How to Increase Disk Space of a Virtual Machine in VMware

Procedure

1. Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2. Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3. In the Settings window, click the hard disk you want to resize.
4. Use the Disk size slider to set the new size.

1. How do I resize a VMDK file?
2. How do I increase hard drive space in VMware virtual machine Mac?
3. How do I add storage to VMware?
4. How do I shrink a VMware virtual machine and free up disk space?
5. Can we reduce disk size in VMware?
6. How do I vMotion a VM to another host?
7. How do I increase the size of my virtual machine?
8. How do I change hard drive capacity?
9. How do I increase the size of my Macintosh HD?
10. How do I create a D drive virtual machine?
11. How do I increase disk space on Linux virtual machine?
12. What is a LUN in storage?

How do I resize a VMDK file?

I did this:

1. Launch new enlarged vmdk image.
2. Go to Start and right click Computer and select Manage.
3. Click Disk Management.
4. You should see some grayed space on your (in my case) C drive.
5. Right click the C drive and select Extend Volume.
6. Choose size and go.

How do I increase hard drive space in VMware virtual machine Mac?

To increase the size of the virtual disk:

1. Open Fusion.
2. Select the virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library.
3. Go to Virtual Machine > Settings....
4. Click Hard Disk(s).
5. Use the slider to adjust the size of the virtual disk.
6. Click Apply.

How do I add storage to VMware?

Procedure

1. Log in to the vSphere Client and select a host from the Inventory panel.
2. Click the Configuration tab and click Storage.
3. From the Datastores view, select the datastore to increase and click Properties.
4. Click Increase.
5. Select a device from the list of storage devices and click Next.

How do I shrink a VMware virtual machine and free up disk space?

To shrink the virtual disk:

1. Open the VMware Tools Control Panel / Toolbox: In Windows: Double-click the VMware Tools icon in the system tray, or click Start > Control Panel > VMware Tools. In Linux: ...
2. Click the Shrink tab.
3. Select the drive you want to shrink.
4. Click Prepare to Shrink, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Can we reduce disk size in VMware?

Workstation reduces the size of the disk's files by the amount of disk space reclaimed in the wipe process. When a virtual machine is powered on, you shrink its virtual disks from the VMware Tools control panel. You cannot shrink virtual disks if a snapshot exists.

How do I vMotion a VM to another host?

Migrate to a different host

1. Log in to VMware vSphere client console.
2. Right-click the virtual machine and select Migrate.
3. Go to Migrate Virtual Machine.
4. Select the Change host as the Migration Type and click Next.
5. Select the destination host and click Next. ...
6. Select the vMotion priority and click Next.

How do I increase the size of my virtual machine?

Click Edit Virtual Machine Settings. Click Hard Disk. Click Utilities > Expand, enter the new size, then click Expand. Complete the steps in Increasing the size of a disk partition (1004071), so that the guest operating system is aware of the change in disk size.

How do I change hard drive capacity?

Step 1 Open Disk Management. Go to desktop and right-click on This PC ("Computer" in Windows 7) icon and click Manage option from context menu. Click Disk Management under Storage from the Computer Management window. Step 2 Choose the partition you want to resize, right-click on it and select Shrink Volume option.

How do I increase the size of my Macintosh HD?

Now you need to do the following:

1. Open Disk Utility in macOS VM (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility)
2. Select Macintosh HD and click Partition.
3. When asked whether to add a Volume or partition device click Partition.
4. Click Macintosh HD partition, enter new desired partition size and click Apply.

How do I create a D drive virtual machine?

VMware Workstation 4.5

1. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings) and click Add. ...
2. Click Hard Disk, then click Next.
3. Select Create a New Virtual Disk, then click Next.
4. Choose whether you want the virtual disk to be an IDE disk or a SCSI disk.
5. Set the capacity for the new virtual disk.

How do I increase disk space on Linux virtual machine?

Extending partitions on Linux VMware virtual machines

1. Shutdown the VM.
2. Right click the VM and select Edit Settings.
3. Select the hard disk you would like to extend.
4. On the right side, make the provisioned size as large as you need it.
5. Click OK.
6. Power on the VM.
7. Connect to the command line of the Linux VM via the console or putty session.
8. Log in as root.

What is a LUN in storage?

In simple terms, a logical unit number (LUN) is a slice or portion of a configured set of disks that is presentable to a host and mounted as a volume within the OS. ... Any remaining capacity can then be 'sliced' into additional logical unit number (LUNs) as required.