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Osaidaz
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how to pre-allocat space in hard disk

Hi, I'm studying for Foundation exam and I'm trying to configure my VM hard disk and the requirements are as following:

1- System Disk (4GB) with no pre allocation space (this is thing provisioning right?)

2- data Disk (20GB) with zeroed in advanced

what does zeroed in advanced mean? also , is there a different in hard disk type between system disk and data disk?

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> 1- System Disk (4GB) with no pre allocation space (this is thing provisioning right?)
Yes - this is called Thin-provisioned.
> 2- data Disk (20GB) with zeroed in advanced

Here you want Eager-zeroed Thick-provisioned.
With Eager-zeroed Thick-provisioned the space is allocated completely in advance and is filled with zeroes before first usage.


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Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

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Gotzu
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Check this

vSphere Documentation Center

There after also look thick provisioning.

Cheers!
Rajeev
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> 1- System Disk (4GB) with no pre allocation space (this is thing provisioning right?)
Yes - this is called Thin-provisioned.
> 2- data Disk (20GB) with zeroed in advanced

Here you want Eager-zeroed Thick-provisioned.
With Eager-zeroed Thick-provisioned the space is allocated completely in advance and is filled with zeroes before first usage.


________________________________________________
Do you need support with a VMFS recovery problem ? - send a message via skype "sanbarrow"
I do not support Workstation 16 at this time ...

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