Resizing the disk space on Ubuntu Server VMs running on VMware ESXi 5

from: http://www.joomlaworks.net/blog/item/168-resizing-the-disk-space-on-ubuntu-server-vms-running-on-vmware-esxi-5

 

 

$ ls -al /dev/sda*

- Create new partition using fdisk:
$ fdisk /dev/sda