Extending Volume on virtualized Windows server is so easy this days. You just go to your virtual host server and extend virtual disk. After this is done login to your Windows server and open Disk Management then right-click Disk Management and select Refresh.
After this you'll see some Unallocated space.
Now right-click on Volume that you want to extend (in-front of unallocated space) and select Extend Volume ...
Extend Volume Wizard opens and by clicking Next you'll arrive to the part where you need to specify for how much you'll extend selected Volume. In my case I'll use all available space.
Click Next and Finish. After this your Volume will be extended and you'll have additional space on your server that you can use :)
But it's not always that easy. Sometimes can happen that you'll get an error: "The parameter is incorrect."
After that Disk Management shows different size of extended disk as if you check disk properties.
Solution for this problem is simple. Open Command Line (CMD) as Administrator and type DISKPART.
Diskpart
List Volume
Select Volume # (this is the number of the volume listed by the above ‘List Volume’ command)
Extend Filesystem
Exit
All good and now you can recheck disk properties for just in case.
Disk properties also show that disk was successfully extended :)
Few useful links:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2010/10/windows-server-2008-extend-system-volume-error-the-parameter-is-incorrect.html
This is it for today. Have fun!
After this you'll see some Unallocated space.
Now right-click on Volume that you want to extend (in-front of unallocated space) and select Extend Volume ...
Extend Volume Wizard opens and by clicking Next you'll arrive to the part where you need to specify for how much you'll extend selected Volume. In my case I'll use all available space.
Click Next and Finish. After this your Volume will be extended and you'll have additional space on your server that you can use :)
But it's not always that easy. Sometimes can happen that you'll get an error: "The parameter is incorrect."
After that Disk Management shows different size of extended disk as if you check disk properties.
Solution for this problem is simple. Open Command Line (CMD) as Administrator and type DISKPART.
Diskpart
List Volume
Select Volume # (this is the number of the volume listed by the above ‘List Volume’ command)
Extend Filesystem
Exit
All good and now you can recheck disk properties for just in case.
Disk properties also show that disk was successfully extended :)
Few useful links:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590
http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2010/10/windows-server-2008-extend-system-volume-error-the-parameter-is-incorrect.html
This is it for today. Have fun!
