How to reclaim unused disk space in esxi 6.7?
Hello,
I would like to know how i can reclaim unused disk space from a vmdk file of a virtual machine which is hosted in ESXi 6.7.
Thank you in advance,
I would like to know how i can reclaim unused disk space from a vmdk file of a virtual machine which is hosted in ESXi 6.7.
Thank you in advance,
ASKER
Thank you for your help,
It's kinda huge vm, and this solution won't help me
In previous versions, it existed the ability to update the disk descriptor to reduce its capacity, but the same procedure, is not helping in this version.
I recap, the procedure said:
But in version 6.7, the vm.vmdk file, does not have the same syntax and i cannot figure out the line where the disk volume is written.
Thank you
It's kinda huge vm, and this solution won't help me
In previous versions, it existed the ability to update the disk descriptor to reduce its capacity, but the same procedure, is not helping in this version.
I recap, the procedure said:
- Connect through ssh to the esxi
- navigate to the vm path
- vi vm.vmdk
- Here, just change the vmdk size, which is written as number of 512k blocks, and that's it
But in version 6.7, the vm.vmdk file, does not have the same syntax and i cannot figure out the line where the disk volume is written.
Thank you
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The maximum size for Version 6 is 2 TB. Is your machine bigger than that
https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/rn/conv_sa_62_rel_notes.html
https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/rn/conv_sa_62_rel_notes.html
Here is a support article to assist you.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/ca/en/cadhs1/sln283425/how-to-shrink-a-vmdk-using-vcenter-converter-5-1?lang=en
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