VMware/Workstation

Linux
lspci: 02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)

To get the audio working, I had to have X loaded and a user logged in, ( with VMware Tools )

For CentOS: pulseaudio -D mpg123 music.mp3

Linux
Ubuntu: vendor recommends using 'open-vm-tools' apt-get install open-vm-tools

VMware Virtual Disk Manager
VMware Workstation's version of vmkfstools

Create virtual disk: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 1GB -t 1 test.vmdk
 * 1) create growable 1GB VMDK:

Rename virtual disk: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n test.vmdk newtest.vmdk

Clone disk: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r test.vmdk -t 1 newtest.vmdk C:\>C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 5234757. Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe OPTIONS  |  Offline disk manipulation utility Operations, only one may be specified at a time: -c                  : create disk. Additional creation options must be specified. Only local virtual disks can be                           created. -d                  : defragment the specified virtual disk. Only local virtual disks may be defragmented. -k                  : shrink the specified virtual disk. Only local virtual disks may be shrunk. -n     : rename the specified virtual disk; need to                            specify destination disk-name. Only local virtual disks may be renamed. -p                  : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by                            the mount point for shrinking. -r     : convert the specified disk; need to specify destination disk-type. For local destination disks the disk type must be specified. -x    : expand the disk to the specified capacity. Only local virtual disks may be expanded. -R                  : check a sparse virtual disk for consistency and attempt to repair any errors. -e                  : check for disk chain consistency. -D                  : make disk deletable. This should only be used on disks that have been copied from another product.

Other Options: -q                  : do not log messages

Additional options for create and convert: -a        : (for use with -c only) adapter type (ide, buslogic, lsilogic). Pass lsilogic for other adapter types. -s           : capacity of the virtual disk -t       : disk type id

Disk types: 0                  : single growable virtual disk 1                  : growable virtual disk split in 2GB files 2                  : preallocated virtual disk 3                  : preallocated virtual disk split in 2GB files 4                  : preallocated ESX-type virtual disk 5                  : compressed disk optimized for streaming 6                  : thin provisioned virtual disk - ESX 3.x and above

The capacity can be specified in sectors, KB, MB or GB.    The acceptable ranges: ide/scsi adapter : [1MB, 8192.0GB] buslogic adapter : [1MB, 2040.0GB] ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 850MB -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -d myDisk.vmdk ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vmdk ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 36GB myDisk.vmdk ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 4 -h esx-name.mycompany.com \ -u username -f passwordfile "[storage1]/path/to/targetDisk.vmdk" ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -k myDisk.vmdk ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p  (A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at )