Right, so Mark's assertion that "... so, no other adjustment needed.", is not correct, and as Jim originally stated, " the OS sees the bigger disk, but doesn't expand the volume.".
That's my experience as well. -sc -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 8:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Partiioning tool for ESXi Yes, the volume is expanded, but the actual partition on the drive remains the same. This is the expected behavior. Next, you use a partition resizing utility to expand that partitin to fill the drive. I use a Gparted live cd, which is free. Someone else already mentioned a rescue cd that contains the same program. I hope that helps. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District On Dec 28, 2009, at 5:06 PM, "Steven M. Caesare"<scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: > Are you sure Jim isn't correct? > > The disc volume file (.vmdk) is expanded, but I don't believe the > filesystem (NTFS logical volume) within in it is extended, no? > > This is akin to imaging a machine on to a larger hard drive... it then > needs to have the NTFS volume expanded, correct? > > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Boersma [mailto:ma...@triangle-inc.com] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 7:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Partiioning tool for ESXi > > Jim, if you use the VMware tool it will ask you if you want to resize > the disks. You simply enter the size that you want and it will make > it so, no other adjustment needed. > > Mark > ------------------------------------------------- > Two rules for success in life: > 1. Never tell people everything you know. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim von Stein [mailto:jvonst...@soastc.org] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 7:33 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Partiioning tool for ESXi > > I haven't actually done a P-to-V conversion yet, but it appears that > if I extend a disk, the OS sees the bigger disk, but doesn't expand > the volume. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 11:01 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Partiioning tool for ESXi > > I thought VMWare Converter would let you do this during the P2V > process. > > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > 315 SE 2nd Ave > Gainesville, Fl 32601 > Office (352) 393-2741 x320 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > Fax (352) 393-2746 > MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim von Stein [mailto:jvonst...@soastc.org] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 1:49 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Partiioning tool for ESXi > > I have a Windows 2003 R2 server that has an inadequately sized system > drive (it's an old server). I'm thinking of P-to-V'ing it onto an ESXi > box and expanding the drive, but I need a cheap (preferably free - > we're a non-profit) partitioning tool that will expand the system > drive on a virtual. 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