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You administer an installation of Windows 8.1 that runs as a virtual machine. The virtual machine has one 60-GB fixed size virtual hard disk with a single partition assigned as Volume C.
The virtual machine runs out of disk space. You increase the size of the virtual hard disk file to 200 GB to support an application demand for increased storage on Volume C.
You discover that Volume C is still 60 GB in File Explorer of the virtual machine.
You need to ensure that Volume C is configured to use 200 GB.
What should you do?
A. Configure the Virtual Disk type from fixed size to dynamic disk.
B. From Disk Management of the virtual hard disk, run the Extend the volume action task.
C. From Disk Management of the host computer, extend the Volume C.
D. Create a new storage space of Simple (no resiliency) type.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation/Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282286.aspx
Online Virtual Hard Disk Resizing Overview
Expanding a virtual hard disk
Expanding a virtual hard disk increases the disk capacity of the virtual hard disk. However, to make the additional disk space available to the virtual machine requires some extra configuration. From the perspective of the virtual machine, the virtual hard disk expansion is reflected under Disk Manager as an unallocated disk volume. The size of this unallocated volume is the difference between the original virtual hard disk and the nominated size of the expanded virtual hard disk.
To make the full virtual hard disk capacity available to the virtual machine, you need to use Disk Manager to expand the volume within the virtual machine. You can do this by using the Extend Volume Wizard within Disk Manager. After this is complete, you will be able to view the expanded disk capacity in the operating system of the virtual machine.
