Hi guys!
I usually check my virtual drives and defragmentate them on a regular basis...
The following popped up:
Defragmentaition failed
The specified virtual disk needs repair
I looked around here and found that for Linux I need to use:
/usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -R <path of the vmdk(virtual disk)>
Ok have checked and I have Debian 11 installed in the host and Yes the vmware-vdiskmanager is in /usr/bin
If I try to run the followiing:
/usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /dev/sdd1/VirtualMachines/Windows/Windows 7 x64 UEFI Test/Windows 7 x64 UEFI Test.vmdk
....it comes up with this response:
martyn@DN-Server:~$ /usr/bin/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /dev/sdd1/VirtualMachines/Windows/Windows 7 x64 UEFI Test/Windows 7 x64 UEFI Test.vmdk
Diskname or some other argument is missing.
VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 20089737.
Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager OPTIONS <disk-name> | <mount-point>
Offline disk manipulation utility
Operations, only one may be specified at a time:
-c : create disk. Additional creation options must
be specified. Only local virtual disks can be
created.
-d : defragment the specified virtual disk. Only
local virtual disks may be defragmented.
-k : shrink the specified virtual disk. Only local
virtual disks may be shrunk.
-n <source-disk> : rename the specified virtual disk; need to
specify destination disk-name. Only local virtual
disks may be renamed.
-p : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by
the mount point for shrinking.
-r <source-disk> : convert the specified disk; need to specify
destination disk-type. For local destination disks
the disk type must be specified.
-x <new-capacity> : expand the disk to the specified capacity. Only
local virtual disks may be expanded.
-R : check a sparse virtual disk for consistency and attempt
to repair any errors.
-e : check for disk chain consistency.
-D : make disk deletable. This should only be used on disks
that have been copied from another product.
-U : delete/unlink a single disk link.
Other Options:
-q : do not log messages
Additional options for create and convert:
-a <adapter> : (for use with -c only) adapter type
(ide, buslogic, lsilogic). Pass lsilogic for other adapter types.
-s <size> : capacity of the virtual disk
-t <disk-type> : disk type id
-z <level> : compression level for -t 5. Valid range: [0,9]
Default: 1
Disk types:
0 : single growable virtual disk
1 : growable virtual disk split into multiple files
2 : preallocated virtual disk
3 : preallocated virtual disk split into multiple files
4 : preallocated ESX-type virtual disk
5 : compressed disk optimized for streaming
6 : thin provisioned virtual disk - ESX 3.x and above
The capacity can be specified in sectors, KB, MB or GB.
The acceptable ranges:
ide/scsi adapter : [1MB, 8192.0GB]
buslogic adapter : [1MB, 2040.0GB]
ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager -c -s 850MB -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk
ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager -d myDisk.vmdk
ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vmdk
ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager -x 36GB myDisk.vmdk
ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk
ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager -k myDisk.vmdk
ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager -p <mount-point>
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>)
Can anyone tell me what I am missing here?
I know that VirtualMachines is on /dev/sdd1...on that drive I have a folder "Windows" for Windows virtual machines and in that folder is another that is called "Windows 7 x64 UEFI Test" and the vmdk file is "Windows 7 x64 UEFI Test.vmdk" so I don't understand what is wrong with my code...
Martyn
