Mhmood
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VM Shrink and vmdk problem, please please help, Thanks

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.

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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
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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.

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WoodyZ
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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) 

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