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How can I expand disk size and preallocate all the space working with VMware Workstation 6?I have a VMware 6 workstation. My space disk is not preallocated. I want to expand it and force it to preallocate all the space? I know how to expand it, but can I force it to preallocate space? |
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Answer: Yes, you can pre-allocate disk space using the vmware-vdiskmanager.exe utility.
Basically your command line should look like this:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 2 destinationDisk.vmdk
or -t 3 : pre-allocated virtual disk split in 2Gb files
More info:
VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 45731.
Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe OPTIONS <disk-name> | <mount-point>
Offline disk manipulation utility
Options:
-c : create disk; need to specify other create options
-d : defragment the specified virtual disk
-k : shrink the specified virtual disk
-n <source-disk> : rename the specified virtual disk; need to specify destination disk-name
-p : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by the drive-letter for shrinking
-q : do not log messages
-r <source-disk> : convert the specified disk; need to specify destination disk-type
-x <new-capacity> : expand the disk to the specified capacity
Additional options for create and convert:
-a <adapter> : (for use with -c only) adapter type (ide, buslogic or lsilogic)
-s <size> : capacity of the virtual disk
-t <disk-type> : disk type id
Disk types:
0 : single growable virtual disk
1 : growable virtual disk split in 2Gb files
2 : preallocated virtual disk
3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2Gb files
The capacity can be specified in sectors, Kb, Mb or Gb.
The acceptable ranges:
ide adapter : [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb]
scsi adapter: [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb]
ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 850Mb -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk
ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -d myDisk.vmdk
ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vmdk
ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 36Gb myDisk.vmdk
ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk
ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -k myDisk.vmdk
ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p <mount-point>
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>)
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