VMware VDI - how to increase VDI storage?
my VDI template is set at 8GB storage. the template is only a XP base OS, hence doesnt need a lot of storage. but when i deploy to a new virtual machine, i want about 20GB. i have edit the settings to increase the new virtual machine to 20GB but XP is not seeing the whole 20GB, only 8GB + 12GB as another partition.
is there a way to get a 8GB template into a 20GB virtual machine (without using partition utility)? i am using VMware ESX 3.5 and the storage is on SAN. |
nope, no way of making it bigger without changing the template size. Can convert it and increase disk space, or attach the c drive to another vm and use diskpart to extend the volume.
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it's a bit wasteful to have the template at 20GB!
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Yep sure is :(
If you have Netapp and NFS you can thin provision, also if you use the new beta citrix xen server broker you can thin provision using that too :) VMware VDM will soon hopefully support this too :) |
pants! 20GB not going to last long either.
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create a 20gb template?
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decided to start it at 25GB. just got to buy more storage on the SAN. :)
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Thin Provision & Deduplication are your friends if using NetApp
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