Reduce provisioned disk size

[BrendanMarmont]

We have accidently increased a disk by 600GB and OK'd the change, however the disk expansion has not been committed in the OS.

I need that disk back, is there a way, or am I to create a new vDisk, restore data to it and remove the one that is now oversized.

Cheers!

Brendan

[vGuy]

You can use VMware converter to reduce the disk size.

While performing the V2V, you will get an option to change the size of the virtual disks.

It provides the option to both reduce/increase the virtual disks.

[NetRock · Accepted solution]

Hi Brendan,

You should use the VMware Converter and you can change the layout of the destination VM in the following page;

You can decrese the size in the Size/Capacity menu.

You can use the link below for more info, checkout Method 2:

http://vsphere-land.com/tips-tricks/re-sizing-virtual-disks

Hope it helps.

NetRock,

[BrendanMarmont]

Thanks guys, that did the trick!