How to increase the disk size for the .vmdk files for oracle VM

To increase the size of .vmdk file, first convert it to .vdi format and then resize.


C:\Installed\Oracle\VirtualBox>VboxManage clonehd "C:\VirtualBox
VMs\FMW12c_Training\OracleLinux_6.6-disk1.vmdk" "C:\VirtualBox VM
s\FMW12c_Training\cloned.vdi" --format vdi
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone medium created in format 'vdi'. UUID: 101956ff-cd49-46e7-aeb1-26e2ecf12a7c


C:\Installed\Oracle\VirtualBox>VboxManage modifyhd "C:\VirtualBox
 VMs\FMW12c_Training\cloned.vdi" --resize 46080
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%

C:\Installed\Oracle\VirtualBox>VboxManage clonehd "C:\VirtualBox
VMs\FMW12c_Training\OracleLinux_6.6-disk2.vmdk" "C:\VirtualBox VM
s\FMW12c_Training\cloned2.vdi" --format vdi
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone medium created in format 'vdi'. UUID: 30b2ff1d-bb19-4059-bed6-1c79c85dc3a1


C:\Installed\Oracle\VirtualBox>VboxManage modifyhd "C:VirtualBox
 VMs\FMW12c_Training\cloned2.vdi" --resize 46080
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%

Once the vdi files have been resized

On the VirtualBox->Settings->Storage

Remove the .vmdk storage and then add .vdi storage created above