importing ovf image in esx

[abhayrathod]

Hi

I have an ovf image which has thin disk of 100 Gigs. The thin disk is actually occupying 10 gigs only. When I import it to ESX which doesn't have 100 gigs of free disk space, ESX doesn't allow to import that OVF image.

Is there a solution to this problem?

-Abhay

[AndreTheGiant]

Try to use VMware Standalone Converter to import the disk as thin disk.

Andre

[abhayrathod]

Is it possible without a VMware converter ?

-Abhay

[AndreTheGiant]

Yes... but in this case the disks will be created in the default mode (thick).

PS: VMware Standalone Converter is free...

Andre

[abhayrathod]

Thanks Andre. But can you let me know how can w do that without Converter to import OVF image even if the disk space is not sufficient on ESX.

-Abhay

[Troy_Clavell]

if you don't have sufficient disk space to store the guest, then you shouldn't import anything until you free up atleast 20% of space on the destination LUN. Remember just because it's thin, you still need to space allocated to allow it to grow to it's maximum size.