) How does VMware increase disk capacity?

The interface does not provide a way to increase the disk capacity.

 

It can only be executed in the form of command lines.

 

There is a vmware-vdiskmanager.exe under the c: \ Program Files \ VMware workstationto install the disk.

The command parameters are as follows:

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Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe options <disk-Name> | <Mount-point>

 

Offline disk manipulation Utility

 

Options:

-C: create disk; need to specify other create options

-D: defragment the specified Virtual Disk

-K: shrink the specified Virtual Disk

-N <source-disk>: Rename the specified virtual disk; Need

Specify destination disk-name

-P: Prepare the mounted Virtual Disk specified

The drive-letter for shrinking

-Q: Do not log messages

-R <source-disk>: Convert the specified disk; need to specify

Destination disk-type

-X <New-capacity>: Expand the disk to the specified capacity

 

Additional options for create and convert:

-A <adapter>: (for use with-C only) adapter type (IDE, buslogic o

R lsilogic)

-S <size>: capacity of the Virtual Disk

-T <disk-type>: disk type ID

 

Disk types:

0: single growable Virtual Disk

1: growable Virtual Disk split in 2 GB files

2: preallocated Virtual Disk

3: preallocated Virtual Disk split in 2 GB files

 

The capacity can be specified in sectors, kb, MB or GB.

The acceptable ranges:

IDE adapter: [100.0 MB, 950.0 GB]

SCSI adapter: [100.0 MB, 950.0 GB]

 

Vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-C-s 850 mb-A ide-T 0 myidedisk. vmdk

Ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-D mydisk. vmdk

Ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-r sourcedisk. vmdk-T 0 destinationdisk. VM

DK

Ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-x 36 GB mydisk. vmdk

Vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-N sourcename. vmdk destinationname. vmdk

Ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-K mydisk. vmdk

Ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-P <Mount-point>

(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <Mount-point>)

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The-x parameter is used for resizing ......

 

Like this: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-x 36 GB mydisk. vmdk

Resolution:Vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-xSizeVirtual Hard Disk File

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My execution process:

 

D: \ Program Files \ VMware Workstation> vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-x 12 GB "F: \ W

Indows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition \ Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. VMD

K"

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Summary:

1. The file name should be enclosed in double quotation marks.

2. The vmdk file name must be included with the path.

3. GB, MB. Don't forget B.