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VMware Drive Image Handling

Table of Contents

Converting Image Files into Virtual Machine Disks 
Examples Using the VMware Virtual Disk Manager 
Creating a Virtual Disk 
Converting a Virtual Disk 
Expand the Size of an Existing Virtual Disk 
Rest 
Shrinking Virtual Disks with VMware Virtual Disk Manager 
Shrinking Virtual Disks 
The Shrinking Process 
Offline VMware disk shrink? 
Offline VMware disk shrink? 
Offline VMware disk shrink? 
HOWTO: Reducing virtual disks nominal size manually 
VMware's built-in clone virtual machine method 
Conclusion 

Converting Image Files into Virtual Machine Disks 

In p2v_thirdpartyimage.pdf

This technical note describes how to create virtual disks, with or without operating systems, using third party tools, compatible with VMware virtual machines.

This technical note contains the following sections:

  • Using Ghost 2003 Image Files on page 1
  • Using Bart's Network Boot Disk on page 3

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Last updated on 2008-06-06.
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