How to Use VMware Virtual Disk Manager in Vmware

The Virtual Disk Manager allows you to manage your virtual disks within VMware. You can perform many tasks including growing, creating, shrinking, and defragmenting disks — all without powering on the Virtual Device.

• To defragment your disks simply use the command: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-d myVDisk.vmdk
• To shrink a virtual disk without powering on the Virtual Device (Windows hosts only), use this command: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-k myVDisk.vmdk
• To expand the size of a virtual disk so it is larger than the size specified when you created it use: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe-x 45Gb myVDisk.vmdk. This however, will not expand the guest partition, you will have to use disk management software for that.