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	I expanded an HP Array and can grow the partition in Linux. But how do you grow the Vmware storage Volume. As far as I can see I'd have to delete it and recreate it.
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VMware and VSS: What your VMware backup vendor isn’t telling you

VMware and VSS: Application Backup and Recovery

Date: August 25, 2008
Author: Anton Gostev

It’s true that the whole VSS support issue around VMware disaster recovery solutions created a lot of confusion due to each vendor having different opinions about the usefulness of this feature, as well as different implementation approaches, with some of them being quite questionable.

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Networking in VMWare

Date: August 25, 2007 (5 Comments)

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Date: November 20, 2006 (21 Comments)

Author: Alexey Vasilyev

In this article I will show you an effective way to expand the virtual disk size in 4 steps. It's easy and doesn't require installing any additional OS or third-party tools. Running out of disk space is a common problem and a very annoying one as it always comes all of a sudden.

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