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• Incorrect (inflated). The VMDK file size

  Hi all

  I am running VMware Workstation 10.0.2 build-1744117 and scratching my head as to why the size of my. The Guest Windows 7 x 64 newly deployed VMDK file is so great despite having supplied a vDisk 60 GB and opting for do not pre-allocate space.  My VMDK file size is close to 60 GB, while on the comments, it shows only ~ 21 GB consumed.  I tried without success the compaction.  It is not compatible with other virtual machines, I in which the VMDK file size corresponds to the capacity in use on the vDisk. Please find below the screenshots of corroboration.  It would be much appreciated if someone could shed some light on why this is the case.

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  Thanks in advance, see you soon!

  Sorry I lost all time clicking on this post.  After a nominal amount of research, I discovered the error of my ways and proceeded to reduce the volume.

  See you soon!

• Question of file size fast and easy if everything goes well

  Hello

  I looked at the document of maximum rates of config and am a bit confused on the file sizes, the last document lists as follows:

  VMFS-3
  Block 8MB size
  256GB file size (block size of 1 MB)
  512 GB file size (2 MB block size)
  1 TB file size (4 MB block size)
  Size (block size of 8 MB) of the 2 TB file less 512 bytes
  Files by volume approximately 30 720

  My question is: with a size less than 8MB ar ethe block sizes as shown or should all be less '512octets '?

  Thank you

  Lee

  This changed in ESX(I) 4.1. As much as I know there should be no issue where responses differ depending on the version.

  See for example http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012384

  André

• The Vmdk file size

  Hello.

  I have an ESX 4.0.0 host and I created a new virtual machine on this subject, to install WIN 2003.

  When configure the virtual disk, I put the 18 GB disk and selected size space Allocate and commit on request option (thin Provisioing).

  The following steps are fine and smooth. The installation is good and VM can be saved on the local HARD disk. It could work like I want.

  In the end, I logged in the ESX sever to check how the size of the VMDK file has been generated.

  Result as below.

  $ ls - lh

  total of 9.7 G

  -rw - 1 root root 1.0 G the 31 mai 10:43 vm - 17412363.vswp

  -rw - 1 root root 17G 31 May 17:51 vm1 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8.5 K 31 mai 11:06 vm.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 469 31 mai 10:45 vm.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 0 May 31 10:40 vm.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root, 2.9 K 31 mai 10:43 vc01.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 259 the 31 mai 10:40 vm.vmxf

  -rw - rr 1 root root 110 K 31 mai 17:18 vmware.log

  I felt that it is fake!

  Why is the total size of 9.7 GB but vm1 - flat hard file is 17 GB?

  It's over the total size. It seems strange to... isn't it?

  Then I was loggin to WIN2003 (vm) and make sure how the C drive size.

  C drive has been total 16.9 and GB 8,44 available...

  The C drive size is perhaps skirtss size. It is a good idea.

  but WHY the total size is 9.7 GB? AND tell me the breakdown of this total size of the file.

  Can someone explain to me?

  Help me ~ ~ ~

  Thank you!

  Hello!

  VM1 - flat hard is sparesefile and signals the total maximum size of the disk.

  And 9.7 total disk space used, log + swap files.

• In DatastoreBrowser vmdk file size not the same as busybox?

  Hello

  I have a few virtual machines in ESXi 4.0 U1, I installed the virtual disks as "thin" then they should grow in size, when the virtual machine is increasingly large.

  If I look at the vmdk files in the DatastoreBrowser of vSphere Client 4 is the case and I have a few files 20 GB for my Windows Server 2008 vmdk files.

  But if I look in the real file from busybox system (I use WinSCP or putty and even with Trilead VMX) then each vmdk-dish has the maximum size of 100 GB (exactly 107 GB). The vmdk file is named hard-plate here and not hard like in the DatastoreBrowser.

  If I download the file DatastoreBrowser vmdk to a Windows machine that I get a vmdk-apartment with great size and not the size specified in DatastoreBrowser.

  Surprisingly all-flat-files vmdk together (seen in WinSCP or VMX) are larger than the disk HARD Physics (500 GB).

  What is c?

  Thank you, franc

  Hello

  as said marcelo, thin discs works on the VMFS partition level. The thin disks does not exist outside of a VMFS partition.

  For example, is run you 'df - kh' you can see the real disk (distributed) of the VMFS partition space. In other words, you can see the total amount of disk space used by the thin disks of the virtual machines.

  Anyway, you turn in the busybox "ls - sh" (instead of 'ls - lh') you will see the real space of the thin virtual disk for a particular virtual machine (vmdk).

  But the problem is that tools such as winscp see the size of the disk space of the thin disks. This tools see the size of the reserved the vmdk file. Then, it copies all the file size of the disk as a thick disk. And of course, the target file system partition that will contain the thin disks, does not support thin disks.

  A thin disk with 3 GB of actual data (distributed) and a 10 GB reserved size is copied on the net by Winscp as a 10 GB drive.

  Best wishes / Saludos.

  Pablo

  Please consider providing any useful answer. Thank you!! - Por favor considered premiar las useful responses. MUCHAS gracias!

  Virtually noob blog

• VMDK file size file size shrinkage / incorrect after cloning

  While working with VMWare on case 1159631091 support we had to clone a virtual machine that had 3 separate HD located on separate to a temporary volume volumes, then when after starting the virtual machine successfully, we have cloned virtual machine again with appropriate VMDK dating back to their original Volumes...  These volumes have been configured thin and was originally considered appropriate sizes.  Now after cloning, the volumes are showing completely full.

  Example of

  Volume 1 has a file VMDK 20 GB on a 25 GB volume and the volume shows 24.5 GB full on the SAN.  There are the 20 GB VMDK file and the file of 4 GB of Ram.

  Volume 2 has a 150 GB VMDK file on a 150 GB volume.  The data on the volume is only about 10 GB at the moment.  My SAN previously reported only usage to 10 GB and so I guess that the VMDK file suit size.

  Volume 3 has a 50 GB VMDK file on a volume of 50GB.  There are currently no data on this volume. My SAN previously reported use null.

  So I need to know if possilbe and how to boom the VMDK files to their appropriate size so that they report correctly on my SAN.

  Thank you

  You have several choices on www.vmware-land.com for shrinking vmdk.  For most use VMware Converter, use it to clone existing and increase or decrease the size of all readers and point to the destination storage systems.

  If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '. Thank you!!!

  Kind regards

  Stefan Nguyen

  iGeek Systems Inc.

  VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

• Noob - Question of file size

  Hi all

  I am very new to the aftermath. I'm in the middle of my first project. This is a second clip 10 quick that fades into a text and has a default value moving fully behind it.

  I want to include it at the beginning of a movie first pro that I am (almost like an animated logo). So I tried to go out to an avi file, but the completed avi file size was more than 300 MB.

  I just wanted to know if this seems normal? Seems like a lot to me.

  In case it is important that I used AfterEffects CS5.5 and the project to adapt to a 720 x 480 screen.

  Thanks in advance

  James

  See this:

  http://forums.Adobe.com/thread/684381

• Where to 10 GB in size of VMDK files.

  Hello.

  SW: WmWare Workstation 7.1.4.

  HW: Intel Core i7-920/6 GB of RAM/2x0.5Tb HARD drive. Host of OS = Windows 7 x 64 ultimate.

  I have a virtual machine with the guest OS Windows Server 2003.

  When I run this VM I see inside - drive C: size = 39.8 GB space free = 30, 2 GB. So, space = 9.6 GB.

  But when I stop VM I see - the VMDK file size is 19 GB!

  The big question is - where did it take 10 GB 'extra '?

  How can I adjust to its actual size? So I want VMDK take all the space, it is used in real-time under guest operating system.

  Well, I'm ok if difference will be from 1 to 2 GB but 10 GB - it IS TOO! :-(

  I tried to shrink the VMDK size:

  (1) ran Compact & Deframent for this VMDK file (in VmWare FRO this virtual machine).

  2) has added a new virtual HARD disk, start VM in the Acronis image ISO disc and then - created disk image of the HDD1, HDD2.

  Then HDD1 deleted, added new HDD1 with the same size. Restore the system from the HDD2 to HDD1 disk image.

  After all these manipulations I still have VMDK size = 19 GB!

  Still can't understand - where does 10 GB 'extra '?

  Kind regards
  Dmitry.

  I'll assume that you don't have any snapshots...

  First of all, you need to use Shrink VMware Tools or instead using another method to zero free space on the disk for compacting.  In Virtual Machines Windows I use SDelete with the argument - c, then press stop, suspend not and the compact disc I think faster then using VMware Tools shrink.

• the VMDK files are more and more and more...

  I have vmware 8.01 with two virtual machines. OS Win7 64 bit ultimate host, guests are win7 ultimate 32-bit. The first VM was created by workstation, with 80 GB of HARD drive and this virtual machine works very well, the vmdk file size is constant.

  The second was created by the virtualization of a physical machine. It has 298 GB of HARD drive. I created it three months ago, and now the size of this virtual machine is 505 Gb in the host file system. This virtual machine, called 'Prospero' has ten vmdk files:

  Prospero.VMDK 240 GB

  Prospero - 000001.vmdk 19 GB

  Prospero - 000002.vmdk Gb 116

  Prospero - 000003.vmdk 40 GB

  Prospero - 000004.vmdk 56 GB

  Prospero - 000005.vmdk 12 GB

  Prospero - 000006.vmdk 3.3 GB

  Prospero - 000007.vmdk 4.3 GB

  Prospero - 000008.vmdk 13 GB

  Prospero - 000009.vmdk 14 GB

  Yesterday, the size of the last file vmdk file was only 500 MB. It is now 14 GB.

  Initially, I set the snapshot generation and later I switch, but the growth of the size of the vmdk files continues day after day.

  Said VMWare tools: 'the fret is disabled for this virtual machine.

  What can I do to stop this more and return to the normal size of 298 GB?

  I've attached the vmx file.

  Welcome to the community,

  Initially I set the snapshot generation, and later I turned off...

  It seems that you have the "characteristic" Autoprotect is always enabled. The .vmx file still contains many entries of "RollingTier". You will need to disable Autoprotect for the virtual machine and then remove snapshots using the Snapshot Manager.

  André

• VCB VMDK files-

  Hello

  I recently updated our vSphere 4.1, so need to re - install the Virtualcenter VM completely - that's all moved I found the following in the directory of the former VirtualCenter: many files hard to failed or interrupted the VCB Sessions.

  These files were added to the Proxy VCB in hot mode, but sometimes adding has not deleted.

  the VMDK file size is 1 MB, some are 64 KB - Provisioned size is always identical to the VM source the hard belonged to.

  Can I safely delete these files? I don't know how VMFS does, so I rather ask first

  An easy way to see is to look at if you have snapshots running on the virtual machine.  This is normally where you could see these.

  If you have found this helpful at all prices please points using the correct or useful!  Thank you!

• for the iBooks file size question

  Hello..

  With a view to monitoring of storage space on a MacBook Air without 85 GB of available space, someone knows on what an iBook, file size can be?

  Thanks in advance!

  Carolyn

  Hi there is Carolyn!

  Looks like you are looking to see what type of file sizes to wait for iBooks. This article seems to answer this question directly:

  On iBooks

  Size of files

  The typical book is about 2 MB. The books that contain improved, audio or video, features vary in size depending on the content. Enhanced books could take longer to download than a standard book.

  The iBook Store also offers manuals that might be larger than 1 to 2 GB of file size. You need a Wi - Fi download them on an iOS device. Time to download textbooks vary depending on your Internet connection.

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

• Maximum size VMDK file

  Hi guys,.
  I know what is already online

  1. The maximum size of VMDK supported on a datastore to VMFS-5 is increased to 62 TB. However, the maximum size of VMDK supported on VMFS-3 still is 2 TB. Size maximum a VMDK on NFS support is the lesser of TB 62 and 1% less than the maximum file size supported by the NFS file system.

  However in my vSphere client, I get different information is there someone who can confirm 1000% what is the case. I use

  VMware ESXi 5.5.0 build-1746018

  VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Update 1

  Any info is greatly appreciated!

  

  It is planned. Although 5.5 supports max size VMDK 62TB, VI client will continue to show as 2 TB as all the new 5.5 features are supported in the Web client. If you check the same WebClient, it will certainly show 62TB VMDK as maximum size. If you want to create VMDK size more than 2 TB, you will need to use the web client. All the features up to 5.1 are fully supported by VI client.

• Maximum size of the VMDK file we can assign during the P2V?

  Hello.

  We conduct P2V for a server physical and would like to address one of the disk for P2V.

  Rather than extend the VMDK disk in the future, we would like to extend during P2V.  Given that VMDK file maximum size is 2 TB for ESXi host, we can assign 2 TB for this VMDK file OR there is a recommended maximum size to use?

  Thank you

  I have myself yet, but I guess you should be able to assign the maximum size of virtual disk, depending on the block size of the data store (for ESXi versions before the 5.x/VMFS-5). That said, I suggest that you don't assign it more than 2 032 GB in order to create snapshots for this virtual disk (see "calculates the time system required by the snapshot files" at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012384)

  André

• Cannot reduce the size of the VMDK file

  OK, here's my story:

  I started with the growable virtual 40 GB HD default mapped as C:\ on my virtual machine. The HD received complete and had poor performance and I converted it to a prealloue 100 GB HD. It worked OK for a while, but then I created a new virtual HD mapped as D:\ to store data.

  So my problem was C:\ was too big which made backup of the virtual machine of your time, and I thought I have to resize C:\ 30 GB. My first test was to convert it to a HD growable. This remains a 100 GB on the host vmdk file.

  Then, I used the two compacts from the GUI and stop at the command prompt on the convert HD Nope, still 100 GB vmdk file on the host.

  Then I used a disk management program to reduce the size of the c:\ partition with 30 GB and run both shrink and compact again. Guess what, the vmdk file is always 100 GB.

  I'm running out of ideas on what to do to reduce the size of the vmdk file. Any ideas?

  Yes, I did, but I used compact from the GUI and stop at the command line (vmware - vmdiskmanager.exe). At that time I didn't there's a shrink option in VMWare tools.

  In this case try to diminish with the extra partition (temporary).

  Which converter you were referring to in your previous post?

  VMware Converter Standalone 4.3

  André

• The actual size of the VMDK file

  I have a 4.0.0,208167 ESXi host and on it, to install WIN 2008, I created a new virtual machine.

  When configure the virtual disk, I put size drive 60 g and selected the option space Allocate and commit to demand (thin Provisioing) .

  The following steps are fine and smooth.  The installation is good and VM can work as I want.

  Ultimately, I have disabled this machine virtual and connected to the ESXi via vSphere Client on my laptop, with the tool of the browser data store , I found that the size of the VMDK file is about 5 G.

  So I decided to download this file to my laptop with the data store Navigator tool.  But I found that it is a problem.  Tool of the data store browser said that it would take 300 minutes to download.  And I let it run for about 20 minutes, the *- flat. VMDK file in my laptop has become more than 8 G.  I had to stop this download process.

  Why this file has become bigger than the original one?

  Can I save this 5G VMDK file in my laptop (Windows XP)?

  Thank you very much

  If you want a small export vmdk layer thin provisioned vmdk as a type "twoGbMaxExtentSparse.

  To achieve this use vmkfstools and export the current vmdk like this

  vmkfstools-i /vmfs/volumes/localdatastore/test.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/nfsdatastore/export.vmdk d 2gbsparse

  the example copies the thin test.vmdk disc put into service on the data store normal VMFS to a disk on a NFS datastore split more.

  You can also create the split inside the same directory disk - but then you still have to copy it to your target host.

  The new type vmdk you get can then be directly used with VMserver, player and Workstation

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