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Sr Systems Engineer

JB Blanco

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Can I change the block size of the disk when I use VMware converter?<br />
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So lets say for example, I have a vm in one datacenter in vcenter, and I want to use VMware Converter to migrate it over to another datacenter. &nbsp;The goal here is to be able to change the block size of the virtual disk from 4K to 8K block size. &nbsp;This is for Deduplication Optimization that Simplivity uses on the destination Datacenter<br />
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Please give me your thoughts! &nbsp;thanks!
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Can I change the block size of the disk when I use VMware converter?

So lets say for example, I have a vm in one datacenter in vcenter, and I want to use VMware Converter to migrate it over to another datacenter.  The goal here is to be able to change the block size of the virtual disk from 4K to 8K block size.  This is for Deduplication Optimization that Simplivity uses on the destination Datacenter

Please give me your thoughts!  thanks!

Is there a way to change the Block size of a VM's Virtual disks when using Vmware Converter?

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Virtualization

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Storage

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