http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3 Just another day in the life of a System Engineer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-5825 Word Comparison Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:54:40 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-5825 nice explanation step by step in understandable way. I am glad to thank to you. nice explanation step by step in understandable way. I am glad to thank to you.

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-2825 steve Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:49:43 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-2825 -Hard disks can't be in Independant mode otherwise the cloning will not work. -Step 6 should read "mv -f Win3003helper_thin.vmdk Win2003helper.vmdk" -You should delete the thick disk after snapshop removal "rm -f Win2003helper-flat.vmdk" -Hard disks can’t be in Independant mode otherwise the cloning will not work.
-Step 6 should read “mv -f Win3003helper_thin.vmdk Win2003helper.vmdk”
-You should delete the thick disk after snapshop removal “rm -f Win2003helper-flat.vmdk”

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-296 Marco D. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:44:54 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-296 Thanks, worked perfectly but I had to 1) remove the disk from VM, 2) regenerate VMDK meta-data file and finally 3) re-add the shrinked disk! THANK YOU, Marco Thanks, worked perfectly but I had to 1) remove the disk from VM, 2) regenerate VMDK meta-data file and finally 3) re-add the shrinked disk! THANK YOU, Marco

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-105 pravin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:39:44 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-105 Hi, Can anyone help me? I am using VMware workstation and my .vmdk files are growing like hel... fed up and tired.. any helps? Hi,
Can anyone help me? I am using VMware workstation and my .vmdk files are growing like hel… fed up and tired.. any helps?

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-24 RYErnest Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:10:53 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-24 Nice post u have here :D Added to my RSS reader Nice post u have here Added to my RSS reader

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-16 chris Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:14:28 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-16 Many thanks for that perfect little manual. it worked perfect. Many thanks for that perfect little manual. it worked perfect.

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-14 Efrain Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:42:23 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-14 Good thing step 2 is enough when the guest partition is ext2/ext3 :) Good thing step 2 is enough when the guest partition is ext2/ext3

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-12 Harmont Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:20:06 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-12 BTW I also had this issue with "Device or resource busy". Sometimes it's busy sometimes it's not. BTW I also had this issue with “Device or resource busy”. Sometimes it’s busy sometimes it’s not.

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-11 Harmont Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:49:31 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-11 I would rather recommend shutting down VM before cloning disk and then adding it from VM configuration menu. I have just tried that and it works without problems. I would rather recommend shutting down VM before cloning disk and then adding it from VM configuration menu. I have just tried that and it works without problems.

]]> http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-10 Harmont Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:21:04 +0000 http://blog.tpv.dk/?p=3#comment-10 I tried this trick two times and each time it led to blue screen in my VM. All went OK after reboot but nevertheless I wouldn't recommend to do this. I tried this trick two times and each time it led to blue screen in my VM. All went OK after reboot but nevertheless I wouldn’t recommend to do this.

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