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How-to extend the VMDK and the Windows disk

Ivo Beerens
Date : August 8, 2008
Categories : VMware VM Troubleshooting
Tags : VMware ,VM ,Troubleshooting

I see a lot of environments where the Virtual Machine (VM) disk space must be extended. Prior ESX 3.5 the way to extend a VDMK was to use the vmkfstools command with the -X parameter from the VMware ESX server console. With the coming of ESX 3.5 it is possible to extend the VMDK file when the VM was …

Enable SSH for VMware ESX 3i

Ivo Beerens
Date : August 7, 2008
Categories : VMware ESX
Tags : VMware ESX

There is a hack to enable SSH for VMware ESX 3i. Here is the procedure to enable SSH – Boot ESXi and wait till the till"loaded – Press ALT-F1, you see the console screen – Type unsupported and press ENTER – Enter the root password – Enter the following command vi /etc/inetd.conf – Search for …