You should see several files in the directory:
/vmfs/volumes/19873c05-fcd3d912/vclv99-77_1846-v14 # ls -l -rw-rw---- 1 root root 8684 Aug 13 16:34 nvram -rw------- 1 root root 4294967296 Aug 13 16:32 vclv99-77_1846-v14-6197888b.vswp -rw-rw---- 1 root root 18926 Aug 13 16:32 vclv99-77_1846-v14-Snapshot1.vmsn -rw-rw---- 1 root root 498 Aug 13 16:32 vclv99-77_1846-v14.vmsd --wxrw--wx 1 root root 3464 Aug 13 16:37 vclv99-77_1846-v14.vmx --w-rw--w- 1 root root 273 Aug 13 16:32 vclv99-77_1846-v14.vmxf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137538 Aug 13 16:43 vmware.log -rw-rw---- 1 root root 268505088 Aug 13 19:50 vmwarewin7-Windows764bit1846-v14-000001-delta.vmdk -rw-rw---- 1 root root 432 Aug 13 16:32 vmwarewin7-Windows764bit1846-v14-000001.vmdk
The VM is configured to run in linked clone mode because a snapshot was created before the VM was powered on for the first time. The .vmdk files in this directory only contain changes made to the master image. The master image can be determined by lookin in the vmsn file:
snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/e17be478-2ac3b743/vmwarewin7-Windows764bit1846-v14/vmwarewin7-Windows764bit1846-v14.vmdk"
A full copy of the master image and delta files needs to be created in order to be able to resize the virtual disk. Run the following command from the VM's working directory on the VM host:
/vmfs/volumes/19873c05-fcd3d912/vclv99-77_1846-v14 # vmkfstools -i vmwarewin7-Windows764bit1846-v14-000001.vmdk copy.vmdk -d thin Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned Cloning disk 'vmwarewin7-Windows764bit1846-v14-000001.vmdk'... Clone: 100% done.
Run the following command to resize the virtual disk. The -X argument should specify the total size you want the virtual disk to be, not the amount of space to add to it:
Download the GParted Live CD ISO image to one of the datastores mounted on the VM host.
After the copy has been created, reconfigure the VM to use the copy of the disk instead of the original linked clone.
Add a CD drive to the VM pointing to the Gparted .iso image
Reconfigure the partition: