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=== Increase Logical Partition === | === Increase Logical Partition === | ||
For Windows 2003 machines... | For Windows 2003 machines... | ||
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! Partition !! Type !! Options | ! Partition !! Type !! Options | ||
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| System || Either || Cannot be extended | | System || Either || Cannot be extended online - 3rd party tools required (see [[#GParted|GParted]]) | ||
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| Data || Basic || Cannot be extended, can convert to Dynamic, but this will require at least a brief IO interruption, | | Data || Basic || Cannot be extended, can convert to Dynamic, but this will require at least a brief IO interruption, and up to two reboots! | ||
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| Data || Dynamic || Can be extended on the fly, but a new volume is tagged onto the end of the existing partition to create a larger one made up of two volumes | | Data || Dynamic || Can be extended on the fly, but a new volume is tagged onto the end of the existing partition to create a larger one made up of two volumes (or see [[#DiskPart|diskpart]]) | ||
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For Windows 2008 machines all disks can be extended whilst online | |||
==== GParted ==== | |||
Download a copy of the GParted Live CD - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php, this will need to be booted to by the VM | Download a copy of the GParted Live CD - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php, this will need to be booted to by the VM | ||
* '''Note''' There is a bug in some recent versions of GParted (v0.5.0-3 and v0.5.1-1 are known to have issues), whereby the boot fails with the following error, v0.4.6-1 is known to work | * '''Note''' There is a bug in some recent versions of GParted (v0.5.0-3 and v0.5.1-1 are known to have issues), whereby the boot fails with the following error, v0.4.6-1 is known to work | ||
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# Restart VM and verify all is good | # Restart VM and verify all is good | ||
# Turn off snapshoting | # Turn off snapshoting | ||
==== DiskPart ==== | |||
# Start diskpart from the command line | |||
#* <code> diskpart </code> | |||
# List the volumes on the system to find the appropriate volume number | |||
#* <code> list volume </code> | |||
# Select the volume to be extended | |||
#* <code> select volume 2 </code> | |||
# Extend the volume | |||
#* <code> extend </code> | |||
=== VM's With Lots Of Disks === | === VM's With Lots Of Disks === | ||