I wrote earlier about expanding a VHD file. My virtual machine application preference is VMWare Workstation. As more “stuff” was added to my virtual machine in the last year, I found myself running out of space. In the past when this happened, there were two options:

1. Use VMWare Converter
2. Use vdiskmanager

About a year ago, I ran into issues when attempting to use vdiskmanager. You cannot extend a HDD without a 3rd party application (:) see below). Another option is to use diskpart but who can’t run diskpart on a drive which is bootable (which in my case). In any event, I ended up expanding the VMDK file using VMWare Converter 3.0.

Yesterday, when noticing I was dangerously close to running out of disk space, I decided it was time to expand again. I saw there was a new version of VMWare Converter (4.0) so I downloaded that. This morning I installed VMWare Converter and went through the steps to convert an existing VM to a new one. Everything worked fine; however, I could not find the setting to define the new disk size. I am sure I missed it but didn’t have time to search; so frustrated, I decided to use vdiskmanager. I figured I would just go ahead and purchase a 3rd party application (i.e. Partion Magic) to extend the partition.

Below are the steps I followed:

1. Turned off virtual machine.
2. Commit and remove all snapshots. I don’t use snapshots but I remember reading this is required previously.
3. Back up all files.
4. Open a command prompt and navigate to the VMWare folder (i.e. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation).
5. Type in the following command: vmware-vdiskmanager -x 40GB “MOSS.vmdk”
6. The command will run. It took about 60 seconds for the command to run.
7. Open the virtual machine. My host is Windows Server 2008. Not sure about the other operating systems but Win2k8 allows you to extend a disk volume. No need to purchase a 3rd part application.
8. Open Control Panel and select System and Maintenance then Create and format hard disk partitions.
9. Right-click on the disk and select “Extend Volume”. Run through the wizard.
10. It will take approximately 60 seconds to extend the disk.
11. Voila, new disk size.

SharePoint

1. **** SharePoint Search-as-You-Type with jQuery
2. How to Upload Files to SharePoint Server 2007 from ASP.NET Web Applications
3. WebPart Development – AJAX Tab control – Tab contents not displaying
4. SPTDD: SharePoint and Test Driven Development, Part Two
5. SharePoint Social Computing – NewsGator Social Sites
6. Features and Solutions with WSS Object model
7. Reporting Services Integration in SharePoint 4 of 6
8. 5 things you should know about SharePoint 2007 Records Center
9. Stylish Gears: Customizing SPLongOperation
10. Re-using SharePoint controls
11. Show videos (Flash, Windows Media etc.) in SharePoint – another approach using JQuery and Reusable Content
12. Great Top SharePoint Sites Website
13. 10 DIY SharePoint Web Parts #1
14. Time Zones in SharePoint and Date Time Stamp Format
15. The ten commandments for SharePoint development
16. Item Expiration
17. Set Available PageLayouts for your Site
18. Make your SharePoint pages pop with the Content Editor Web Part
19. Introducing the Content Monster Web Part by Todd Baginski & Andrew Connell
20. Check Out These SharePoint Designer Workflow Essentials Videos!
21. Modifying SPThemes.xml Programmatically to deploy new Themes MOSS 2007 (WSS 3.0)
22. Slides from Real SharePoint Solutions for Tough Business Times
23. Rounded Corners on Web Part Zones
24. JavaScript on click of Finish Button in Survey – SharePoint
25. More jQuery demos: scrolling news, fisheye menu
26. Save a Document Library as a Template
27. Exporting Binary Files Inside SharePoint WebPart
28. Changing redirection in SharePoint with HttpModule and HttpHandler
29. MOSS Manual Navigation Links Are Static – DANGEROUS
30. SharePoint Saturday Charlotte Session Follow-up – terrible picture of me

Silverlight

1. A simple Silverlight CRUD application – Part 1: putting the R in cRud
2. A simple Silverlight CRUD application – part 2: creating the C in CRud
3. A simple Silverlight CRUD application – part 3: updating the U in CRUd
4. A simple Silverlight CRUD application – part 4: doing the D in CRUD
5. Day #1: Mouse Events in Silverlight
6. Day #2: Silverlight Screen Transitions
7. Day #3: Custom Silverlight Loading Screen
8. Day #4: Communicating Between Two Silverlight Controls
9. Day #5: Silverlight Drag and Drop
10. 20 Most Interesting Silverlight Tutorials
11. SilverBullet #5 – System.Windows.ApplicationServiceContext
12. InitParams in Silverlight
13. TUTORIAL: How To Create A SetTimeout Function In Silverlight
14. Silverlight 2.0 Authentication Services.
15. PopUp Control In Silverlight
16. Spotlight On….Microsoft Silverlight
17. Erik Mork’s Prism for Silverlight Resources
18. New Silverlight 2 Sample on Code Gallery
19. Handling Events within Silverlight Control Templates – AutoCompleteBox Example
20. Creating a Sample Icon using Expression Design
21. Adventures while building a Silverlight Enterprise application part #13
22. Adventures while building a Silverlight Enterprise application part #14
23. Silverlight: Reflection Image Button
24. DataForm Control in Silverlight 3
25. Silverlight 3 ComboBox Control
26. Azaas demos their Silverlight 3 application
27. RSS Widget 2 In Silverlight 3 with Data Persistence

1. Creating Wireframes for Page Layouts
2. Getting all documents in document library inside all folders
3. SharePoint Applied: SharePoint 2007 Ninja Debugging
4. SharePoint Tool Basket
5. SharePoint Check Calendar Availability Custom Column (Beta)
6. Case study: KPI roll-up in MOSS (Part II)
7. SharePoint: Redirecting to a page after adding a New item to a list
8. Implementing the AJAXControlToolkit AutoCompleteExtender inside SharePoint
9. Sahil Malik on Silverlight and SharePoint

1. Using the Today token in a CAML query
2. Be selective about how you get items from an SPList
3. Using KeywordQuery to search in your SharePoint site
4. Use SharePoint and Silverlight to display a summary of SharePoint blog posts on any site page
5. How Page Parsing functionality in SharePoint (SPPageParseFilter) works with the constructor of a webpart
6. How to use SharePoint Rich-Text Editor in Webparts and Controls
7. Inconvenient PublishingScheduleControl
8. SharePoint Task Master: My Web Part Misses its Cache, and I Want to Help
9. TDD and SharePoint is it worth doing?
10. InfoPath: Reading Repeating Tables from SharePoint List
11. Create and Configure a Scope to Only Return Documents in a Search Result
12. Sample MOSS 2007 WCM site now available – Adventure Works Travel
13. Hotfix for SP2 issue that reverts SharePoint products to Trial Version has been released
14. Automatically add themes to the SPThemes.xml file
15. Create a Dashboard in WSS: High Priority Indicator
16. The Content Editor Web Part

1. Performance of various methods to retrieve one list item
2. Extending SharePoint CoreResultsWebPart
3. My checklist for optimizing SharePoint sites
4. Silverlight instead of DataView Web-Parts? Sure, why not?
5. Use SharePoint and Silverlight to display a summary of SharePoint blog posts on any site page
6. A Simple, but Highly Effective Approach to Logging
7. Configuring Logging in a Console Application
8. Configuring Logging in ASP.NET Applications (and SharePoint)
9. Configuring Logging in SharePoint Application Pages
10. Customising the Content Query Web Part’s RSS feed
11. SharePoint 2007 – 12 Hive System-File Changes: One Feature to rule them all!
12. Uploading Files to SharePoint Server 2007 from ASP.NET Web Applications by Using the HTTP PUT Method (Visual How To)
13. SharePoint 2007 – How to enable left navigation, quick launch, for all web-part pages in a farm?
14. Securing SharePoint List/Document Library Views Seems (sort of) Possible with jQuery
15. Guest blog by NaT – SharePoint People Picker: Override Validation Logic
16. Should I Build my application in SharePoint vs. ASP.net
17. SharePoint JavaScript – Page Load Add function: _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames
18. Identity and Access Strategies for SharePoint (MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0) Products and Technologies
19. How to create list using custom list template using SharePoint object model
20. Cannot Store the WebPart Pages in the document libraries created from the custom document library definition in WSS 3.0. Now Bend It !!
21. STSADM (Part 2)
22. STSADM (Part 3)
23. Securing Application Pages in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
24. Small SPQuery tip (How to get rid of “Cannot complete this action” error)
25. Planning SharePoint Solution Packages (WSPs)
26. Modifying out-of-the-box SharePoint files
27. Using SPWebApplicationBuilder class for creating Web Application programmatically
28. SharePoint and TDD
29. Add Totals to the Dynamic Groups that Appear in your List Rollup Data View

1. The ApplyApplicationContentToLocalServer Method and Why It Comes Up Short
2. We Drift Deeper Into the Sound … as the Flush Comes – BLOB Cache
3. Making Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Navigation Better
4. Hiding specific item from ECB menu
5. How to make “This Site” the default SharePoint search scope
6. SharePoint WCM: flushing publishing pages from the cache
7. SharePoint, Features and web.config modifications using SPWebConfigModification
8. Debugging SharePoint/ASP.NET code? Smart key-codes + disable timeout!
9. Quick and Easy: Use jQuery to Hide a Text Field on a SharePoint Form
10. How to show file/folder icons depending on the type in Content Query Webpart
11. Quick and Easy: Create Your Own jQuery Sandbox for SharePoint
12. How to modify a DateTime value of AfterProperties in ItemUpdating/ ItemAdding Events in SharePoint
13. Taming the Elusive “Calculated Column” – Referencing Multiple Lines of Text Column
14. Quick and Easy: A Better Way to Use jQuery to Hide a Text Field on a SharePoint Form
15. How to customize the table styles in content editor webpart
16. The maximum limit for the length of the QueryText property of FullTextSqlQuery is 4096 characters.
17. Retrieve SharePoint List Data with XLINQ using VS 2010 Beta 1
18. STSADM Evolution
19. SharePoint Data Zoom: Content Rotator Web Part
20. Useful SharePoint Links
21. Adding SharePoint Search plug-in for Firefox
22. PowerShell quickie: Extract the feature IDs used in large SharePoint projects
23. Looking through the source of SharePoint on SharePoint
24. Run a workflow as a specific user using code
25. Using the RadFileExplorer for ASP.NET AJAX in a MOSS web application
26. Extending your MOSS site with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
27. STSADM (Part 1)

I will be in Charlotte this weekend attending SharePoint Saturday Charlotte. My presentation will be:

Developing Custom Timer Jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Timer jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are similar to Windows’ scheduled tasks. Timer jobs are used by SharePoint to automate tasks such as search indexing, sending notification alerts, emptying the recycle bin, and removing unused sites. Developers have the capability to create custom timer jobs and integrate them within SharePoint. Custom timer jobs can be used in your organization to support IT governance, satisfy legal and audit requirements, plus many more scenarios. Come to this session to learn how custom timer jobs are created and how to deploy them into your SharePoint environment.

Hope to see you there.

SharePoint

1. SharePoint 2007 Development – Build Processes
2. Final Call: Excel and SharePoint – I didn’t know you could do that!
3. Quick and Easy: Use jQuery to Set A Text Field’s Value on a SharePoint Form
4. Cool SharePoint Photo Gallery With JQuery!
5. Updating Metadata on Files in SharePoint: Low Cost, High Reward
6. How To Trim SharePoint Blog Post
7. MOSS Navigation Deep Dive – Part 1
8. MOSS Navigation Deep Dive – Part 2
9. Live demo: SharePoint, XML files, and Flash charts
10. How to Check if SPGroup Exists
11. Working with SharePoint (C#)
12. SharePoint: Internal developer portal – first thoughts
13. SharePoint Designer 2007 Governance: Options for selective lockdown?
14. SharePoint Solution Deployment Strategies – Dare I say Best Practices?
15. SharePoint Filter web parts: using a context filter in a page layout
16. I got tired of attaching debugger to w3wp.exe. And you?
17. Do you want to add totals to your List Rollup data view? Follow these simple steps…
18. It’s Like Building WebParts, for Your Phone
19. Highlighting the current page (site) in a custom navigation
20. Charts with Power WebPart ( Management-Eye-Catchers )
21. Hey SharePoint Calendar, I want my space back!

Office

1. Removing Page and Section Breaks from a Word Document
2. InfoPath form and other xml Office documents do not open from Internet Explorer – Raw XML displays instead

I will be in Chicago this weekend attending SharePoint Saturday Chicago. My presentation will be:

Developing Custom Timer Jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Timer jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are similar to Windows’ scheduled tasks. Timer jobs are used by SharePoint to automate tasks such as search indexing, sending notification alerts, emptying the recycle bin, and removing unused sites. Developers have the capability to create custom timer jobs and integrate them within SharePoint. Custom timer jobs can be used in your organization to support IT governance, satisfy legal and audit requirements, plus many more scenarios. Come to this session to learn how custom timer jobs are created and how to deploy them into your SharePoint environment.

Hope to see you there.

SharePoint

1. A great web part for SharePoint End Users
2. SharePoint Photo Gallery using jQuery
3. Let’s discuss about some BDC Web parts!
4. Creating top-level (welcome page) redirects in SharePoint sites
5. Six ways to store settings in SharePoint
6. Updating Content Types Custom Edit, View Displayforms
7. Embedding css file in custom Webpart in SharePoint
8. 4 Minute Screencast: Create SharePoint “Sub-Calendars” using Content Types
9. The Content Query Web Part
10. Free Last Modified By/Date From SharePoint
11. Submitting an InfoPath form to SharePoint with a unique filename
12. SharePoint Search Design
13. Datasheet view with Lists and content types
14. Creating Content Types
15. Using SharePoint Controls with Power WebPart
16. Best Practices of SharePoint Farm configuring and deployment Part 2 – Installation & Configuration
17. Using the Reusable Content to style HTML Contents
18. Time Comparison in CAML Queries
19. Columns missing when using the Lists.GetListItems SharePoint webservice
20. SharePoint Filter web parts: using a context filter in a page layout

Office

1. How to access SharePoint calendars through Microsoft Outlook 2007
2. Generating Microsoft Word Documents
3. Ensuring Infopath forms to open in Forms Services
4. Google Wants to Replace Microsoft Exchange with an Outlook Plug-in