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  • 1.  Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 10:40 AM

    Hi,

    I have a data disk on a VM that was over specified & I need to reclaim the disk space. The VM is Windows 2008.

    What would be the best way to do this?



  • 2.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 10:47 AM

    Hi,

    By doing V2V you can reduce the disk.



  • 3.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 10:56 AM

    Thanks.

    Can I just do a V2V for the disk & not the full VM?



  • 4.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 11:00 AM

    Hi,

    You need to do the V2V of the VM. In the Disk option, You can reduce the space.



  • 5.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 11:33 AM

    If you use VOLUME based cloning you can select only the volume which you want to shrink and perform the convert



  • 6.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 11:39 AM

    Cool.. Thanks for that.

    Is VM Converter the best tool to use for this? We're still on vSphere 4.1.

    Cheers.



  • 7.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 11:49 AM

    Yes you can use VMware Converter..



  • 8.  RE: Reducing Disk size on a VM

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 11:56 AM

    Converter for this task is like using a Space Shuttle to get to the next kebab booth
    simply add a new disk in the size that fits better
    then transfer the data via robocopy

    after the copy is done you power off the VM and remove the old oversized vmdk and replace it with the new one