vmkfstools
CautionVMDK surgery
vmkfstools -X 200G <vm.vmdk>
Grows, clones and hole-punches VMDKs straight on the datastore — for vCenter-less hosts and GUI outages.
Examples
vmkfstools -i src.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/ds2/copy.vmdkClone a VMDK
Syntax
vmkfstools -X size <vmdk>(拡張) / -i src dst(クローン) / -K <vmdk>(ゼロ回収)
Before you run it
Triple-check VMDK paths.
Related commands
- esxcli storage filesystem listDatastore usage (ESXi)
- Resize-VHDGrow virtual disks
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