http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=300&t=4438446 https://github.com/lamw/ghettoVCB HOPE000 VMDK Thin Provision Type Copy vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/VMBackup/0.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Test/0.vmdk -d thin & 或是用現成的 ghettoVCB Backup Script … VM 免停機就能備份 Export OVA / OVF 都太慢啦
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/461716-what-is-the-best-way-to-shrink-a-thin-provisioned-disk ========== http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc%2FGUID-CBF31A6B-B36F-4552-B512-CC92B1943902.html Removing Zeroed Blocks Use the vmkfstools command to convert any thin, zeroedthick, or eagerzeroedthick virtual disk to a thin disk with zeroed blocks removed.-K –punchzero This option deallocates all zeroed out blocks and leaves only those blocks that were allocated previously and contain valid data. The resulting virtual disk is in thin format. ======= Poblano Gabrielle, I did the sdelete -z and this cleared up the space on one of my drives. Which worked awesome for this particular issue I ended up just added a new drive to the system copied the 5 GB of data over changed the drive letter, rebooted and brought my application back online. Worked great. Thanks for the information. ...
backup and restore for free 備份還原免費 backup 1、免費的功能有限 2、有限在，backup只能在local 空間上，但可以在vmware上掛新的HDD 3、記得 NAKIVO 的vm，還是在原本的機器上，所以建議，直接用在nakivo的網站上，下載ova，直接掛而新的地方，這樣就能備份了 recovery recovery -> recovery vm netwrok 選一下 重點要注意： 1、選 Create only thin disks on recovered VMs 2、Levave VM name is
目前在試Proxmox VE open source 為什麼？ vmware進階工具要錢，只剩citrix xen和oracle VM 其中citrix目前沒支援solaris，而oracle vm支援solaris有點小問題 另外Proxmox VE使用的還是Linux KVM 所以 http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris 基本是支援的，也許有些小問題，但總比沒支援的好 另外那用gentoo的linux vm就行了嗎？沒管理介面，所以還是測看看Proxmox VE看看，有銀好的介面，底層是debain OpenVZ只適用linux KVM就是全適用的 希望有空測試~~~
要使用vmware 6.52以後比較好