How to deploy VM with thick provisioned Eagerly zero disk type using HTML client?

[Ajaykumar33]

Hello All,

Upto ESXi 6.0, I was using legacy C# based Desktop client to deploy my VMs.

For the deployment, I was using Thick provisioned Eager Zero disk type.

Now I am using ESXi 6.5u1 and embedded HTML client to manage this host.

During the deployment steps VMware ask to choose disk as thin or thick and I am using thick option to deploy my VM.

My Question

When i am using thick disk type, VM is deployed but disk become thick provisioned lazy zero.

Can anyone help me to know how to deploy VM with thick provisioned eager zero disk type.

Thanks in advance !!!!

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Discussion moved from Virtual Machine, Guest OS and VM Tools to vSphere Host Client

[KarimovWise]

Just use the option on the page #7 "Customize hardware" like here:

[Ajaykumar33]

Hello Mr. KarimovWise,

Thanks for your response.

I think you have described the option for disk type (thick provisioned eager zero) during the installation of VM.

But I am facing problem during the deployment of VM.

Can you also help me on this?

Followings are the option which i got during the deployment of VM using HTML based vSphere client (embedded host client)

These option comes during the deployment.

Only Thin and Thick options are available for Disk provisioning:

After all the configuration following dialog box appear for verify all the configuration:

Can you help me on this?

[KarimovWise]

Oh, you mean "appliance deployment from OVF".

Well, probably you can't use "thick eager zeroed" from the deployment GUI, but you can convert the resulting VMDK file in different ways, for example from the command-line:

vmkfstools --eagerzero /vmfs/volumes/DatastoreName/VMName/VMName.vmdk

See the article Enabling clustering features for an existing virtual disk by converting in place (1035823) | VMware ...

More info on vmkfstools:

Converting a Zeroedthick Virtual Disk to an Eagerzeroedthick Disk

https://ryanmangansitblog.com/2013/03/19/converting-a-lazy-zeroed-disk-to-eagerly/

[KarimovWise]

You might also like to have a look at OVFTool:

OVF Tool Documentation

It can deploy OVF with "eagerZeroedThick" option.