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How to resize a VMware Linux virtual disk?

On your host

resize the virtual device’s virtual disk (example for create 10GB disk). 
command: vmware-vdiskmanager -x 10GB myvirtual.vmdk

On your virtual server

resize filesystem (example for default instalation of CentOS 5). Check filesystem data 
command: df -h
  1. Add a new partition 
    command: fdisk /dev/sda
    (p - print the partition table; n - add a new partition; t - change a partition's system id, e.g. 8e Linux LVM; w - write table to disk and exit)
  2. Reboot 
    command: reboot
  3. Create physical volume 
    command: pvcreate /dev/sda3
  4. Extend volume group 
    command: vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/sda3
  5. Extend logical volume 
    command: lvextend -l +100%free /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /dev/sda3
  6. Resize filesystem 
    command: resize2fs /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
Check filesystem data 
command: df -h