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resize hard disk in windows ? [message #68526] Wed, 24 June 2009 07:47 Go to next message
soltany is currently offline soltany  Iran, Islamic Republic of
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dear
how can i resize hard disk in windows vps ?
i do it in hypervm limit , but not work.
please help me
thanks
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Re: resize hard disk in windows ? [message #68685 is a reply to message #68526] Mon, 29 June 2009 23:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dj-m  United States
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I believe you have to reboot the xen VM 1 time after making the change...

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Re: resize hard disk in windows ? [message #68693 is a reply to message #68526] Tue, 30 June 2009 04:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
soltany is currently offline soltany  Iran, Islamic Republic of
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i do , but not work.
i also reboot server but not work Sad

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Re: resize hard disk in windows ? [message #68825 is a reply to message #68693] Wed, 08 July 2009 01:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LxCenter_Danny is currently offline LxCenter_Danny  Netherlands
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Resize HDD in windows VM's (Xen) does not work.

I also tested it with someones xen server but no luck.

Try to understand how you can do it with LVM tools but i dont know if it works....



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Re: resize hard disk in windows ? [message #68827 is a reply to message #68526] Wed, 08 July 2009 01:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dj-m  United States
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I'm curious how this works with a windows host. Typically windows formats ntfs or fat, these cannot shrink, and I'm not sure if they can grow either...

makes me wonder, as I've not run windows on xen (on vmware you cannot change the disk space, only add more disks).

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Re: resize hard disk in windows ? [message #68839 is a reply to message #68526] Wed, 08 July 2009 05:07 Go to previous message
Ales is currently offline Ales  Slovenia
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Here are the steps to resize the VPS HDD under HyperVM/Xen:

1) rise the HDD limit in HyperVM
2) resize the LVM's logical volume (use lvextend)

3a) if you are using ext3 filesystem, use resize2fs to resize the actual OS partition (it can be mounted while resizing)

3b) if you are using Windows, you can try the Microsoft's DISKPART utility or any number of commercial utilities such as Acronis, Easeus, Paragon, etc. to resize the actual OS partition.

I have not done this with Windows/Xen combination but I see no reason why it shouldn't work.

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