VMWare: Shrink image even though it’s a snapshot
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VMWare: Shrink image even though it’s a snapshot
- Join the snapshot and the parent disk into one: use the free VMWare Converter (see vmware.com) - perform transformation (import+export) from a standalone virt. machine to an stanalone virt. machine; it's necessary to import all the disk, preserving its size (by selecting "select volumes and resize..." I got an unbootable disk); than check "Create a full clone" and "Allow virtual disk files to grow" (don't pre-allocate space!!!).
- Shrink: After the successfull conversion run the system and verify that the disk is of the type independant-persistent and perhaps disable snapshots). Iinstall there vmware tools (from the vmware menu while the system is running), run the command vmware-toolbox and in its user interface select "shrink disk".
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