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Reducingthesizeofathick
18 provisionedvmdkwithoutvmotion,
18puntos(88%votadopositivamente)
copyorclone? (self.vmware) shortlink: https://redd.it/3soiaf

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Ihavea16TBthickprovisioneddisk nombredeusuario contrasea

buttheVMisonlyusing~9TBofthis.I
needtoreclaimabout3TBofthat recordarme resetearcontrasea iniciarsesin
space.Unfortunately,Idon'thaveany
datastorewithenoughspaceonitfor
Enviarunnuevoenlace
metovMotion,copy,orclonethevmdk
to.
Enviarunnuevopostdetexto
Ireadacommentwheresomeone
mentionedusingsdeletetozerooutthe vmware
unusedblocks,poweringdowntheVM,
suscribirse 18.992lectores
andthenusingthevmkfstools
181usuariosconectados
punchzerocommandtoconvertthedisk
TheunofficialVMwareReddit.Everythingvirtual.
fromthicktothinandclearoutzeroed
Haveatechnicalquestion?Justmakeaselfpost!
blocks.Willthiswork?Isthereabetter
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GeneralLinks:
That'sexactlyhowyouconvertthicktothinwithout VMwareKnowledgebase
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[] karls 2puntoshace1ao Icons:
engageant,pleasecorrectmeifi'mwrongbutthis TheVMwarelogoiconfollowingausername
indicatesthatthisuserisaVMwareemployee.
procedurestillrequiresonetoclonethedisk!I
Ifyouareanemployee,pleasePMoneofthe
wentthroughabitofresearchearlierand
moderatorsthathasaVMwarelogofor
determinedtheonlywaytouseVMFSToolsto verificationinstructionsandwewilladdittoyours
convertfromthicktothinwastoclonewiththis aswell!
command:"vmkfstoolsiSERVERNAME.vmdkd CertificationFlair:
thinthinSERVERNAME.vmdk" Togetflairwithyourcertificationlevelsenda
pictureofyourcertificatewithyourReddit

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Thusyouwillneedatleast9TBoffreespaceonthe usernameinthepicturetothemoderators.
datastoretoaccomplishthis.IfOPisoutoffree SpamFilter:
spaceonthedatastore,thiswontwork. Thespamfiltercangetabitaheadofitself.Ifyou
makeapostandthencan'tfindit,itmighthave
Bestoptionmaybetoaddtemporarystoragewith beensnatchedaway.Pleasemessagethe
adequatespace(USBDiskorNFSshareona moderatorsandwe'llpullitbackin.
WorkstationPC).thenrunthosecommandscloning comunidaddesdehace8aos

ontothetemporaryvolumeandcopyingthedata MODERADORES enviarmensajealosmoderadores

back. jakobjs
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wazoo9000 [VCAP]
[] engageant 2puntoshace1ao cloud_dizzle [VCAP]
NopefromtheKB:Thisoptiondeallocatesall vDingus [VCDXDCV]
vTimD [VCIX6NV]
zeroedoutblocksandleavesonlythoseblocks
shaunwhiteinc [VCAP]
thatwereallocatedpreviouslyandcontainvalid virtualviking [VCIX]
data. Informacinsobreelequipodemoderacin

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[] pylori 2puntoshace1ao*

butisn'tthatKBtalkingaboutthinprovisioned 11
Howtoconfigure&testvCenterHA.
disks,whereasOPisaskingaboutathick
provisioneddisk,meaningitdoesn'tapplyinthis
case?
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[] ITesus [S]1puntohace1ao

That'sexactlytheconfirmationIwaslookingfor.Thankyou.
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[] LHD21 7puntoshace1ao

Here'spartoftheprocessIwroteforthejuniorguys.ThisassumestheVMispowereddownor
thediskisdisconnected,you'reSSH'edintothehostandhavenavigatedtothedatastore
containingthedisk.

Type"lslh*.vmdk"andnotetheprovisionedsizeofthedisk.
Type"duh*.vmdk"andnotetheactualsizeofthedisk.
Type"vmkfstoolsK&&vmdk_name&&.vmdk".Replace"&&vmdk_name&&"withtheactualnameoftheV
Type"lslh*.vmdk"andnotetheprovisionedsizeofthedisk.
Type"duh*.vmdk"andnotetheactualsizeofthedisk.

Ifit'sawindowsboxrunsomethinglike

defrag/C/H/U/X

first,thenrunyoursdeletecommandbeforeyoushutitdown.IwrotethisSOPbackwhenwe
switchedto5.5soit'sbeeninuseforatleast18months.Iknowitworkswell.Iwasdisappointed
whentheytookthefunctionalityoutofVMwaretoolssowedothisnow.
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[] pylori 1puntohace1ao

andthisworksforthickprovisioneddisks?iwasconfusedbecausethevmwareKBtalking
abouttheKpunchzerocommandjustmentionsreclaimingthespaceonthinprovisioned
disks.idon'tneedtodoanythingspecialbeforehand?

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[] LHD21 1puntohace1ao

Myunderstandingisthereislittledifferencebetweenthinandthickprovisioneddisksafter
creation.
A2GBeagerzero'edthickprovisioneddiskwith1GBofdataisbothprovisionedfor
andoccupies2GBondisk.
A2GBlazyzero'edthickprovisioneddiskwith1GBofdataisprovisionedfor2GBbut
occupiesslightlymorethan1GB.
A2GBthinprovisioneddiskwith1GBofdataisprovisionedfor2GBbutoccupies
slightlymorethan1GB
Whenyouusesdeletetozapathinprovisionedorlazyzero'eddiskyou'veeffectivelymade
thembothathickprovisionedeagerzerodisk.
WhenyouusetheVMKFSTOOLStoholepunchaneagerzero'edorlazyzero'ed(afterboth
havebeenzapped)you'veeffectivelymadethemboththinprovisioned.
WhenIfirstgottothecompanyI'matnowtheirVMinfrastructurewasamessof
snapshotsandnostandardization.Iconvertedeverythingtothinprovisioneddiskswith
thatcommandwhichreducedusedSANspacefrom6TBtoalittleunder1TB.
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[] engageant 2puntoshace1ao

Thisiscorrect,exceptfortheeagervslazycomparison.Bothoptionspreallocateall
blocks,however,eagerzeroingactuallyzeroes(Iknow,right?)thoseblocks.Lazypre
allocates,butthezeroingisdoneonfirstwrite.ThickEager:Allocateandzeroon
virtualdiskcreationThickLazy:Allocateonvirtualdiskcreation,zerobeforefirst
writeThin:Allocate,zero,THENwrite(allhappensaftervirtualdiskcreation)
pylori,thisisthestatementintheKBthatshouldexplainitall:Note:Zeroingall
unusedblocksinflatesthedisktoitsfullsizeandconvertsitintoaneagerzeroeddisk.
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[] engageant 2puntoshace1ao

Coincidentally,thisisn'ttoofaroffwhatWindowsdoeswhenyoureducethesizeofanNTFS
volume.Zeroed/unusedblocksareidentified,deallocated,andthevolumesizeshrinksaccordingly.
ThedifferencebetweenthetwoisthatWindowscanmanagelocking(sothatthechangesare
madelive),whilevmkfstoolscan'ttouchthebasediskbecauseit'slockedbyanotherprocess
(whichiswhytheVMneedstobepoweredofforthediskdetached).
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[] revoman 1puntohace1ao

Idon'tthinkyoucanconvertfromthicktothinlikethat.ITHINKyouwouldrequireenoughspace
tohavebothexistatthesametime.YouCOULDvmconvertittoanotherbox(orlocalfile)
shrinkingatthesametime.Itwouldtakeawhile,though...
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[] Casper042 1puntohace1ao

Asalways,testthisfirstonanothertestVMifyoucan.#CYA
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[] ITesus [S]1puntohace1ao

OhIwill,albeitonamuchmuchsmallerdisk!
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[] Casper042 1puntohace1ao

:)Iwasgoingtooffertotestitonmy5.5boxinmylabandthenIwaslikewait,hecan
basicallydothesameonanyotherVMhehasthatsnotcritical.
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[] ITesus [S]1puntohace1ao

NowifIcanjustfindthetimetoactuallytestit...
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[] Casper042 1puntohace1ao

ChargeupyourFluxCapacitor.
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[] ITesus [S]2puntoshace1ao

Myfluxcapacitorisinstalledonawindowsboxthathasbeendownsincelast
patchtuesday:(
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