RE: Best way to extend system partition...

[jesse-r...@wi.rr.com]

Done this many times with ESX, it really does work great.  I HAVE had
problems with the newer version of Gparted though.  For me, 3.4.11 live CD
worked the best to extend Windows system partitions, newer versions had
problems.


Original Message:
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From: mikeMitchell its.m...@analogy.ca
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:49:26 -0800
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Best way to extend system partition...


Using ESX 3.5...we:

 

Extend the 'physical' (virtual) drive using Infrastructure Client... 

We boot the VM into gPartEd (a small bootable GNU linux iso -
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php)...

It lets you mouse the partition boundary on the vm's drive

Then boot to original OS

 

Of course windtunnel this before letting 'er rip on a prod machine.

 

 

From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:37 am
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Best way to extend system partition...

 

+1

 

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From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Best way to extend system partition...

Paragon partition manager 
John W. Cook 
Systems Administrator 
Partnership For Strong Families 
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From: Reimer, Mark 
To: NT System Admin Issues 
Sent: Thu Oct 29 10:05:09 2009
Subject: Best way to extend system partition... 

Hi folks,

 

I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi.
Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard
error (cannot extend this volume.).

 

I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it
shows as unallocated disk space.

 

Any thoughts as to how I might do this?

 

Thanks.


Mark

 

 

 

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RE: Best way to extend system partition...

[mikeMitchell]

Using ESX 3.5...we:

 

Extend the 'physical' (virtual) drive using Infrastructure Client... 

We boot the VM into gPartEd (a small bootable GNU linux iso -
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php)...

It lets you mouse the partition boundary on the vm's drive

Then boot to original OS

 

Of course windtunnel this before letting 'er rip on a prod machine.

 

 

From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:37 am
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Best way to extend system partition...

 

+1

 

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From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Best way to extend system partition...

Paragon partition manager 
John W. Cook 
Systems Administrator 
Partnership For Strong Families 
Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud

  _  

From: Reimer, Mark 
To: NT System Admin Issues 
Sent: Thu Oct 29 10:05:09 2009
Subject: Best way to extend system partition... 

Hi folks,

 

I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi.
Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard
error (cannot extend this volume.).

 

I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it
shows as unallocated disk space.

 

Any thoughts as to how I might do this?

 

Thanks.


Mark

 

 

 

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RE: Best way to extend system partition...

[Reimer, Mark]

Thanks for all the replies. I used ExtPart from Dell. Very easy, very fast, no 
reboot.

 

Mark

 

From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Best way to extend system partition...

 

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From: Reimer, Mark 
To: NT System Admin Issues 
Sent: Thu Oct 29 10:05:09 2009
Subject: Best way to extend system partition... 

Hi folks,

 

I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi. 
Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard error 
(cannot extend this volume…).

 

I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it shows 
as unallocated disk space.

 

Any thoughts as to how I might do this?

 

Thanks.


Mark

 

 

 



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Re: Best way to extend system partition...

[Rene de Haas]

Maybe also, boot from bartPe and use diskpart from there
or use gparted

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Reimer, Mark wrote:

>  Hi folks,
>
>
>
> I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi.
> Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard
> error (cannot extend this volume…).
>
>
>
> I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it
> shows as unallocated disk space.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts as to how I might do this?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Best way to extend system partition...

[Ian Roche]

Few ways do do it ...I usually use the method below .

http://consultingblogs.emc.com/kalpeshprajapati/archive/2007/07/24/How-to-Extend-Virtual-Machine-Hard-Disk-_2800_-WMWare_2900_.aspx
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RE: Best way to extend system partition...

[Todd Lemmiksoo]

+1



From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Best way to extend system partition...



Paragon partition manager 
John W. Cook 
Systems Administrator 
Partnership For Strong Families 
Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud



From: Reimer, Mark 
To: NT System Admin Issues 
Sent: Thu Oct 29 10:05:09 2009
Subject: Best way to extend system partition... 


Hi folks,

 

I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under
ESXi. Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the
standard error (cannot extend this volume...).

 

I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it
shows as unallocated disk space.

 

Any thoughts as to how I might do this?

 

Thanks.


Mark

 

 




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Re: Best way to extend system partition...

[James Rankin]

Was just hunting for that link in my bookmarks :-)

2009/10/29 Mike Semon 

>  Take a look at this method if you want to use diskpart
>
>
>
> http://vmprofessional.com/index.php?content=2k3resize
>
>
>
>
>
> You can extend with vmkfstools or just do this through the GUI. Then you
> use a helper VM to import the virtual disk
>
> And you can extend with diskpart.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:05 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Best way to extend system partition...
>
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
>
>
> I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi.
> Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard
> error (cannot extend this volume…).
>
>
>
> I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it
> shows as unallocated disk space.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts as to how I might do this?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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RE: Best way to extend system partition...

[Mike Semon]

Take a look at this method if you want to use diskpart

 

http://vmprofessional.com/index.php?content=2k3resize

 

 

You can extend with vmkfstools or just do this through the GUI. Then you use
a helper VM to import the virtual disk

And you can extend with diskpart.

 

Mike

 

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From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:05 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Best way to extend system partition...

 

Hi folks,

 

I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi.
Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard
error (cannot extend this volume.).

 

I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it
shows as unallocated disk space.

 

Any thoughts as to how I might do this?

 

Thanks.


Mark

 

 

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Re: Best way to extend system partition...

[John Cook]

Paragon partition manager
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
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From: Reimer, Mark
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Thu Oct 29 10:05:09 2009
Subject: Best way to extend system partition...
Hi folks,

I have a server (Windows 2003 std) running as a virtual machine under ESXi. 
Only one drive. I need to extend it. Diskpart comes up with the standard error 
(cannot extend this volume…).

I have allocated more disk space under ESXi, and under disk manager, it shows 
as unallocated disk space.

Any thoughts as to how I might do this?

Thanks.

Mark






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