Copy VM from VMware workstation 8 to ESXi 4.1.0 Server and reduce maximum disk size

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I want to copy a VMware Workstation 8 VM to a ESXi 4.1.0 Server and reduce the maximum disk size. My source VM has a size of 1.5 GB, the disk space is NOT preallocated and the maximum size is 100GB.

Source VM WMvare Workstation 8

If I upload the vm with VMware workstation 8, the target vm in ESXi has a hard disk with 100GB preallocted disk space. This cannot be changed with VMWare cvSphere Client 4.0.1

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How can I copy/move the vm and keep disk space NOT preallocated and reduce the maximum disk size to 20GB? I tried to reduce the maximum size on the source vm, but shinking is only reducing the current size of the hard disk.

Best Answer

From VMware vCenter Converter you can upload a vmware without to preallocate all the disks size. In VMConverter set all the settings you want and when you are in "Options" click on "Edit" for "Data To Copy". You will see the list of disks, change the type from "Flat" to "Thin" for each disk. The only thing is that the maximum size of a disk cannot be changed here.

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