Obviously i wont go into the Vmware bit as that’s straight forward –
So connect to the server then do the following :
su
echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan (replace the sdX with sda if thats your disk)
You can check this has worked running
fdisk -l
Then this is where i cheat a bit as i like the GUI
Open yast
then open Partitioner
Then goto your drive and click resize.
click next/finish
I had to reboot the server to see the change.
done.