Cannot increase the size of the VM disk

Similar Questions

• Cannot open the hard disk C: and D:, or no matter what follder on them by double-clicking

  After download cannot open the hard disk C: and D: Internet Explorer 9 windows updates or no matter what follder on them by clicking twice and I opened by right clicking and open.  So I have to use him created restore point Internet explorer 9 and return to internet explorer 8 and the previous record and the problem is solved. How I overcome this problem?

  Babis

  This can be a symptom of malware on your system. Take a look at the guides below for advice in conclusion/remove the malware from your system:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/PC-security/browser-hijacking.aspx

  Also: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie8-windows_other/my-internet-explorer-has-been-hijacked-by-a-virus/f26f7291-d646-4870-864e-a31976df0011

• Windows recovery system cannot read the recovery disk

  I have Vista laptop computer model pavilion POS, when I bought it, I made a creation of recovery disks, but now when I put it in my PC to see contains I see an error that Sandra insert your disc and system cannot fix it and I also used microsoft fixed it Center but cannot fix it.

  Hello

  Here are all the HP information on different methods to recover back to factory settings

  Three ways to recover the PC to original operating status

  You have a choice of three ways to run a recovery and restore your computer to its original state. The recovery process may take an hour upwards or more and is not complete until the prompt to connect to the computer. When the recovery is complete, don't forget to run the update of Microsoft Windows and the HP health check to install all the drivers updated and software.
  1. If the computer can boot to the Windows desktop, start the Recovery Manager.
  2. At startup, press f11 to start Recovery Manager.
  3. Restore the PC to its original state with the HP Recovery Manager of in Windows Vista
     If the PC can be started and opens on the Windows desktop, you can use the HP recovery disk to restore the PC to original factory State by following the steps below.
     1. Click Start and enter the recovery in the field of research. Select Recovery Manager in the list, when it becomes available. Allow the action to proceed, if you are prompted. The HP Recovery Manager opens.
        Alternatively, click Start , all programs , Recovery Manager , and then Recovery Manager . Allow the action to proceed, if you are prompted. The HP Recovery Manager opens.
     2. Click Advanced options , System Recovery , and then click Next . The PC will restart and reopen the Recovery Manager.
        Alternatively, if the advanced options is disabled, click Next , and then System Recovery . The PC will restart.
     3. When the PC restarts, select the System Recovery option and click Next .
     4. If you are prompted to use the Microsoft System Restore , click No and then click Next .
     5. When you are prompted, select back up your files first (recommended) , and then click Next . Follow the on-screen instructions.
     6. When you are prompted to recover without backing up your files , please STOP before you click Next .

        CAUTION:

        It's the last chance to change your mind recovery PC and delete all the files and programs. Once you click Next , the restore process cannot be stopped

     7. If you are convinced that you want to start the recovery process, click Next . The PC immediately starts formatting the disk hard drive and destroy all data.
     The recovery process may take up to several hours and will return the PC to its original state. All custom, settings drivers, software and upgrades or hardware updates are lost and must be reinstalled.
     Restore the PC to its original state with the HP Recovery Manager if Windows Vista is not accessible

     If the PC does not start under Windows, it may still be possible to use the HP recovery disk to restore the computer to its original state. The Recovery Manager can be started during the boot process by following the steps below.

     1. Press on the button / stop to start the PC and press the f11 key when the standard BIOS guests appear on the black screen.

        NOTE:

        By pressing the f11 key at startup on a computer with an image factory HP will start the system recovery process, even if the message is not displayed.

        • If the HP Recovery Manager can access the hard disk recovery partition, a prompt to back up user files before you start the recovery
     . Follow the instructions.
     • If the HP Recovery Manager cannot access the hard disk to resolve system errors, you need to use the recovery disk custom that you created to recover the hard disk to its original state.
     • If you have not created the custom recovery disk, or disks are damaged, you can order a replacement of HP recovery CD.

  4. When the Recovery Manager starts, follow the instructions of recovery step by step , shown above.
  Solve a common problem of recovery.
  If the original operating system is changed to a non - Vista OS, the Recovery Manager cannot be launched either office or by pressing f11 at startup. You can use the recovery disk to restore the computer to the original state of Vista. If you are using a non - Vista OS, you can use a third-party partition management program to recover hard disk space.
  Restore the PC to its original state with the recovery discs

  If the PC cannot access the Windows desktop, and the Recovery Manager cannot be started by selecting the f11 at startup key, you can use either the recovery disc custom that you created, or you can order a recovery CD to replace HP, to boot the PC and restore the hard drive to its original operating state.

  NOTE:

  Run the recovery process by using the custom recovery disk you created can take less than an hour, while you use replacement discs ordered directly from HP can take four to six hours and includes several reboots.

  If the HP Recovery Disk Manager can access the hard drive, it will attempt to repair the recovery partition. If successful, a prompt to continue execution of the recovery using the Recovery Disk Manager.

  Use the recovery discs to restore the PC by following the steps below.

  1. Insert the recovery disc into the optical disc drive and start the computer.
     If the computer is running, insert the reinstallation disc and immediately click on Start and select restart to force the computer to boot from the recovery disc.
  2. When prompted, Press any key to boot from the CD or DVD, press any key on the keyboard.
  3. Leave the recovery disk boot and load the files required, while the Microsoft loading screen appears. It may take several minutes to load the required files.
  4. When the HP Recovery Manager window appears, click Advanced options , System Recovery , and then click Next to open the Recovery Manager.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions and perform the necessary actions.

     NOTE:

     Do not interrupt the recovery process even though the computer may restart, and the Windows desktop can display at different times.

  • When you are prompted, follow the on-screen instructions to backup user files.
  • After completing the backup, when you are prompted, reinsert the recovery disk, and then click Next to continue the recovery process.
    A status box is displayed to indicate the State of the recovery and the estimated remaining time.
  • If you have used several disks when you created the custom recovery discs, follow the prompts to remove the first disc and insert requested discs.
  5. When you are prompted to Insert additional driver disk , take one of the following actions:
     • If you purchased a replacement of HP recovery disk and it included an extra driver disc, insert the disc, and then click OK or Next . The recovery program checks the additional drive and installs the necessary files.
       After you install the additional files, a prompt to remove extra disc and insert the original recovery disk.

     • If you bought a replacement at HP recovery disc, and he didn't get an extra driver disk, click ignore or Cancel . The recovery program will ignore the request and install the following file on the recovery disk.

     • If you have created a personal recovery disc, press Next to continue.

  6. Continue following the onscreen instructions to complete the recovery process.

  NOTE:

  If you have not created a personal recovery disk or the recovery disk will fail or corrupt, see HP - order recovery discs for Windows 7, Vista or XP laptops for more information.

  7. Cannot increase the size of the virtual disk

     I do this kind of maintenance all the time. Usually on Windows 2008 R2 servers where I can just go to the VM > settings > hard and develop it for my pleasure, and then add the space from the host 'to hot' without having to reload or use third-party tools 'boot' to develop (IE. GParted).

     We run vSphere 5.0. The virtual machine for this case is a Win2k8 R2 64 bit on a host 4.1. Our warehouses are NFS volumes on NetApp storage infrastructure. It is now the question:

     On the same data store, same OS (2 k 8 R2) I can change the settings on virtual machines to increase the disk space and the others, I can't. It is:

     • same data store (NFS - Yes, there is enough space to grow)
     • different hosts
     • same operating system
     • all of them are defined for Thin Provisioning
     • VMware tools are running and up to date

     For some reason some VMS allow me to develop their hard drive (size available xxx.xxGB) and others do not grow (available s/o): click the arrows to increase the hard drive is greyed out.

     Ideas?

     Thank you!

     Alex

     You can not. Unfortunately, it is not possible to resize a virtual disk with snapshots.

     André

  8. Cannot increase the size of thin provisioned disk

     Hello

     I am currently using vSphere, and I have a server that I am trying to increase the space allocated 40 GB to 50 GB. The problem is the option to increase the provisioned size is grayed out and I can't seem to understand this.

     I already checked to see if there is a snapshot, there are none.

     I also checked that the drive is a scsi and NOT an IDE drive.

     I'm fresh out of ideas and google searches return only guides on how to do what I've done, so any help is appreciated. Attached are the parameters of the hard disk, and the Snapshot Manager shears.

     Welcome to the community,

     According to the file name of the virtual disk in the first screenshot, the virtual computer runs on an active snapshot. The Snapshot Manager can not always show all snapshots, then take a look at the data store of the virtual machine to see if there are files... - 00000 x hard (snapshot).

     To get rid of the snapshots, create a new snapshot and run "Delete All" since the Snapshot Manager to commit all the snapshots on the basic disk.

     André

  9. Cannot increase the size of VD

     Greetings fellow techies,

     I have an XP VM (actually a model, but he converted to VM so I can change properties) on which I can't increase the size of the virtual disk. I tried a new virtual machine of the cloning and the new virtual machine won't let me not resize the disk. I do not have the shots on this bad boy and I am connected to vCenter w / full permissions so it's not the case either. I know there must be something very simple, I'm clearly dominant so I thought I have turn to you pro of for help.

     I have attached a screenie but please do not hesitate to request additional information to better understand my scenario.

     Thanks in advance for any help you can send my way.

     IDE drive cannot be resized. the only way is to convert type SCSI, or using vmware converter to do a V2V clone and have the ability to change the size of the drive...

  10. Cannot increase the size of the volume of windows

      Hello

      I increased the size of the volume in Dell EqualLogic Group Manager (GUI). On windows, I see that volume capacity is 200, but it does not increase the size of 200 GB. After scanning disk total size shows that only 100 and not any unallocated space available size. Is - this 2012 windows bug? don't know where to start troubleshooting. The server cluster connection is via iSCSI.

      I see unreserved space EqualLogic, but not in windows,

      Thank you

      Hello

      It * should * work, but it seems that perhaps services cluster prevents the operating system of new reading ability.  Could take a failover or even restart the cluster nodes so that it can see the new space.

      If you have the support of MS, it would be worth a call to them as well.

  11. Data store cannot increase the size

      I have some data stores that I'm not able to increase the size of.  Increase button is just off hard.  Some other data warehouses, I am able to do it without problem.

      All data warehouses are connected to the unit number logic on a NetApp via an iSCSI connection.  I increased the size on the side of NetApp, but this does not seem to matter.  In fact, he sees the extra space when I go into the properties of the data store.  All servers are running the same version being esxi 4.1.

      Most data warehouses are 3.33 but I have some 3.46 versions, but on both versions, some may be increased and some may not.  I was hoping that was the problem...

      The size of the data store varries.  Most of them have a block size of 1 MB.  None of the data warehouses are more than 500 GB.  Mostly between 300-400 GB.

      So I'm a bit at a loss.  I tried to resize them using the vCenter server and goes straight to the server esxi itself.  None of that seems to matter.

      Right now, I'm just at a loss.  I have not really found too much online about this problem.  A large number of documents to make errors trying to increase, but not a lot of increase being disabled.

      Thank you for your time.

      See if this KB helps

      Cannot cultivate VMFS datastore, the increase of button is disabled

      http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1035285

  12. Cannot increase the size of the cache, even if I put it at 500 MB, it shows 27,65 mb, what should I do?

      I can't increase the size of the cache. everything I put in the décor, it says max cache limit 27,65 mb. I have 3 GB of ram and 200 GB hard drive.

      1. Press Alt + T
      2. Click on Options
      3. Tap the category advanced options
      4. Under this exclusive network
      5. Check the box "Override automatic cache management.
      6. Enter your desired value.

      

      Note: If the answer to anyone who solves your problem, then please mark this reply as 'resolved' right of this response after log you in to your account. It will help us to focus on new questions.

  13. Cannot increase the capacity of the hard disk

      ESX3.5 VI

      A VM, Widnows 2003 OS,

      I tried to increase the HardDisk1 from 8G to 15G, I saw the following:

      Capacity

      Drive Size (GB): 8,00

      Size maximum (GB): 250.85

      New size: 8 GB

      So I changed the 8 to 15 on the new waist line.

      OK the settings.  Now, when I go back to settings, it changed to 8G! What is c?

      OK the settings. Now, when I go back to settings, it changed to 8G! What is c?

      Are their active snapshots on this virtual machine?

  14. Cannot increase the capacity of VMFS 5.54 data store

      Hello
      I added more discs to my series of raid 10 expanded the logical volume,
      size is available and can be seen by esxi, but cannot select the logical unit number to extend the data store.
      See screenshot
      
      The increase in size is not possible
      When the data store is on the same logical drive as the esx system?
      Thanks for your help.

      See you soon

      Freez3

      Increasing the local data store on the installation disc is not possible through the user interface and cannot be supported. At http://deinoscloud.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/how-to-increase-the-size-of-a-local-datastore-on-an-esxi4/ you can find a walkthrough on how to grow the local data store on ESXi 4.x with ESXi 5.0, you should not use «partedUtil resize...» "instead of fdisk (remove a recreate the partition) to change the size of the score well.

      For information about how to use partedUtil, see for example http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1036609

      If you are not sure, please after the release of

      partedUtil getptbl "/vmfs/devices/disks/"

      André

  15. Cannot issue the open disk

      Hi all

      I have ESXi installed on our server. I received a few VM folders with our test WHAT VM inside our office in europe. Using the vSphere Client I downloaded the files for the virtual machine for the farm data store, but when I try to start the virtual machine, I get one:

      Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxxxx/VM_files/BASE_VM_xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/theapparentlymissingfile.vmdk ' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
      The system cannot find the specified file.

      I have gone through the forums here and on Google and tried several of the corrections proposed such as the removal of the. VMDK.lck file. There was another who proposed changing the vmx file and change the name of the file that is the same as the one I had.

      The file is there, but for some reason, he doesn't see it. y at - there something I am missing being new to VMware. I have to start from scratch, if I can't get these working locally.

      Thanks in advance

      You can download the http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023856 tool (see "Accessories").

      To convert the virtual disk to an ESXi supported format run

      VMware - vdiskmanager.exe - r 'Digipos book PC SP1.vmdk' t 4 "Digipos book PC SP1 - new.vmdk.

      then download the two newly created files ("Digipos book PC SP1 - new.vmdk ' and Digipos book PC SP1-new - flat hard') on the ESXi host and change the settings for the virtual machine, i.e. to remove the bad virtual disk and add the right pair.

      Please be aware that the resulting virtual disk will have a size of 40GB.

      André

  16. Cannot increase the datastore

      Running Esxi 4.1

      I added disk to my raid5.

      In the properties of my data store, I see that my device/drive has increased (image1 - 1).

      But when I want to increase the store of data there is no device listed? (3)

      Does anyone have an idea?

      I am planning an upgrade to Esxi 5, is that going to help me?

      Even if the partition is deleted, it is created again with just a larger size, but the same start sector. If everything works as expected, it will alter not all data on the partition itself and all data must be kept.

      André

  17. Cannot add the Flash disk

      Hello

      I came into work this morning to find one of our servers in a State that won't start plu.

      This virtual server is hosted on an ESXi 3.5.0 123629 server with two data warehouses.

      The following error occurred when trying to start the server.

      Please check that the path is valid and try again. Cannot open disk 'path to the file DEVSQL1_1 - 000001.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Reason: The system cannot find the specified file.

      When you browse the data store, I could see the vmdk file.

      I learned later that the DEVSQL1_1.vmdk file has been moved to the another data store.

      Unfortunately, at this time, I removed the hard drive that was pointing to the file - 000001.vmdk if I could add a new hard disk that points the moved file from DEVSQL1_1.vmdk.

      Server started the first pop, except that the data stored on the disk problem are old.

      At this point, I stop the server and moved the DEVSQL1_1.vmdk file to its original location. Then, I removed the disc newly added and tried to add a hard drive pointing to the original DEVSQL1_1 - 000001.vmdk. When you do this I get the error "object reference is not set to an instance of an object" and I am unable to go further.

      When open the Snapshot Manager, I am unable to see relating to this disk snapshots.

      Anyone know how I can join the DEVSQL1_1 - 000001.vmdk disc in order to start the server and also have access to current data?

      Thank you very much

      Glen

      Glen - I don't think we should use this DEVSQL1 - 000001.vmdk snapshot

      I have no evidence that it has been used in the history of this virtual machine.
      It does not fit to the size of its parent disk.

      Do you remember if DEVSQL1.vmdk has been developed in the history of this virtual machine?

      Edit the vmx and change

      scsi0:0. FileName = 'DEVSQL1 - 000001.vmdk ".
      TO
      scsi0:0. FileName = "DEVSQL1.vmdk".

      It was also the State used when the machine virtual last started successfully.

      Honestly, I was a little surprised when you found this DEVSQL1 - 000001.vmdk

      You have an idea about this?

      After editing the vmx file the VM must start - when starting carefully inspect the condition = if it is out of date turn off directly.

      I doubt you'll see an out-of-date status - but if the first disk is expired I must expand the snapshot - that would be a bit strange

  18. Cannot find the boot disk

      End 2012 17 "iMac with 1.12 GB Drive El Capitan Fusion running.  When I turn on the iMac, I get a black screen with white text that tells me to insert the bootable disc.  If I press the Option key while powering and I select the Macintosh computer hard drive starts very well.  Any ideas what is happening or what I need to do to solve the problem?

      Sounds like something crashed. See if you can boot to the recovery (command-R on startup) Partition and select disk utility and then run First aid. If you cannot start the recovery partition, chances are that the player broke down.