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--- virtualbox_general_notes [2017/09/14 14:13] – juckins
+++ virtualbox_general_notes [2018/01/10 10:22] – juckins
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 __How to resize a Virtual Drive__\\
+  * The following was tested with VBox 5.1.26
   * Shutdown the VM you want to resize
   * Navigate to the .vdi file you want to resize
   * Make a backup copy of the .vdi file
+  * Run a command like this (example for 30GB drive)
-  VBoxManage modifyhd <absolute path including the name and extension> --resize 20480
+  # VBoxManage modifyhd /path/to/file.vdi --resize 30000
+Note, if you have a vmdk file you need to follow this [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11659005/how-to-resize-a-virtualbox-vmdk-file|(see this link)]] and then update the UUID following [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17803331/how-to-change-uuid-in-virtual-box|this link]] or navigating to $HOME/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml and updating the information there (make a backup first):
+  # VBoxManage clonehd "source.vmdk" "cloned.vdi" --format vdi
+  # VBoxManage modifyhd "cloned.vdi" --resize 51200
+  # mv source.vmdksource.vmdk.BAK
+  # VBoxManage clonehd "cloned.vdi" "source.vmdk" --format vmdk
+  * Start VirtualBox manager
-https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661\\
+  * Highlight the VM whose disk you are resizing
-http://derekmolloy.ie/resize-a-virtualbox-disk/\\
+  * Click Settings and then click storage
+  * Mount a virtual CDROM (gparted-live ISO that you downloaded to the host machine)
+  * Start the VM
+  * Start Gparted LIVE
+  * Follow the menus to resize the partition that you need to make larger
+  * When done, exit Gparted and unmount the CDROM
+  * Boot the VM and verify your changes were implemented
+  * Ref 1: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661\\
+  * Ref 2: http://derekmolloy.ie/resize-a-virtualbox-disk/\\
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