KB5034441 update error 80070643 - Increasing recovery partition size in VMWare

I have two VMWare workstation virtual machines where update KB5034441 update fails with error 0070643. This supposedly is a too small recovery partition. Quoting from: KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update Microsoft has changed how it updates PCs that run the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). WinRE will be updated using the monthly cumulative update. This change only applies to PCs that get updates from Windows Update (WU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). This change starts on June 27, 2023, for the Windows 11, version 22H2 cumulati

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