Check VM boots up and all drives are avaliableĨ, Tidy up by deleting the original files
Remove VM from vcenter inventory and add back again otherwise disks do not show as 'Thin'ħ.
Mv thinSERVERNAME-flat.vmdk SERVERNAME-flat.vmdkĦ. Mv SERVERNAME-flat.vmdk orig-SERVERNAME-flat.vmdkĥ. Vmkfstools -i SERVERNAME.vmdk -d thin thinSERVERNAME.vmdkĤ. Log into that hosts ILO remote console as root user (or putty in if you have the access).ģ. Use vCenter to see what host the VM to be converted is on and note down disks Datastore location.Ģ. I've been reading a few posts on how to do this and they were a litte incorrect so I put together my own tested steps to converting thick disks to thin disks to reclaim precious storage space:ĮSX console commands to convert disk from thick to thinġ.
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