VMware ESXi Windows virtual Machine Disk Extensions Summary

Recently tested and recorded. Three conditions apply to Windows2008 and above operating systems. The Windows2003 is suitable for 1 or 2 cases.

One, virtual machine Case 1:

1, 1 Disk 500G (basic disk MBR partition), with partition C, disk D.
Extension: The vcenter can scale up to 2TB and can be extended to the D drive in the virtual machine.

Second, virtual machine situation 2:

1, 1 Disk 100G (basic disk MBR partition) C drive.
2, 1 Disk 500G (basic disk MBR partition) d drive.

Extension mode: Add a disk, expand to convert to Dynamic disk expansion D disk, online lossless extension.

Three, virtual machine Situation 3:

1, 1 Disk 100G (basic disk MBR partition) C drive.
2, 1 Disk 500G (basic disk GPT partition) d drive.

Expansion mode: If the D disk is originally a GPT partition, you can directly extend the partition over 16TB (VMware ESXi5.5 version and above), online lossless extension.

So: Windows virtual machine template C-disk, after cloning and then allocating a disk to the GPT partition, or converted to dynamic disk, dynamic disk can expand the larger space.

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VMware ESXi Windows virtual Machine Disk Extensions Summary