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brunomdmd
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'vmkfstools --inflatedisk' command has no effect

Hi All,

I have a disk (vmdk) like "Thick Provision Lazy", and I need to change it to "Thick Provision Eager", well, I ran the command 'vmkfstools --inflatedisk PANVFSP380A_3.vmdk', didn't give any error, gave as' 100% done 'but on VMware's properties, it still remains as Thick Lazy. Is there a procedure after the vmkfstools --inflatedisk command needs to be done to confirm the change?

Return of the command:

"[root@VSPHERESERVER:/vmfs/volumes/5bce4edd-e282a332-2220-6cc2173fc0d0/PANVFSP380A_1] vmkfstools --eagerzero PANVFSP380A_3.vmdk

Eagerly zeroing: 100% done."

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Regards!

Bruno Damasceno

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a_p_
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I don't have a system to reproduce this at the moment, However, did you reload the VM after running the command, so that its metadata get's reread/updated?

see https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026043

André

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diegodco31
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Hi

You can try register/add a VM to the inventory for reloading the file vmx.

Diego Oliveira
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcodiego
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continuum
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vmkfstools -p 0 PANVFSP380A_3-flat.vmdk > map.txt

will show wether the vmdk is eager zeroed or lazy zeroed


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