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Thank you for the quick response.
Below is the output from vmware-vdiskmanager help, also a dir listing of the final files, I let the process fully complete. I also attached the main vmdk file as well as a clean vmdk file. Again, Thank you very much for looking at this.
VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 2305329.
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.
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
Disk types:
0 : single growable virtual disk
1 : growable virtual disk split in 2GB files
2 : preallocated virtual disk
3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2GB 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 -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 4 -h esx-name.mycompany.com \
-u username -f passwordfile "[storage1]/path/to/targetDisk.vmdk"
ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager -k myDisk.vmdk
ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager -p <mount-point>
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>)
total 127106816
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s011.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s012.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s013.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s014.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s015.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s017.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s018.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s019.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s020.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s021.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s022.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s023.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s024.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s025.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s026.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s027.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s028.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s029.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s030.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s031.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2097152 Jan 5 19:17 win7x64-s032.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 1745 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 14651686912 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s001.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 10298589184 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s002.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 16631660544 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s003.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 16512843776 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s004.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 16621699072 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s005.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 15161622528 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s006.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 12532056064 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s007.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 16048455680 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s008.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 11700142080 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s009.vmdk
-rwxrwxrwx 1 alexj alexj 2162688 Jan 5 20:03 win7x64-s016.vmdk