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Howto expand a fixed VHD file ?

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 02/20/2006
From: Jean-Bernard VERNEJOUX <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hi all,

Here is my question for VS2005 R2:

Is it possible to expand a virtual FIXED Disk after creation ?

Example:
At the creation of my VM: virtual harddisk , type = FIXED , size = 10 GB
Now, I need 20 GB of space in that VHD for my W2000 Virtual machine. So I
want to expand my VHD from 10 to 20 GB

I always have tested a INSPECT option : "Convert from Fixed to Dynamic Virtual
Disk"
and then tried to change size in my new dynamic VHD but no item in menu or
admin site to increase this Size...

Any tip ?

Thanks
J-B VERNEJOUX

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Re: Howto expand a fixed VHD file ?

Sent: 02/20/2006
From: "Lorenzo Barbieri [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Jean-Bernard VERNEJOUX wrote:

not directly, you've to attach another bigger disk and use ghost or another
cloning utility to transfer data between the vhds...
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> Here is my question for VS2005 R2: Is it possible to expand a virtual
> FIXED Disk after creation ?

RE: Howto expand a fixed VHD file ?

Sent: 03/11/2008
From: "Eduardo Luque"<(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You can to resize a fixed disk with the application VHD Utility (www.xtralogic.com)

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Eduardo Luque
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional

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> Hi all,
>
> Here is my question for VS2005 R2:
>
> Is it possible to expand a virtual FIXED Disk after creation ?
>
> Example:
> At the creation of my VM: virtual harddisk , type = FIXED , size = 10 GB
> Now, I need 20 GB of space in that VHD for my W2000 Virtual machine. So I
> want to expand my VHD from 10 to 20 GB
>
> I always have tested a INSPECT option : "Convert from Fixed to Dynamic Virtual
> Disk"
> and then tried to change size in my new dynamic VHD but no item in menu or
> admin site to increase this Size...
>
> Any tip ?
>
> Thanks
> J-B VERNEJOUX
>

Re: Howto expand a fixed VHD file ?

Sent: 03/15/2008
From: "Rob McShinsky" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Go to the vmtoolkit site
http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx. Works great and
free. Have used it many times. You will also need to be familiar with
diskpart.exe, a microsoft utility. I talk about how to do this for system
disk at
http://virtuallyaware.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!549C424F228D6040!141.entry.

Rob McShinsky
http://www.virtuallyaware.net

"Eduardo Luque" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here is my question for VS2005 R2:
>>
>> Is it possible to expand a virtual FIXED Disk after creation ?
>>
>> Example:
>> At the creation of my VM: virtual harddisk , type = FIXED , size = 10 GB
>> Now, I need 20 GB of space in that VHD for my W2000 Virtual machine. So I
>> want to expand my VHD from 10 to 20 GB
>>
>> I always have tested a INSPECT option : "Convert from Fixed to Dynamic
>> Virtual
>> Disk"
>> and then tried to change size in my new dynamic VHD but no item in menu
>> or
>> admin site to increase this Size...
>>
>> Any tip ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> J-B VERNEJOUX
>>
>
> You can to resize a fixed disk with the application VHD Utility
> (www.xtralogic.com)
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> Eduardo Luque
> MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional
>
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> Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com

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