When the VMDK is extended the disk space must be added to the Windows volume. In this example we extend the 16GB disk to 20GB. If the disk space on the LUN is okay you can extend the disk. Keep in mind to have a average of 10% free on the LUN for snapshots and swap files etc. ![]() You can check the disk space (realtime) by using the command vdf -h on the ESX server console or in a SSH session. The first step is to see if there is enough free space on the LUN (datastore). ![]() In the Virtual Infrastructure Client (VIC) go to the VM and edit the settings, click on the disk there is a property New Size (figure 1). Now with VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 it is possible to online (hot) extend the VMDK file. With the coming of ESX 3.5 it is possible to extend the VMDK file when the VM was shutdown. ![]() Prior ESX 3.5 the way to extend a VDMK was to use the vmkfstools command with the -X parameter from the VMware ESX server console. I see a lot of environments where the Virtual Machine (VM) disk space must be extended.
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