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Resizing Virtual Edition VMDKs

For some deployments, the default VMDK allocations may not be sufficient. In those cases, it is possible to resize the VMware VMDK,

Follow these steps to resize your VMDK,

  1. Backup your IO instance: Settings > Backup and Restore > Backup Now.

  2. Shutdown your Virtual Edition IO UI: Settings > Shutdown Appliance.

    For Virtual Edition, monitor the VM in vSphere and wait until it is fully powered off.

  3. Follow VMware's instructions for increasing the size of a VMDK. Before resizing, ensure that the datastore(s) for the VMs have adequate space for the re-sized VMs and for any snapshots you wish to leave space for.

  4. For Virtual Edition, restart the VM.