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• what virtual disk software will work with windows 7 64 bit, I need to install one of my programs

  I need to be able to use an a disc to install my software business and present cannot find a virtual floppy program that works with windows 7 someone can help

  Hello traveler6741,

  It is technically not all programs that can create a virtual floppy drive.  There are 3 third-party tools that can create virtual drives themselves where you can use it to mount an image, but I've never seen one that is specific to a floppy drive.  Are you able to create an ISO of the disk in question to mount it in one of these other programs?

  Kind regards
  Alex T.
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• Additional virtual disk space not usable in Windows

  I resized a virtual disk of virtual machines by changing properties and then used a live CD partitioning tool to resize the partition.  Inside windows disk manager, it shows that the additional disk space as if the size of the Windows partition has been increased with success.  However, when I look at the properties of the hard drive in Windows, the extra size does NOT appear and it is not usable or accessible to the file system.  Any ideas what went wrong and how to fix it?

  Thank you

  I had exactly this before strange point of view and could not explain it. Seemed rather strange that the operating system will appear to display the disk space as allocted but the extra space was not available (even when checking the query WMI etc.)

  Ultimately, however, EXTPart has remedied the problem for me. (and quickly)

  If you do not use EXTPart, you can use the converter to recreate the disk.

• There is no more space for virtual disk by turning on POS device.

  

  NOTE: After 2 days to schedule a daily backup of a critical server, WTP device is off and throw the foregoing pushed error while it turn. I understood that VDP device disk space is less than the amount of data backup pd. kindly suggest me how to overcome this problem.

  (physical host 3 + 1 environment SAN, VDP is located on one of the host's local storage physical there not on the SAN)

  looking for your kind suggestions/solutions.

  Kind regards

  Alaka

  ... VDP is located on one of the host's local storage physical there not on the SAN

  According to the error message, local storage of the physical host has run out of disk space due to unit VDP growing (thin provisioned) data disc "Data Protection 6.0_1.vmdk". Backups require more than currently available disk space, so there is not a lot of options available. You must either increase the data store to which this virtual disk is stored, or migrate to another, more department store of data if you want to continue to run backup jobs as they are currently configured.

  André

• What are the steps to create, format and install a new virtual disk in Windows

  I swear I've scoured the Internet for days trying to find the details of this process, and I'm embarrassed to have failed in my quest to understand what I must be a very simple thing.  The best I can do is this:

  Step 1: Create a new vmdk using vmware-vdiskmanager

  Step 2:?

  Step 3: Get your vmdk newly formatted using vmware-mount, or using "Map Virtual Disk" of the Workstation option

  Now, you will see that somewhere between step 1 and 3, it is an essential step of the new vmdk format so that it can be recognized and mounted.  Simply, I can't find any example online how to do this.  I just know someone will say "just attach to a virtual machine and format her", to which my answer is "how?  It won't let me get an unformatted disk.  When I try to go directly to step 3 after step 1, I get the following error, "error reading volume information.  Please select another file to disk.

  Help!

  VM--> change the settings.

  Hardware tab.

  Add the button.

  Select "hard drive".  Follow the instructions in the wizard.  At the selection of create new floppy or use existing, select "Use an existing virtual disk" and find the vmdk file, you have created.

• Error: "VMware Workstation has suspended this virtual machine because the disk on which the virtual machine is stored is almost full."

  I get this error message:

  VMware Workstation has suspended this virtual machine because the disk on which the virtual machine is stored is almost full. To continue, free 1.3 GB of additional disk space.

  I read up on the subject and found that I have to re size a partition. Anyone know what it could be? I can't find anything that looks like it has something to do with VMware. Does anyone know what size and what file system is it?

  My OS:
  Tumbleweed OpenSUSE x 64

  Thanks in advance

  On more creative, my home and root file systems were not extended to my full disk space :^)

• When I tried to power on VM ends up in the right error: the specified file is not a virtual disk. Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4d48ad95-ad5e027a-67f4-e41f1360cc9e/Iso/ser01/ser01.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  I stop a virtual machine after a certain time, I tried to power. Its has ended up in the following error message

  Reason: The specified file is not a virtual disk. Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4d48ad95-ad5e027a-67f4-e41f1360cc9e/Iso/ser01/ser01.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  The machine was working fine before the closure.

  In the data store, the file type of the virtual machine is 'file' instead of 'virtual drive '.

  Help, please

  You are missing the file descriptor hard. The xxxx - flat hard is the file that contains the data effectively. But the xxxx.vmdk is missing, which is a text file that connects to the flat file.

  AWo

• VMware Tools: Shrinkage of the virtual disks - what is - this intended?

  Hello

  Maybe I'm missing something, but what is the "Reduction of the virtual disks' in VMware Tools used for?  It seems to me that 'reduce the virtual disks' is the only thing that it does not.

  I have a virtual disk in a virtual machine with Windows 2003 Std x 64.  A 'volume' (a partition on a dynamic disk) disk occupies 10 GB on a virtual disk.  The rest of the space on the virtual disk is not assigned.  I want to "shrink" the virtual disk to recover the unallocated space.  But the function "reduce virtual disks" VMware Tools seems to allow me only to "shrink" the disk volume or partition.  I want to reduce the virtual disk.

  What Miss me?

  Thank you.

  Your best best for shrink disk is to use VMware vCenter Converter.  The fret is more than one optimization tool, a bit like a Defrag tool, but will not reduce the size of the disk of the virtual computer.

  Here is a good article

  http://www.RTFM-ed.co.UK/?p=40

• What is the maximum size of virtual disk in machines virtual esxi 4.0

  I am trying to create a virtual disk to a virtual machine, I want to make the size of the 300 GB disk but its not allowing to create.

  Can I know what is the maximum size of virtual disk, we can create in machines virtual esxi 4.0 with vmfs3 partition

  
  

  The maximum size of the virtual disk that you can use depends on the size of the selected block when formatting of the data store. With the default of 1 MB block size, the maximum size of virtual disk on a VMFS-3 datastore is ~ 256MB.

  André

• determine which host is running a virtual machine

  We can go in the computer virtual guest operating system, directly determine which host running the VM?

  # Only way is to connect to vCenter from inside the virtual machine and see it with vSphere client or powershell.

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  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

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• Poor ESX4 + CX500 write when formatting performance second virtual disk (data volume)

  Hi all

  In a bit of panic goes live on Monday with the first virtual machine. Host of ESX4 implemented, no probs... followed by all the guides... vm os installed without probs... performed tests of copy file... seemed good.

  I went to add a new virtual disk and format it. The performance is comparable to the workstation cruddiest, collecting dust in the corner. I checked by the parser and this lun is blockage at 60 MB/s - of similar results in summary ESX.

  Here's the Info

  ESX4 on DL380, Qlogic QLA24xx. CX500, flare19. RAID group is 6x300gb FC 10 k disks. I have read/write cache LUNs and table, watermarks of 60/80... 500 GB LUN put VMFS-shaped...

  Don't know what else to add for the info, but I have a sick feeling in my stomach now...

  I was looking for the other threads, and it seems that people are just 60-80 MB r/w? I am more than one administrator to 'feel', and it seems that when I put in the form of virtual disks and run tests on sata II test whiteboxes, put in shape was nearly instant... I remember having 130 - 150 Mbps when executing simple hdtach benchmarks on physical servers to SAS.

  I'm confused... Any help is greatly appreciated...

  You use a quick format? The normal format is slow and very intensive I/O.

  And turn off the stats on SP.

  André

• Increase the size of virtual disk Volume

  If initially, I create a RAID10 array with four drives and install ESX3i, then later add two drives to increase the size of the RAID10 array, I can use the extra space for VMS ESX3i without erasing the data?

  Thank you!

  Bob HHSU

  RAID10 on RAID5 due to performance. I 4x500Gb then RAID10 gives me about 1 TB usable, that should be enough space for a couple of years for my application

  Okay, maybe that's true, but you are only working with a few axes.  RAID 10 in maybe 20 disks RAID 10 is perhaps better performance, but not big thing with only 2 pins.  If you don't have the space, very well.  I hope it works for you.

  In addition, the machine has six spans and so I have the ability to add more than two readers and increase the table to about 1.5 TB. My dilemma is now maybe I should add plus two other readers from the beginning if ESX cannot cultivate virtual disks.

  OK, then if you have disks now, why don't put you in now.  Even if you can grow the disk later, why re-work.  This seems really odd.  Do everything now and do it.  If you do not have to do it later.

  VM the VMFS, correct? If I have too much space allocated to a virtual computer and he needs for another, I can reduce the allocation?

  Yes, but again, it is more work.  Start small.  It is easier to add than SUBTRACT.  Start with only 50 GB, 100 GB.  OS file systems growth is much easier, the fight must convert a copy of the SAME virtual machine, which requires even more work...

• What is the best for data... several virtual disks or a large virtual drive?

  For a VM Windows 2003 on ESX 3.5, which is technically better present? Is there more risk with one or the other or reliability?

  All LUNS are presented from a raid5 san.

  C: drive is its own virtual drive, as well as Swap space it's own drive.

  For the data (or applications), is it better to have 6 100 GB virtual disks, or a big virtual disk of 600GO?

  This is for a file server. Technically, I like to make a great record, create shared folders on this drive and space through quota management, but is was not sure if how Windows & VMWare manipulate virtual disks would be better. I need this server to be as reliable as possible as he is currently serving about 600 people.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  I would say it depends where the VMDK is stored, if they are on several data stores then you could see benefits, but if they are all in the same database and then a grand is the best.

  Best regards

  Edward L. Haletky

  VMware communities user moderator

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• No matter what advantage of having a virtual disk instead of partition for SQL server?

  have a quick question...

  I intend to deploy a new server in SQL on VMWARE 5.1 with super 3PAR storage (I'm not Administrator VMWARE, just an occasional driver).

  I'm going to d, e, f for DATA, the newspapers partitions, backup. Does make sense to create a disc of rtual for each partition instead of create 3 partitions on a disk of VMWare return Outlook - 3PAR?

  Thank you.

  I would recommend you create three virtual disks, because in this way you can easily put each virtual disk in a different level.

  Using a single virtual drive for all three partitions, you can't give different level for each partition... in any case if your storage supports a hierarchy at the block level, storage moves the hot blocks of vmdk to a better level.

• What is the right way to expand the virtual disk and then the OS partition?

  I have a Windows XP operating system in a virtual machine VMware.  I have

  you want to increase the size of the hard drive.  It currently has a 50 GB

  partition on a 50 GB VHD.  I increase the size of the

  50 GB to 100 GB in VMware virtual hard drive.  Then, can I use

  Windows disk management to increase the size of my partition of the

  side OS to use all the 100GB he sees now?  Or will

  corrupt my data or cause a problem as I really need to

  use a third party tool like EAUSUS inside Windows to extend Windows

  on the size of the virtual hard disk?

  In fact the way you describe, resize the virtual disk and then developing the partition are the way to go. But there are some things that you should be

  aware of.

  -If the VHD is on an IDE controller, you may not be able to resize the virtual disk. In this case use the converter. With the converter, you can resize the disk including the partition and - if desired - replace the IDE controller by a SCSI controller.

  -If you have only one partition under XP (that is, drive c :)) you cannot extend the partition with the diskmanager/diskpart. In this case, start your virtual machine from a CD/DVD Vista/Windows 7 in Repair Mode, open a command line and use "diskpart" from there to "extend" your partition.

  André