How to resize a VMware Linux virtual disk?

On your host

resize the virtual device’s virtual disk (example for create 10GB disk).

command: vmware-vdiskmanager -x 10GB myvirtual.vmdk

On your virtual server

resize filesystem (example for default instalation of CentOS 5).

Check filesystem data

command: df -h

1. Add a new partition
   
   
   

   command: fdisk /dev/sda

   
   
   
   
   (p - print the partition table; n - add a new partition; t - change a partition's system id, e.g. 8e Linux LVM; w - write table to disk and exit)


2. Reboot
   
   
   

   command: reboot

   
   
   
   
   


3. Create physical volume
   
   
   

   command: pvcreate /dev/sda3

   
   
   
   
   


4. Extend volume group
   
   
   

   command: vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/sda3

   
   
   
   
   


5. Extend logical volume
   
   
   

   command: lvextend -l +100%free /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /dev/sda3

   
   
   
   
   


6. Resize filesystem
   
   
   

   command: resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

   
   
   
   
   

Check filesystem data

command: df -h