Using VMWare Converter to increase Client Size

[bluewhaleCA]

Hi.

I have a few 8 gig VMWare clients that need to grow. A number of people have suggested running VMWare Converter and resizing the client partition while going through the Converter wizard. It worked well until I try to find a place to put the new, converted client.

For this instance I'm bumping it from 8 gigs to 11 gigs and renaming it.

The problem is the converter is run from within the XP client.

PC itself is Ubuntu 8.04
VMWare Server 1.06
Multiple VM clients, however this one is a throw away W2K install

The Converter Import Wizard ( used to export the "PC"... not import it ) allows you to place the new, larger client on a network connection. Unfortunately I'm new to VMWare, to Ubuntu and to Macs. ( been busy lately ) From the XP VM client I can see the subnet all systems are using, however I can't get access to store files there. Have tried on the Mac Mini and will hold off for now as I don't want to mess up the firewall/make a mistake to allow others access from the web.

I'm wondering if my choice during the install of VMWare Server was incorrect? The one where we decide whether to allow ... host only networking?? I also see that the VMWare host in Ubuntu is set by default to use SSL for Console communications with 'this host'. Is this relevant?

I Believe I need to open a share from the Ubuntu host to the VMWare XP Client.. Securely. ( secure from my router and the world beyond it )

Does anyone have a suggestion?

 

[NortonES2]

Might be worth posting this on the

http://www.vmware.com

forums, I have only ever done this using ESX server where you can increase the the size of the .vmkd file then add it to another VM as a second disk and finally increase the windows partition by using diskpart.

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[bluewhaleCA]

I'll give it a shot.
Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[spi200]

Hi


I have found it works well to resize partition using the convertetr, of course you need the additional space for the entire VM including its new sizing.
Yes, you can resize your C: System partition as well.


Regards


Dave

 

[SimonDavies]

Of course another way would be to take an image of the installation and put it down onto a bigger environment (Ghost, PING etc).


SimonD.

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[bluewhaleCA]

For anyone, like myself, who has had poor luck getting a partition resized I found the two links below worked. I'll take 'works' over elegant in a heartbeat
Thanks for the suggestions tho: I learn more every time I fail. <G>

http://www.cutawaysecurity.com/blog/archives/88

http://vmware-land.com/Resizing_Virtual_Disks.html