(if you have a swap partition) follow the instructions on the blog post to "move it to the right".Download and boot to a Gparted "live CD" ISO (necessary because you can't adjust the partitions on a drive that you have mounted-for instance your boot drive)."c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" modifyhd c:\path\to\ubuntu_big.vdi -resize 30000 Click on VM menu > Select Properties > Select CD / DVD > Use ISO Image > Click on Browse > Select /tmp/gparted-live-0.4.5-2.iso > Ok > Save.There is a very good blog entry on this at Download latest version here or use wget command as follows: The GParted application is the GNOME partition editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions. You will need to use a third-party utility such as GParted to resize the expanded partitions. expand the size of a a virtual disk), use GParted. Now, disk size is increased but operating system will only show 16GB used and 16GB unused. # /usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -x 32GB /share/vms/WindowsVista/vista.vmdkĬ:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager -x 32GB "c:\vm\centos.vmdk" Step # 3: Expand The Size Of a Virtual Disk # /usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -x GB "c:\vm\yourvm.vmdk" Example: Increase Size to 32GB Open shell prompt and type the following command: Step # 2: Increase Your Virtual Machine’s Disk Capacity # rsync /share/vms/WindowsVista option is you can clone your guest in VMware, if you want to keep the existing virtual machine configuration by visiting VM > Clone option. # cp -arv /share/vms/WindowsVista /safe/path/to/vm/05062009/ My VM is located at /share/vms/WindowsVista. Since you are going to resize you virtual disk, these snapshots going to create a problem for you.īackup your entire virtual machine. Step # 1: Shutdown The Guest Operating Systemĭelete all your snapshots from snapshot manager by visting VM > Snapshot Manger.
GParted LiveCD : Third-party utility to expand the size of a virtual disk.VMWare Product : Working Virtual machine and Vmware Workstation (it will work with other vmware product such as GSX Server and VMware Server).
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