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    <title>topic Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Or even goto the VM folder, select and right click&amp;nbsp; the .vmdk file. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You will get and option "INFLATE". Inflating will make the disk from thin to thick. But the VM needs to be powered off&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;~dGeorgey&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:26:05 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-09-16T07:26:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365174#M20282</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a thin provisioned VMDK that is 500GB. The actual Windows Partition is only 150gb. I would like to change the VMDK to a 150GB thick provisioned disk. What is the best way for me to go about doing that?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>VSprague</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-07T00:11:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365175#M20283</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you prefer GUI then use Converter otherwise vmkfstools is a powerful CLI command.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 03:01:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>sumitgoel17</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-07T03:01:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365176#M20284</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt; vmkfstools -i will clone the disk to the exact size . but again we could change the descriptor value and then clone which would result the disk size to be shrinked. but its not advisable and could result in corruption.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would recommend to use the VMware converter ( free software from VMware ) which is the best option. And the best part you can do it on the fly. where as vmkfstools would require a downtime.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks,&lt;BR /&gt;Avinash&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-08T00:13:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365177#M20285</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;As Avinash said use the converter. I did it using vmkfstools once for doing this and ran into multiple issues which included corruption. But i was working on a test machine. To be safe use the converter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 04:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365177#M20285</guid>
      <dc:creator>abhilashhb</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-08T04:02:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365178#M20286</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I used the converter, thank you all.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>VSprague</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-08T13:07:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365179#M20287</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Or even goto the VM folder, select and right click&amp;nbsp; the .vmdk file. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You will get and option "INFLATE". Inflating will make the disk from thin to thick. But the VM needs to be powered off&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;~dGeorgey&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:26:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-16T07:26:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shrink a Thin Provisioned VMDK</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Shrink-a-Thin-Provisioned-VMDK/m-p/365180#M20288</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I surprised this cannot be accomplished in the vCentre/Web gui at this stage. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:47:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shocko</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-23T10:47:49Z</dc:date>
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