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Convert existing virtual machine disk from thick to thin (Vmware 4)

Asked by steiner470 in VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server

I have a virtual machine (windows server 2003) running off a thick drive in vmware ESX 4. Ultimately this virtual machine will be a template so when I went to convert to template I elected to convert the disk file from thick to thin thinking that could save disk space.

When I attempt to "clone to template" however I get this error: File[Storage1] Wilson.vmdk is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore 'Storage1

Even though there is PLENTY of disk space (the original vmdk file is about 250GB and there is about 450gb available on the datastore. When I do the same convert to template but elect to keep the disk as thick, it works fine!

So how can I convert this drive from thick to thin?

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Convert existing virtual machine disk from thick to thin (Vmware 4)

Asked by steiner470 in VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server

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