![]() Reduce the size of the VMDK file of the VMWare virtual machine on the VMFS (NFS) datastore.Shrink the partition inside the guest OS.The procedure of reducing a virtual disk size consists of two steps: Use these commands:Ĭp vmname-flat.vmdk backup_vmname-flat.vmdk Create a full backup of the virtual machine, or create a copy of the vmdk and flat files you want to shrink.Delete all snapshots of the virtual machine (otherwise, you may damage the virtual disk). ![]() Prior to reducing the size of a virtual disk, do the following on your VMWare ESXi host: However, I used this method dozens of times. This guide is not an officially supported solution on how to reduce the size of vmdk disks in VMWare.
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