Tag: vmware

When we tried to mount the VMware Tools with the button “Install VMware Tools”, we got the Error 21004. In the vmware.log of that particular VM, we got this error: This is a known issue, where changing the product locker leads to file permission errors. This can be fixed by reapplying the file permissions. Put…

Here’s a very quick overview over how to shirnk a bloated vmdk. Check Datastore Get ID of Datastore: Check state of Datastore: Clear File-System Windows You can use SDelete by Sysinternals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete Linux Create a file containing zeros and fill disk with it: Shrink VMDK Now you can ssh into the esx and “punsh” the zeros: