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How to Convert Provisioning Thin to Thick VMware Disk with vmkfstools
Viewed 3363 times since Sat, Jan 1, 2022
From Lazy Thick to Eager Thick: [Eager Zeroed Thick]$ vmkfstools -k CentOS.vmdkFrom Thin to Thick: [Eager Zeroed Thick]$ vmkfstools -i CentOS.vmdk -d eagerzeroedthick NewCentOS.vmdkFrom Thin to Thick: [Lazy Zeroed Thick]$ vmkfstools -i CentOS.vmdk -d... Read More
How to export a Virtual Machine using the VMware OVF Tool
Viewed 2775 times since Fri, Dec 31, 2021
ovftool.exe <source locator> <target locator>ovftool.exe vi://<ESXi-host-ip/vm-name>Ex: ovftool.exe vi://192.168.0.160/Test-VM H:\ # Windowsovftool.exe vi://192.168.0.160/MikroTikOS6 F:\VMwareovftool vi://[email protected]... Read More
How to Install latest ESXi VMware Patch
Viewed 1295 times since Sun, Jun 19, 2022
How to Install latest ESXi VMware Patch – آموزش نحوه نصب To enable SSH go and select your host > configuration > security profile > services > properties > SSH. Then connect via SSH and run this command:esxcli... Read More
How To Add A USB Disk As VMFS Datastore In ESXi 6.7
Viewed 46 times since Fri, Sep 20, 2024
Note Please note that in the ESXi 6.7 version, USB devices larger than 2TB are not supported. Step One – Enable SSH Access To ESXi Host Connect to ESXi IP address, go to Actions and then select Services and Enable Secure Shell (SSH). Step Two ... Read More
Migrate qcow2 images from KVM to VMWare
Viewed 3956 times since Sat, Feb 20, 2021
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk myImage.qcow2 myImage.vmdk vmkfstools -i myImage.vmdk outputName.vmdk -d thin   Ref's:https://blog.ktz.me/migrate-qcow2-images-from-kvm-to-vmware/https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37794846/convert-qcow2... Read More
Shrinking VMDK Virtual Disk Size on VMWare ESXi
Viewed 3620 times since Thu, Jan 6, 2022
Reduce the VMDK File Size of the VMWare Virtual Machine Shut down the virtual machine you want to reduce disk size; Using SSH, connect to the console of the ESXi host the VM is registered on (you can use putty or the built-in Windows SSH client... Read More
OVFTool - Error: SHA digest of file ExortedVM.ovf does not match manifest
Viewed 2011 times since Mon, Jan 3, 2022
Was able to go around this problem in ovftool by adding the flag '--skipManifestCheck' which does create a manifest file, but does not check its validity, for example: ovftool --machineOutput --overwrite --compress=9 --noImageFiles -... Read More
Reclaiming disk space from thin provisioned VMDK files on ESXi
Viewed 1825 times since Sun, Feb 27, 2022
Step 1: Delete the blocks on the Guest OS Windows Operating System Download SDelete Command Line Tool available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete Note: SDelete -z will cause the guest OS to use up 100... Read More
VMware OVFTool - Deploy .ovf, .ova Error:vim.fault.FileNotFound
Viewed 1544 times since Mon, Jan 3, 2022
Error: vim.fault.FileNotFoundResolve: To disconnect the .iso from the .ovf follow these steps: delete the associated .mf file open the .ovf file using notepad and delete the following section: <Item ovf:required="false">    <rasd... Read More
How to Export a vSphere ESXi 6.7 Virtual Machine
Viewed 1206 times since Sun, Feb 7, 2021
Login to the ESXi Host First of all, login to the web management interface of the ESXi 6.7 host by typing the IP address into a web browser.   ESXi 6.7 Login Screen       Export the VM as an OVF Click on Virtual Machines,... Read More
Failed to reconfigure virtual machine Test-VM. The operation is not allowed in the current state.
Viewed 1132 times since Fri, Dec 31, 2021
ssh to VMware ESXi $ /etc/init.d/hostd restart $ /etc/init.d/vpxa restart Then reboot the vm. Read More
Reclaim Used Space with VMKFSTOOLS - Punchzero
Viewed 1115 times since Sat, Jan 1, 2022
  $ vmkfstools -K CentOS.vmdk $ vmkfstools --punchzero CentOS.vmdk # Get real size of DiskFile: $ du -ah CentOS-flat.vmdk Refs: https://buildvirtual.net/reclaim-used-space-with-vmkfstools-punchzero/ https://rasanegar.com/blog/how-to-reclaim... Read More
Convert qcow2 to vmdk
Viewed 971 times since Tue, Feb 9, 2021
qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk whatever.qcow2 whatever.vmdk   Ref: https://serverfault.com/questions/604862/any-way-to-convert-qcow2-to-ovf Read More
Enable content Copy/Paste between VMRC client and Windows/Linux Virtual Machine
Viewed 914 times since Mon, Jan 3, 2022
From the vCenter Server HTML5 Web Client Power off the VM. Enable the Copy & Paste for the Windows/Linux virtual machine: Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings. Click the VM Options tab, expand Advanced, and... Read More
QemuIMG - How to Convert VHD to VMDK: A Step-By-Step Guide
Viewed 739 times since Sat, Jan 1, 2022
qemu-img.exe convert -p D:\path\to\virtualmachine\folder\VM-DiskFile.vhdx -O vmdk E:\path\to\virtualmachine\newfolder\VM-DiskFile.vmdkRef:https://www.nakivo.com/blog/how-to-convert-vhd-to-vmdk-a-step-by-step... Read More
Convert Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed Disk to Thin on VMware ESXi by vmkfstools
Viewed 732 times since Sat, Jan 1, 2022
$ vmkfstools -i VM-DiskFile.vmdk -d thin VM-DiskFile-Thin.vmdk Read More
VMware - Using the OVF Tool to export
Viewed 621 times since Sun, Jan 2, 2022
# Use the following command to export to OVF:ovftool.exe –noSSLVerify vi://ip_of_esxi_host where the machine resides/name of source_machine “D:\ovf_export_name.ovf”#! Note: before Export the VM detach CD/DVD Drive from... Read More
VMware - Using the OVF Tool deploy
Viewed 585 times since Sun, Jan 2, 2022
# Use the following command to deploy a OVF:ovftool -ds=DestinationDatastore -n=DestinationVMName OVF.ovf vi://username:password@vCenter2/Datacenter2/host/Cluster2ovftool –name="NMIS9" -dm="thin" -ds=datastore_name-number -nw="network_name... Read More
 
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