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How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 09/12/2006
From: BF
Message:

For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with maximum
limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.

Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard disk?

Thanks a lot.

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Re: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 09/12/2006
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:40:02 -0700, BF <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

You can't.

You'll need to create a new VHD of a larger maximum size and then use
Ghost or something similar to transfer the contents of the undersized
disk to the new properly sized disk.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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>For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with maximum
>limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
>
>Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard disk?
>
>Thanks a lot.

Re: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 09/14/2006
From: "E Garcia" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Steve Jain wrote:

I wanted to do the same thing too, I guess the same limitations apply
on virtual machine partitions as in physical machine partitions.

--

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> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:40:02 -0700, BF <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
> > For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with
> > maximum limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
> >
> > Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard
> > disk?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
>
> You can't.
>
> You'll need to create a new VHD of a larger maximum size and then use
> Ghost or something similar to transfer the contents of the undersized
> disk to the new properly sized disk.

Re: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 09/14/2006
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

> I wanted to do the same thing too, I guess the same limitations apply

Exactly.

What you have to do is create a bigger vhd and then use some kind of imaging
program to copy the data over to the new drive and expand the partition.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

"E Garcia" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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> on virtual machine partitions as in physical machine partitions.
> Steve Jain wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:40:02 -0700, BF <(email address - cut out)>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with
>> > maximum limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
>> >
>> > Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard
>> > disk?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot.
>>
>> You can't.
>>
>> You'll need to create a new VHD of a larger maximum size and then use
>> Ghost or something similar to transfer the contents of the undersized
>> disk to the new properly sized disk.
>
> I wanted to do the same thing too, I guess the same limitations apply
> on virtual machine partitions as in physical machine partitions.
>
> --
>

Re: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 09/14/2006
From: "E Garcia" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Robert Comer wrote:

Thanks... I was about use Novell ZfD imaging, works like a charm.

--

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>
> Exactly.
>
> What you have to do is create a bigger vhd and then use some kind of
> imaging program to copy the data over to the new drive and expand the
> partition.

RE: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 01/09/2007
From: "Kevin"<(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I need to do the same thing and came across this utility. Hope this helps.

http://www.xtralogic.com/products_vhd_utility.shtml

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> For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with maximum
> limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
>
> Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard disk?
>
> Thanks a lot.

RE: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 07/19/2007
From: "Mark"<(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Try this free tool which does exactly what you want:

http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx

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> For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with maximum
> limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
>
> Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard disk?
>
> Thanks a lot.

RE: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 07/25/2007
From: Mel
Message:

I have recently started using the new VHDMount feature of 2005R2sp1. This
allows you to mount a .vhd on the host and manage it like a real drive.
I create a new .vhd of the size I need, vhdmount both new and old drives to
the Host, defrag the old with the free Dave Whitney defrag, and Ghost the old
drive to the new. I also convert virtual IDE to SCSI for performance.
I am fine tuning this process, but so far it is working well.
--
Mel

"Mark" wrote:

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>
> > For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with maximum
> > limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
> >
> > Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard disk?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
>
> Try this free tool which does exactly what you want:
>
> http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx
>
>
>
> Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
>

RE: How to increase maximum size of dynamic virtual hard disk

Sent: 05/27/2009
From: "Jayvardhan Patil"<(email address - cut out)>
Message:

increase harddisk size of your VHD

2 methods posted

http://codeforfuture.com/2009/04/13/how-to-increase-hard-disk-size-of-a-vmware-workstation-or-vmware-server/

let me know if you face any more issues

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> For my virtual server, I created a dymanic virtual hard disk with maximum
> limit of 10GB. But now, I need to go over that limit.
>
> Does anybody know how to re-set the maximum limit of dynamic hard disk?
>
> Thanks a lot.

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