How to Resize VMware Disk

How to Resize VMware Disk 

This Post Helps you Resize VMware Disk Size Using VMware Convertor.

Click Here to Download VMware Convertor.

Follow the Step By Step Article for Converting.

a) Turn Off the Virtual Machine.

b) Open VMware Convertor Application.

Open the Convert Machine Wizard and Select Virtual Machine file as the Source.(File containing Disk which we need to resize).

Click Next

Select Standalone Virtual Machine as the Destination.

Please Remember the Virtual Machine Details because here the Converted and Resized Drive will be Created. In the Below Scenario the Name of the Folder  will be “Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition” and the directory will be “D:\VM\Server”.

The Exact Path of the file will look like this “D:\VM\Server\ Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition”

Click Next

View the Properties and Edit as per Requirement.

Its Upto you if you want to install VMware Tools. Vmware Tools makes a Virtual Machine to Run Faster.

In this Case Click Edit opposite to “Data to Copy”, Perform the Task as in the Below SnapShot.
Click Next

View the System Information and Click Finish

Check the Status which will be “Running” for a While and after sometime it will start to Perform the Resize.

After Successful Completion of the Resize the Following window will appear if every thing goes fine.

Verification :

Path to VMware Disk will be that you specified in the Destination Folder.

(In my Case it was D:\VM\Server)

The Highlighted Folder is what we have created through VMware Convertor.

Open the Newly Created Partition with VMware .

Power On this Virtual Machine and Check the Size ( I set the new Size to 20 GB ).

Cheers,

Himayat Ullah Khan.