Hi,
I am running ESXi in my home lab. I am using the CLI to clone a server. When I add the disk to a new machine that I cloned from a thin disk, it comes in as thick. It was thin provisioned when the disk was made, The CLI says it is going to be thin. What have I missed? I am taking the clone from a snapshot. Below is the command I used and the result.
[root@localhost:~] vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/Internal_SSD/”Windows 2012 r2 Template”/”Windows 2012 r2 Template_0-000001.vmdk” /vmfs/volumes/USB-Datastore/”Windows 2012 r2 Template”/”Windows 2012 r2 Template.vmdk” -d thin
Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned
Cloning disk ‘/vmfs/volumes/Internal_SSD/Windows 2012 r2 Template/Windows 2012 r2 Template_0-000001.vmdk’…
Clone: 100% done.
This is my version of ESXi
Version:
1.8.0
Build number:
4516221
ESXi version:
6.5.0
ESXi build number:
4887370
Hi,
Read my post about linked-clone machines in ESXi: https://www.teimouri.net/linked-clone-virtual-machine-without-vmware-horizon-view/
Hi,
I appreciate the feedback, but I don't understand where the linked clones comes in? This is a full clone of a thin disk. Did I miss something?
Best wishes
Michael
Hi,
Can you to try add the bus logic at the end of vmkfstools and see if it works?
Cloning and converting virtual machine disks with vmkfstools (1028042) | VMware KB
Thanks for the feedback. I am trying that, but get an Extra argument at the end of the command line error. I am using the following
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/Internal_SSD/"Windows 2012 r2 Template"/"Windows 2012 r2 Template_0-000001.vmdk" /vmfs/volumes/USB-Datastore/"Windows 2012 r2 Template"/"Windows 2012 r2 Template.vmdk" -d thin -a buslogic
Hi,
Just another update. I have cloned a disk from the SSD to the SSD. Still the same result.
I noticed that the disk is thin provisioned after the clone according the datastore, see attached screenshot. If I check the size on the datastore it is the full 40GB on the datastore. The Hardware Configuration says it is thin, see attached screenshot.
Best wishes
Michael
Hi Mic,
Have you changed any configuration in vmdk file?