show thick/thin provisioned disks

[antonin31]

Hi

Is there a way to determing if an existing vmdk for a vm is thin provisioned or thick provisioned?

How do we go about determing it from VCSA or ESX ?

I only found http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101117...

but these parameters are no more available (vma version 5.0.2)

vmkfstools --version

vSphere SDK for Perl version: 5.0

Script 'vmkfstools' version: 5.0

Thank you for any tip

[vmroyale]

Are you looking for an automated way to find this information, or just any way possible?

[antonin31]

Hi

I give preference to automated way. Maybe I can make a script if you tel me the right tool for showing that information. Just for clarify , I do not have the access to Powercli.

thank you

[vmroyale]

Without access to the CLI tools, it might be best to use something like the free RVTools.

[antonin31]

Any tips for linux OS ?  May I use some tool from vma ? Seems to me, this is common task for administering virtual farm, nothing special ..

I can't believe that there is no equivalent tool for showing this kind of information. Perhaps I miss something ...

[subhasis2009]

hi vmroyale,

u share us a nice tool. thnx.

subhasis

[xunil321]

I installed RVTools 3.5 but got this login error:

Could not connect to [IP of our ESXi 5U1]

Unknown error: the remote server returned an error (443)

Forbidden

Have we to enable any feature on our host?

THX, Rainer

[subhasis2009]

Esxi host management connection port (443) should be open.

subhasis

[xunil321]

Port 443 is open. Other ideas?

[subhasis2009]

first u try telnet 443 from your PC. i think may be your firewall is open or contact to your network administrator.

subhasis