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mattad
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Merging multiple *.vmdk files into 1 target *.vmdk possible ?

Assume I got a VM with multiple *.vmdk files.

Is it possible to merge them together into one target *.vmdk?

If yes: how?

Matt

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continuum
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There are several scenarios where you would have several *.vmdks.

1. your VM has two or more disks like one for the system and one for the data.This may look like

system.vmdk

data.vmdk

In this case you can't merge those vmdks into one - you also do not want to do this.

2. your VM has only one disk and this one disk is split into several chunks.

system.vmdk

system-s001.vmdk

system-s002.vmdk

...

In this case you could merge the chunks into a single vmdk with vmware-vdiskmanager but it is not recommended to do so.

See

3. your VM has one or more snapshots

system.vmdk

system-000001.vmdk

...

In this case you must use snapshot-manager


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