Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of jazz/vmdk

Timestamp:

Jul 8, 2008, 12:29:39 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

jazz

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+{{{
+C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe
+VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 44356.
+Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe OPTIONS diskName | drive-letter:
+Offline disk manipulation utility
+  Options:
+     -c                   : create disk; need to specify other create options
+     -d                   : defragment the specified virtual disk
+     -k                   : shrink the specified virtual disk
+     -n <source-disk>     : 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 <source-disk>     : convert the specified disk; need to specify
+                            destination disk-type
+     -x <new-capacity>    : expand the disk to the specified capacity
+
+     Additional options for create and convert:
+        -a <adapter>      : (for use with -c only) adapter type (ide, buslogic or lsilogic)
+        -s <size>         : capacity of the virtual disk
+        -t <disk-type>    : 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.vmdk
+        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 m:
+              (A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at m:
+               using the VMware Diskmount Utility.)
+
+C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 8.0Gb -t 1 "c:\
+Virtual Machines\DRBL_Xen\drbl_xen.vmdk"
+Using log file C:\DOCUME~1\JAZZYA~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\vmware-Jazz Yao Tsung Wang-354
+6887766\vdiskmanager.log
+The old geometry C/H/S of the disk is: 768/128/32
+Preserving old geometry.
+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:
+         http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1647
+
+C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>
+}}}