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Using VMware Virtual Disk Manager

VMwareVirtualDiskManagerisaWorkstationutilitythatallowsyoutocreate,

manage,andmodifyvirtualdiskfilesfromthecommandlineorinscripts.

Youcanenlargeavirtualdisksothatitsmaximumcapacityislargerthanitwaswhen

youcreatedit.Thisisusefulifyouneedmoredi

skspac

einagivenvirtualmachine,but

donotwanttoaddanothervirtualdiskoruseghostingsoftwaretotransferthedataon

avirtualdisktoalargervirtualdisk.Youcannotdothiswithphysicalharddrives.

Youcanalsochangedisktypes.Whenyoucreateavi

rtualmach

ine,youspecifyhow

diskspaceisallocated,asfollows:

 Allspaceforthevirtualdiskisallocatedinadvance.Thiscorrespondstothe

preallocateddisktypeforVirtualDiskManager.

 Spaceallocatedforthevirtualdiskbeginssmallandgrowsasneeded.This

correspondstothegrowabledisktypeforVirtualDiskManager.

Ifyouallocateallthediskspaceforavirtualdiskbutlaterneedtoreclaimsomehard

diskspaceonthehost,youcanconvertthepreallocatedvirtualdi

skintoa

growable

disk.Thenewvirtualdiskisstilllargeenoughtocontainallthedataintheoriginal

virtualdisk.

Youcanalsochangewhetherthevirtualdiskisstoredinasinglefileorsplitinto2GB

files.

Thesefeaturesandtheabilitytousescriptingtoautomatemanagementofvi

rtualdisks

wereaddedtoWorkstationinversion5.0.SeetheVMwaretechnicalnoteaboutusing

VirtualDiskManager.

Using Dual-Boot Computers with Virtual Machines

SomeusersinstallWorkstationonadual‐bootormultiple‐bootcomputersothatthey

canrunoneormoreoftheexistingoperatingsystemsinavirtualmachine.Formore

informationaboutusingdual‐bootcomputerswithWorkstation,seetheVMware

Dual‐BootComputersandVirtualMachinestechnicalnoteontheVMw

areWebsi

te.

Legacy Virtual Disks

YouhaveseveraloptionsforusingWorkstation7.0inamixedenvironmentwithvirtual

machinesthatwerecreatedwithearlierversionsofWorkstationorcreatedwithother

VMwareproducts.

Forcompatibilityinformation,seetheVMwareVirtualMachineMobilityPlanningGuide.

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