Hi
I did a search and could not find a forum for the ovftool so decided to place here.
a) I was looking for an explaination of the various diskmodes? The help just has this
. I can guess but want to be sure.
-dm/--diskMode : Select target disk format. Supported formats
are: monolithicSparse, monolithicFlat,
twoGbMaxExtentSparse, twoGbMaxExtentFlat,
seSparse (VI target), eagerZeroedThick (VI
target), thin (VI target), thick (VI target),
sparse, and flat
Now nothing is as it seems, when i did a trial of twoGbMaxExtentSparse mode it produced the same exact result as a thin mode.
I was expecting to see 2G chucks. Even the "thick" produced the same size vmdk so it does not seem to make any diffrence what
-dm=<xxx> is set to ? Makes no sense.
b) When you IMPORT an OVF into vCD catalog, does it matter if the catalog is think or thin or is this a mute point because you don't get this option for the catalog ?
c) Is there a table / document that highlights the various outcomes of a thin / thick - fast / full_clone deployment of catalog VMs with respect to the format in the catalog ? e.g. a catalog vm which is stored thin is deployed to a thick storage area, this is taken care of
If on the other hand the catalog is stored thick, is the deployment to a thin storage area taken care of, it deploys thin ?
(i am struggling to understand where the limitations are at deploy time)
Thnaks in advance !
