Converting Thick vmdk to thin after Move from Datastore

vmware-esxi vmware-vcenter vmfs vmdk thin

Solution 1:

It is possible to convert thick to thin only by copying VMDK file to different datastore/folder or within the folder with proper cmdlet:

vmkfstools -i "/vmfs/volumes/<source datastore>/<vm-folder>/test.vmdk" "/vmfs/volumes/<destination datastore>/<dest-folder>/test.vmdk" -d thin -a lsilogic

more info - https://communities.vmware.com/thread/486311

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