Tag Archives: vmdk

VMDK growth patterns (VMFS3 / 5)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

I got curious about block sizes and how thin provisioned .vmdks and snapshot .vmdks grow, especially now that VMFS5 uses a 1MB “unified” block size. I came up with the following table: VMDK File growth patterns VMFS3 ESXi 4.1………Thin Provision…..Snapshots … Continue reading →

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Are you thin, thick or just lazy?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

vSphere 5 is almost upon us and I’ll try to start throwing out nuggets (now that I’ve learned the Beta NDA is over). One of my favorite tidbits is the new way to create hard drives (VMDKs) for virtual machines. … Continue reading →

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Moving VMDK files

Posted on February 25, 2011 by josh@sostechblog.com

If you don’t have vSphere installed, or don’t have Storage vMotion and want to move vCenter itself there are several ways, the “vmkfstools” from the commandline, V2V with VMware Converter or another P2V tool, or by using the vSphere client’s … Continue reading →

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