to increase a VM's disk capacity. Any pointers?

I also tried the REST API but it doesn't seem to take the 'capacity' attribute in the request and keep getting 400 error:

I followed this REST API:

https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vsphere-automation/v7.0U1/vcenter/rest/vcenter/vm/vm/hardware/disk...

curl -kv --location --request PATCH 'https://{vcenterurl}/rest/vcenter/vm/vm-22/hardware/disk/4000' \
--header 'vmware-api-session-id: 826f459a3ec1a8cd8b8fc3797a6818fe' \
--header 'mimetype: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: vmware-api-session-id=826f459a3ec1a8cd8b8fc3797a6818fe' \
--data-raw '{
"spec": {
"backing": {
"vmdk_file": "[DS10] myVM.vmdk",
"type": "VMDK_FILE",
},
"capacity": 64424509440,
}
}
'

Increase VM Disk Size using REST API vcenter vm hardware disk: PATCH doesn't work - get 400 error

lcqlys — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:33:13 GMT

I'm trying to use the REST API to increase a VM's disk capacity and I tried this REST API but keep getting 400 Bad Request. I tried with VM powered on or off but still getting 400. Does it not allow 'capacity' update?

I followed this REST API:

https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vsphere-automation/v7.0U1/vcenter/rest/vcenter/vm/vm/hardware/disk/disk/patch/

Re: Create new vm with -delta.vmdk

lcqlys — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:07:21 GMT

Yes, no more parent disk. I browse to the datastore of the vm folder, I tried to create new vm with it and that failed. So from vcenter gui, I deleted the vm but the confirmation says it would not remove disk if it's shared and I believed it. Only to realize it actually deleted the parent vmdk.

Re: Create new vm with -delta.vmdk

lcqlys — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:24:06 GMT

Yes, my delta is huge, about 3gb, how to extract data?

Create new vm with -delta.vmdk

lcqlys — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:22:33 GMT

I messed copying/creating a VM between vCenter 6 and 6.7. I logged into my ESXi server and located my vm and all I have left is a test-000001-delta.vmdk.

My question is it possible to create new VM with the delta vmdk? I tried in vCenter 6.7 to create new vm with existing disk and browsed to that folder but it doesn't show up. I see in the filesystem when I ssh into the ESXi server.

If there is command line option to create new vm with -delta.vmdk, I would appreciate that.