In ESXi, Clonezilla to bigger VHDD and expanding?

[riahc3]

What the best way to clone a virtual HDD to a bigger virtual HDD and use the rest of the space?

[Guest]

@riahc3:

What the best way to clone a virtual HDD to a bigger virtual HDD and use the rest of the space?

Not sure what cloning has to do with it, but basically:

1. Grow the partition
2. Grow the filesystem

[dotdash]

Wouldn't it be simpler to create a new VM with a larger disk, install fresh, and restore the config?

[jimp]

@dotdash:

Wouldn't it be simpler to create a new VM with a larger disk, install fresh, and restore the config?

Much, much simpler. You'd be back up and running in minutes. Before any disk clone would ever have finished.