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I had one snapshot 4gb and that's it.<br />
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Why is it showing 1.4TB provisioned size???? I gave it 750gb?<br />
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Is it because I went for 'thick' provisioning?
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I had one snapshot 4gb and that's it.

Why is it showing 1.4TB provisioned size???? I gave it 750gb?

Is it because I went for 'thick' provisioning?

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I hope that this will answer your question...<br />
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<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005418" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005418</a>
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I hope that this will answer your question...

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005418 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005418]

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Here is more specifically answering your question<br />
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<a href="http://www.jpaul.me/?p=1847" rel="ugc">http://www.jpaul.me/?p=1847</a>
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Here is more specifically answering your question

http://www.jpaul.me/?p=1847 [http://www.jpaul.me/?p=1847]

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More for educational purposes ;-)<br />
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<a href="http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/feature/VMware-VMDK-shrink-and-storage-thin-provisioning-101" rel="ugc">http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/feature/VMware-VMDK-shrink-and-storage-thin-provisioning-101</a>
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More for educational purposes ;-)

http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/feature/VMware-VMDK-shrink-and-storage-thin-provisioning-101 [http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/feature/VMware-VMDK-shrink-and-storage-thin-provisioning-101]

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I have one vm on a 1TB drive, I provisioned 750gb to it, however my vm was suspended with an error - not enough space, i cannot make snapshots etc.<br />
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How is it possible? I am not a vmware expert ;-)<br />
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I gave this vm 750gb. Snapshots attached.<br />
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How to fix it pls?<br />
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I have one vm on a 1TB drive, I provisioned 750gb to it, however my vm was suspended with an error - not enough space, i cannot make snapshots etc.

How is it possible? I am not a vmware expert ;-)

I gave this vm 750gb. Snapshots attached.

How to fix it pls?

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