Tag: vmware

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: