Folks,
Im trying to clone a disk to thin on the same data store using the following command
vmkfstools –i "/vmfs/volumes/VMFS5_TEST_ENV_3_EMC/GRIDBUP/GRIDBUP-flat.vmdk" "/vmfs/volumes/VMFS5_TEST_ENV_3_EMC/GRIDBUP/GRID_THIN.vmdk" -d thin
I've tried loads of different variations of this command,
vmkfstools –i /vmfs/volumes/VMFS5_TEST_ENV_3_EMC/GRIDBUP/GRIDBUP-flat.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/VMFS5_TEST_ENV_3_EMC/GRIDBUP/GRID_THIN.vmdk -d thin
vmkfstools –i /GRIDBUP-flat.vmdk /GRID_THIN.vmdk -d thin
vmkfstools –i GRIDBUP-flat.vmdk GRID_THIN.vmdk -d thin
and a few more, but keep getting the same error "Extra arguments at the end of the command line."
Can anyone help me out with this one
Many thanks
Paul
Remove "-flat" from the virtual disk's file name in the command line. vmkfstools expects the header/descriptor .vmdk name and not the data (flat/delta) file name.
André
Hi André,
Thanks for the response, but still getting the same error. Any ideas?
Maybe worth a try:
vmkfstools -i "GRIDBUP.vmdk" "GRID_THIN.vmdk" -d thin
André
Hi
Welcome to communities.
please make sure you didn't missed any steps.
Hi,
Not sure if this has been solved yet but this command worked:
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Template/Template.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/E912/OS_1/OS_1_C.vmdk -d thin