Good morning all,
I apologize in advance if this has been discussed elsewhere, so please feel free to move this thread or point me in the right direction. I'm under a bit of a time crunch and need some help. This is further compounded by my relative inexperience with VSphere. I'll try to give as much info as I have available.
We have a web server running Windows Server 2003 SP2. The web server started off as a stand-alone physical server with a 15 GB partition for the C:\ drive. This was more than adequate when it was set up about 10 years ago (about 6 years before I started working here). We also have a mapped data partition (via Compellent) that the web server pulls its info from. At this point in time, everything is working very well and the data partition has lots of space!
About 2 years ago, the former IT manager virtualized all the servers using VSphere v4.1.0 and ESX v4.0. He quit unexpectedly a few months ago, and his boss moved me to the position despite my inexperience with VSphere. So far, I've managed to get things done... but now I find that the original 15 GB C: drive is all but full. I have about 450 MB of space remaining. I've already moved as much as I can off the drive including the pagefile and the Windows Uninstall files - and I fear that the only solution to this disk space issue is to increase the size of the C:\ drive. And here's where I run into the problem - at least, I think it's a problem. Hopefully, you'll let me know.
Had the server started life as a virtual server, I could simply expand the available space and move forward. However, since it started as a physical server and was itself converted, I simply don't know whether or not I can simply expand the space or not. If it's possible, I'm not sure of the steps to take - having never actually done it before and I'm hesitant to run diskpart (if that's even an option) on a production server. If it's not possible, then I need to know what alternatives I have.
If there's more information that you need, please let me know! Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it.
Ian