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What size is the datastore ?<br />
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What size did you create the virtual disk /<br />
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Are they are snapshots ?
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What size is the datastore ?

What size did you create the virtual disk /

Are they are snapshots ?

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I do not believe there are any snapshots... But not really sure how to check <br />
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I do not believe there are any snapshots... But not really sure how to check

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Okay, so what is the size of datastore ?<br />
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It states the maximum size for the VMDK is 286GB.<br />
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You stated size of VMDK is 274GB which is thin provisioned, which is the maximum size it can grow to...<br />
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So that leaves 12GB of head room, which is very low on the datastore which also contains swap file and overhead files.<br />
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You need to ensure you leave at least 20% free on the datastore, e.g. do not create a virtual machine disk, which fills all the disk.
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Okay, so what is the size of datastore ?

It states the maximum size for the VMDK is 286GB.

You stated size of VMDK is 274GB which is thin provisioned, which is the maximum size it can grow to...

So that leaves 12GB of head room, which is very low on the datastore which also contains swap file and overhead files.


You need to ensure you leave at least 20% free on the datastore, e.g. do not create a virtual machine disk, which fills all the disk.

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how can I free up space? &nbsp;this VM keeps shutting down.
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how can I free up space?  this VM keeps shutting down.

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No other VMs you can move elsewhere and presumably no snapshots so I think you'll have to add a virtual DVD to it and boot Windows install/repair DVD and delete some unneeded files on it using that.
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No other VMs you can move elsewhere and presumably no snapshots so I think you'll have to add a virtual DVD to it and boot Windows install/repair DVD and delete some unneeded files on it using that.

Goraps

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I need help clearing space on a VM. &nbsp;How do I go about doing that? <br />
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I need help clearing space on a VM.  How do I go about doing that? 



How to free up space?  VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.