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HungNA
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Compact*.vmdk does NOT work (for Ubuntu guestOS)

Hi all, 

I'm using VMware ESXi, 6.0.0 for my servers creation. But recently when I created Ubuntu guestOS, I got *.vmdk full of space, but in Ubuntu guestOS, it says 1/3 of the actual space is used.

I followed the instructions at: 

- https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Compact-Disk-on-Linux-guests-does-not-work/...
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2136514 

but it doesn't seem to solve the problem. How can I get that space back?

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maksym007
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Check if disk is thin provisioned or thick provisioned

I understood it exactly in that way

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