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• How to resize the size of the virtual disk for Linux guest OS

  Hello

  I installed VMWare WS 6.5 on my host OS (Vista) and have created a guest VM with RedHat like OS.  When creating, I've specified to create a virtual disk with a size of 8 GB, but have not selected the option of immediate creation - it being understood that VM is assigned additional as needed.  But now, on the comments and space use is 100%.  How can I allocate extra space for the virtual machine?  Also, is it possible to go beyond 8 GB, if so how.

  Enjoy your time, help.

  Concerning

  VMware-vdiskmanager allows to extend the virtual disk and use a third-party utility to extend the partition of guest operating system after having developed the virtual disk.

  Make a backup of your virtual machine before you do anything and you ensure that you don't have any snapshots

• Permissions to expand virtual disks?

  I tried to create a role that gives permissions to manage virtual machines and the possibility of extending a virtual disk. I don't seem to be able to do. I gave the following permission:

  data store: Browse, allocate space, operations of low level file, delete the file

  Host: System Management, reconfigures the virtual machine

  VM: all rights

  I got these file, cluster level and level of datastore folder-level rights.

  What Miss me?

  Thank you!

  Tom

  Hi Thomas,

  If the VM object and the object data store (located vmdk) have the permission your grant, who has the word. The following steps are how to optimize permission to expand virtual disks, please check to see what stage you missed.

  Environment:

  ' 1) ' clusters ' with 'vm1', the vmdk vm1 locates at "datastore1".

  ' (2) ' datastore1 ' is under folder data store "ds_folder1".

  1 change the role of 'virtual machine user (sample)' with the right permission

  Change the default role "user (sample) virtual machine", adds the "VM-> Configuration"(vous pouvez voir"Extend disque virtuel"est inclus et puis ajoutez le"Datastore-> Allocate espace".) ". These permissions and the default permission of the role of 'virtual machine user (sample)' can be the role with permission to drive virtual extend.

  2. choose the right object to add the authorization

  You should the 'cluster' and the datastore "ds_folder1" folder to add authorization: Add a user, and then choose her user (sample) 'virtual machine' in the role

  And then the VM1 to the title 'group' and the datastore1 under "ds_folder1" must have the permission. (You can check the label of Permissions)

• Loss of confusion concerning the data on the virtual disk in VMWare

  The evening

  Excuse the amateurism, but I'm looking for help with a problem I have with a virtual machine.

  I created a Virtual Machine with a virtual disk of fixed size for use as a LAMP (in this case, Ubuntu 9.10) development environment. I have used this in the course of nearly a year and have taken quarterly snapshots, or before, I did something stupid to the BONE. So far we five snapshots and a clone that I got a month ago.

  Recently, I created an another VM to install the configuraiton of LIGHT even on Ubuntu 10.04 (I wanted a new installation).  I didn't know it was a bad idea in time, so I created a second disk on the VM 10.04 and mounted the main drive of the virtual machine 9.04. Obviously, 10.04 altered the disc somehow, as I had received the "+ the Ramdisk parent has changed since the child was.

  created. + "error every time I tried to start it.

  After several unsuccessful attempts to try to find a recent clone, I created a new virtual machine and up from 9.04 virtual disk. However, from the start of this virtual machine, I went back to, what I believe to be, the first State of the virtual machine before snapshots. However, it is also possible that I lost the correct VM while trying to find a recent clone (of course, I hope it's a snapshot problem and not a problem of stupidity).

  My question is, is - it possible that the disc that I mounted does not take into account my snapshots?

  See http://sanbarrow.com/vmdk-errors.html#e4 for an explanation of the error and some tips how to fix it.

  If in doubt ask before doing anything more that could "destroy" the disc.

• Installed ESXi on USB/Flash but swap does not seem to have been placed on the virtual disk

  Hello

  I've read several times that when you install ESXi 5.1 on flash media he creates a work space available on a virtual disk of 4 GB in/tmp/scratch so that the USB itself is not used for temporary data to extend the life of the USB.  However, this doesn't seem to be from my experience and I was wondering if someone can help me to confirm that my disc scratch is actually on a virtual disk or whatever on the USB.  I should mention as well as installing ESXi has identified correctly as 'flash' disc type and the disc as a "Generic USB drive»

  After installation, I noticed two things:

  1 log-in user activity logs are able to survive a reboot (I don't think they should the ramdisk is dissolved after a reboot)

  2. There is no directory with the path/tmp/scratch

  Unfortunately I can not directly determine where the partition scratch is (be it on USB or RAM) because I did not have a file ' / etc/fstab "watching (even if I under ESXi 5.0 disk a hard base install?) and it doesn't seem to be a 'mount' command I can use to look at the existing mounts either.

  Can anyone tell me what can I do to verify that the directory used for temporary files is actually a virtual disk and not on the USB drive itself?  Hours of research are presented only the forum messages and documentation clearly indicating that the file will use "/ tmp/scratch", but that just isn't the case.

  Thanks in advance for all your help.

  As you can see from the output

  ~ snip ~

  drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 1260 28 Dec 23:08 50de22a5-f4afafa0-f7b5-001517197ad8
  root drwxr-xr-x 1 root 8 1 January 1970 50df4c30-82b86e61-8522-001517197ad8
  lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35 1 Jan 22:21 640GB_WD_Black_AALS-1 -> 50de22a5-f4afafa0-f7b5-001517197ad8

  ~ snip ~

  the UUID is a store existing data "640GB_WD_Black_AALS-1".

  This proves that with an existing data store, a folder ".locker" (which is a ScratchLocation) is automatically created.

  André

• Thin Provisioning LUNS and virtual disks

  Hi all

  I recently came across a problem with our VMware View environment, where in vCenter about 20 of our virtual office message that there is no more space left. When I looked at the data warehouses that store with my clones related, they have both said more than 200 GB of free space.

  In an attempt to clarify the environment, but do not go off-topic, some of our pools view are configured to give each virtual desktop a disposable disc service end of 4 GB (Temp and swap files). I noticed that in vCenter, the question asked to VMware for more memory space pointed to these disposable disks.

  I was with the support of a few hours... on the side of EMC Clarion, LUN (which are thin provisioned) also showed full... but VMware support was able to create a 1 GB file on the data store that was full according to the Clarion.

  We sent EMC our papers and they were back and just said the table is fine, the LUN was out of space... but this does not explain to me why vSphere showed the LUN as having 200 GB free. EMC said they did not know and I need to talk with VMware. I'm confused, if the LUN was not always full, how we were able to create the 1 GB file on the data store?

  Curiously, all the desktop computers that do not have the disk of 4 GB disposable were very well... they had no problem. I'm almost thinking, perhaps disposable disc was full of temp and file exchange and that where this problem started, but I can't seem to be able to confirm that the 4 GB.

  Another thing is, began to be blocked on this data store, even if these virtual desktops, have been removed from the files. I'm unable to delete records in the data store. I know that I can restart the hosts to unlock, but let's just delete this store of data/lun individual completely.

  I was wondering if anyone has had similar problems or has any advice?

  Mike

  Teas because there are 2 parts of the area of thin provisioning.

  When you create a thin LUN on the side of the table, regardless of the size, it only * affects * about 1 GB (for Clariion).  Like many parts of this LUN if written, it allocates more.

  Now when you create an om VMFS file, unless you use eagerzeroedthick (which you're not), there still, not all these data in a 1 GB (10GB or other) is actually hit or written to the creation time.  Thus, the table side only sees (for example) hit 16 MB.  Now to delete some files on the side of VMFS.  The table does not know that those "affected" blocks are now free (because VMware doesn't have the ability to communicate that back to the table), so it independently as always in use.  As a result, you end up with a shift of how is used according to the table, and the file system.

  So now consider a 500 GB LUN, who think that the painting is "full", but said VMFS has 200 GB of free.  That 200 GB was probably written at a time in its history, then deleted.  Thus, full to the table, but not the file system.  When you create small files, VMFS is overwhelming the space previously used, which the Board considers acceptable, but as soon as you try to use the space that is not be 'recycled', it barfs, because its out of space on the backend.

• 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

• 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...

• need to know the size of the delta.vmdk a snapshot of a virtual disk 2 TB

  Can anyone help please?

  I need to know the size of a snapshot for a virtual 2 TB drive.

  Unfortunately I can't create one myself as ESX does not create a disc of 2 TB provisioned end if the data store has only 600 GB of free space.

  If you have enough free space on your storage space can you please do me a favor?

  Create a new virtual machine with a 2 TB drive thin provisioned - when the virtual machine has been created please use snapshotmanager and create a snapshot.

  When done it please download the snapshot and zip and attach it here.

  Thank you very much

  Ulli
  
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  You find me also in the PhD Virtual Backup support team

  Indeed, that is the answer

  Home: delta to a GB 2032 thin provisioned virtual disk.

• Cannot change the size of the virtual disk in a converted VM

  Hi, I have converted many physical machines into virtual machines using the VM converter. All off them were converted using the minimum for their HDs size so that the conversion process minutes last as little as possible. Because now there are in all readers of 'C' for all virtual machines only 1 GB of free space I want to resize their virtual disks. The problem is that I can resize them to a larger size, but Windows does not allow me to expand the volume inside Windows. When I want to expand the size of the Windows volume shows me a message saying "the selected volume is a system disk or a boot disk, or it was created in an earlier version of Windows, a basic disk. It cannot be extended.

  I am attaching two files. The first is the configuration of the VM. The second is the error that appears inside of Windows. The message is in Spanish cause that Windows is in that languaje, but I have translated from English in the previous paragraph.

  Is anyone of you know why this kind of errors appear? Does perform a work around? It seems that the problem is because the converted Convert the HD as a base virtual HD. In this format (Basic) Windows does not allow to expand. You have to change its format in Dynamics to develop, but when you try this error appeard.

  The first work-around, I thought to do is to make a picture of this disc with Ghost and try to paste this image into a new hard drive for the virtual machine, but I don't know if it will work.

  Thank you.

  Warlock.

  I have had success in utility Dell ExtPart help to resize on the fly without interruption of service to initialize volumes (drives C :).  Other methods such as attaching the drive as a data volume to another server or using GParted require at least downtime of this virtual machine and often down more than one time.  With ExtPart, I was able to avoid it completely.

  Check out this blog for more information post:

  http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/index.php/2009/06/30/expand-virtual-machine-boot-volumes-with-no-downtime/

• get Windows to recognize an increase in the size of the virtual disk

  I just installed Fusion to a new Mac computer, and I installed Windows as well.  I did not notice that Fusion has allocated only 40 GB ramdisk Windows until I got warnings 'disk full '.  I figured out how to increase the size of the virtual disk, but Windows think there always only 40 GB.  How can I get Windows to recognize the virtual disk space increased?

  Which Windows operating system do you use? There is a disk management utility in Windows

  Right click "My computer" > manage > disk management

• Virtual disk size problems.

  Hello

  I have a virtual SCSI disk has a size maximum of 50 GB and divided into 2 GB files.

  My problem is that the disc takes 28 GB of space on the Mac; but I have only 14 GB used in the Windows XP virtual machine and it shows 36 GB free.

  I would like to reduce the Mac files to a more reasonable size. Is this possible?

  VMware Fusion (menu bar) > help > VMware Fusion help > creating virtual machines > VMware Tools > configure VMware Tools ("Shrink virtual disk to a virtual machine, to reclaim the unused space")

  VMware Fusion (menu bar) > help > VMware Fusion help > managing Virtual Machines > virtual hard disk management > cleaning up a hard disk

  If you try to use the information mentioned in the pointers above and you cannot because of Snapshots, then take a look at the following.

  VMware Fusion (menu bar) > help > VMware Fusion help > using snapshots and AutoProtect > deletion of snapshots

  Note: Before taking any action, I highly recommend that you at least have a data backup current full user that was created from the virtual and recorded outside the Virtual Machine itself Machine otherwise have a backup of the virtual machine and not a backup Time Machine, as it is not know properly backup of VMS in current conditions likely several.

• Reference Dell HDS - recommended VMware virtual disk - drives provided - basic and dynamic thin and thick.

  Can someone point me to the literature on best practices for guest disc formats?

  I know all the Compellent thin-provisions. However, in VMware 5.5, when you set up a virtual disk in the comments you have several choices:

  • Lazy provisioned to zero thickness
  • Eager provisioned to zero thickness
  • Provision of thin

  And then, at the level of the OS, you have the choice of:

  • Base
  • Dynamics

  I would like a pointer to the technical document explaining the advantages/disadvantages of each choice and recommended best practices.

  Kind regards

  Kath

  I would like to either thin or thick lazy to zero.  The two will take the same amount of data on the HDS.  The main decision is where you want to manage your storage space?  If dilute you on thin you need to make sure that you make no provision in both places.  If you have thick lazy to zero, then you can only on commissioning on one side.

  Say that I always thin on thin.  Recovery of the space at the level of the virtual computer is not officially supported immediately, but maybe someday.

  In a virtualized environment, always keep it simple.  There is no dynamic performance with virtualization

• Max MD3000 virtual disk size

  Can how big I grow a virtual disk?  As above, I have two servers Dell PE in a cluster failover with Windows 2008R2 Ent. The MD300 contains two Virtual disks 1 x 50 GB of disk as a cluster quorum and 1 x 4TB which holds virtual machines. I would add 2 TB for the largest virtual disk; that would be appropriate?

  The only limit to the size of the virtual disk on a series of Dell's MD3k is the maximum number of physical drives in a single group. For raid 5, it's 30, RAID 10, is 44 and for raid 0 is 45.

  When you configure a cluster, I usually use a Quorum GB 2. If it is an installation of hyper-v I then use 2 disks or more virtual to spread the i/o load. If not for hyper-v, then the structure of the virtual disk depends on the needs of the application and storage.

• View log full messages and vSphere composer full of 'has-digest of virtual disk.

  Hello

  We have a server VMware Horizon 6 reviews were we have implemented a new pool VDI installed with Windows 7. This pool has been configured in the same way that we have configured the VDI pools in Windows XP, the only difference is the master that we use is installed in W7.

  The VDI seems to work very well, but we have two anomalies is possible, that you may know:

  1. in our vCenter, we are 5 'Has-digest of virtual disk' messages every minute.

  Our vCenter hosts of the composer and 2Cores and 12 GB of RAM.

  2. we have in the "vmware - viewcomposer.log ' message below every 5 seconds.

  2016-04-25 12:43:22, 528 | 62            | DEBUG | Sim.ServiceCore.SimServiceApiVal - call GetVersion.

  2016-04-25 12:43:22, 528 | 62            | DEBUG | ServiceCore.LockManager.OperationLockManager - drive lock has been released.

  2016-04-25 12:43:23, 206 | 62            | DEBUG | ServiceCore.Security.AuthorizedUsersManager - IsAccessAllowed() returns True for the user "domain\administrator".

  2016-04-25 12:43:23, 214 | 62            | DEBUG | ServiceCore.LockManager.OperationLockManager - drive lock has been acquired.

  2016-04-25 12:43:23, 214 | 62            | DEBUG | Sim.ServiceCore.SimServiceApiVal - GetAboutInfo of appeal.

  Does anyone know the origin of this behavior?

  Thanks for your help.

  DSI IMA

  1 virtual disk digest tasks are related to Accelerator storage being enabled on a pool view.

  2. it is a check made by the composer to make sure that the admin of composer has the rights of a local administrator on the server of composer. It's normal.