VM Shrink and vmdk problem, please please help, Thanks

[Mhmood]

I have VM win Server r2, I need to shrink the VM but I cant find  VM tool in control panel. what I do to shrink its size it become now 30GB!!!!

PS. vmdk in this vm is split to 31 files.

Please your help is so much apreciated, I have a lot of VM in the same status.

[a_p_]

Which version of VMware Workstation do you use? For version 9.x and newer you will find a new entry for the VM in the library (VM > Manage > Clean up Disks)

André

[Mhmood]

Thanks for your reply but, I already did that but I saved only 4GB... Please help if there is any suggestions I need more ideas.

[WoodyZ · Accepted solution]

The VMware Tools GUI has been removed as it's now integrated with the Virtual Machine Settings however you can still use the command line.  Note: The path on 64-bit Windows OSes will be: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Tools

1. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>vmwaretoolboxcmd help 
2. Usage: vmwaretoolboxcmd <command> [options] [subcommand] 
3. Type 'vmwaretoolboxcmd help <command>' for help on a specific command. 
4. Type 'vmwaretoolboxcmd -v' to see the VMware Tools version. 
5. Use '-q' option to suppress stdout output. 
6. Most commands take a subcommand. 
7. Available commands: 
8.    device 
9.    disk 
10.    script 
11.    stat 
12.    timesync 
13.    upgrade (not available on all operating systems)