Options: -c : create disk; need to specify other create options -d : defragment the specified virtual disk -k : shrink the specified virtual disk -n : rename the specified virtual disk; need to specify destination disk-name -p : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by the drive-letter for shrinking -q : do not log messages -r : convert the specified disk; need to specify destination disk-type -x : expand the disk to the specified capacity
Additional options for create and convert: -a : (for use with -c only) adapter type (ide, buslogic o r lsilogic) -s : capacity of the virtual disk -t : disk type id
Disk types: 0 : single growable virtual disk 1 : growable virtual disk split in 2Gb files 2 : preallocated virtual disk 3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2Gb files
The capacity can be specified in sectors, Kb, Mb or Gb. The acceptable ranges: ide adapter : [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb] scsi adapter: [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb]
ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 850Mb -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -d myDisk.vmdk ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vm dk ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 36Gb myDisk.vmdk ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -k myDisk.vmdk ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p (A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 其中的-x参数就是用来扩容的……
E:\VM_Machine>cd Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
E:\VM_Machine\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition>dir *.vmdk
2007/07/20 11:17 1,588,527,104 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001 .vmdk 2007/07/20 11:17 65,536 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s002 .vmdk 2007/07/20 10:56 448 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk
E:\VM_Machine\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 4G Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk Diskname or some other argument is missing.
E:\VM_Machine\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 4G "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk" Using log file C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\vmware-Administrator\vdiskma nager.log The file 'Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk' appears to be a sub-co mponent of a virtual disk. Did you mean 'Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk'? Failed to open disk 'Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk' : The file specified is not a virtual disk (16).
E:\VM_Machine\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 4G "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk" Using log file C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\vmware-Administrator\vdiskma nager.log The specified disk size does not fall within acceptable range. The acceptable ranges: ide adapter : [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb] scsi adapter: [100.0Mb, 950.0Gb]
E:\VM_Machine\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 4G b "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk" Using log file C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\vmware-Administrator\vdiskma nager.log The old geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 261/255/63 The new geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 522/255/63 Disk expansion completed successfully.
WARNING: If the virtual disk is partitioned, you must use a third-party utility in the virtual machine to expand the size of the partitions. For more information, see: