VM image converter (VMDK, VHD, VHDX, IMG, RAW, QCOW and QCOW2), P2V migrator
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ClearChowder
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Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:24 pm
I'm converting a vmdk file to be compatible with ESXi.
Is there an option to thin provision the vmdk file? As I step through the V2V Converter wizard, I do not see it.
My new vmdk file is 125GB, whereas the original file is only 21GB.
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Boris (staff)
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Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:37 am
In the current release it is not possible to convert a file into thin provisioned ESXi vmdk. This functionality is planned to be added in further releases.
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mcisar
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Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:39 pm
Just wondering if the ability to output a thin .vmdk has been added since the original post in 2018?
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yaroslav (staff)
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Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:21 am
Hi,
No, the feature has not been added so far.
Please note that thin disks might be causing potential performance issues and result in overprovision of the storage.
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jumlouhasa
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Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:32 am
huntshaded wrote:Yes, it's been out for a while, I've been using it
How do you see the quality? I'm looking to start using it.
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BobbiBenjamin
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Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:02 pm
If you have already converted the VMDK file and it’s not thin-provisioned, you can convert an existing thick-provisioned VMDK to thin-provisioned directly within ESXi.
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anton (staff)
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Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:16 pm
Thank you for your hint! It will work.
BobbiBenjamin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:02 pm
If you have already converted the VMDK file and it’s not thin-provisioned, you can convert an existing thick-provisioned VMDK to thin-provisioned directly within ESXi.
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software