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VMDK growth patterns (VMFS3 / 5)
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
Moving VMDK files
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