We can expand the disk capacity for existing Virtual Machines. This article explains the steps to expand disk capacity for Virtual Machines.
Step 1. Open VMware Workstation application.
Step 2. Click on the “Open a Virtual Machine” link. VMware Workstation will display a file open dialog.
Step 3. Select the virtual disk file you want to open. VMware Workstation will open the virtual machine and add the node to its left side pane. And in the right side pane, it will display virtual machine details.
Step 4. Click on “Edit Virtual machine settings”. VMware Workstation will display a “Virtual Machine Settings” dialog.
Step 5. From the Hardware tab, select the “Hard Disk” item. VMware Workstation will display virtual disk details.
Step 6. Click on Utilities button. VMware Workstation will display a pull-down menu.
Step 7. From the pull-down menu, select the “Expand…” menu item. VMware Workstation will display an “Expand Disk Capacity” dialog.
Step 8. Adjust the value in the “Maximum disk size (GB):” field, by editing the value or by clicking on the spin button control. Remember that we are allowed only to increase the disk size value.
Step 9. Once the value is increased; Expand button will be enabled. Click on Expand button. VMware Workstation will start expanding the disk size allotted to the Virtual Machine.
Step 10. Upon successful completion, VMware Workstation will display the successful message. You must repartition the disk and expand the file system from within the guest Operating System.
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