Host: Fedora Core 6
Guest: Win XP Pro
Problem:
Guest Virtual disk set as 20GB, VM directory almost 40GB
Host used disk space is excessive and causing issues e.g disk space at a critical level running over 90%.
I need to urgently reduce disk utilisation!
I have growable virtual disk split into 2gb .vmdk files with maximum virtual disk size set to 20 GB. The guest utilisation is about 25%, yet vmware directory on the host contains files worth 36GB. I am unable to reduce the utilisation. I have defragged both guest and host to no avail. Removed snap shots (using the consle option)
Posting contents of VM Guest directory and VMX file below
Any help greatly appreciated!
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VM Directory listing
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total 38933476
Size File name
2 06628 564d0d1f-31a6-49ec-4d0a-14f1e00dfca8.vmem
8 564d0d1f-31a6-49ec-4d0a-14f1e00dfca8.vmem.WRITELOCK
16 nvram
40 vmware-0.log
48 vmware-1.log
36 vmware-2.log
124 vmware.log
8 Windows XP Professional-000001.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk~
1318928 Windows XP Professional-000003-s001.vmdk
1596960 Windows XP Professional-000003-s002.vmdk
1891072 Windows XP Professional-000003-s003.vmdk
2098504 Windows XP Professional-000003-s004.vmdk
2076852 Windows XP Professional-000003-s005.vmdk
2052892 Windows XP Professional-000003-s006.vmdk
2040464 Windows XP Professional-000003-s007.vmdk
1884664 Windows XP Professional-000003-s008.vmdk
2097224 Windows XP Professional-000003-s009.vmdk
1972688 Windows XP Professional-000003-s010.vmdk
72 Windows XP Professional-000003-s011.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk~
8 Windows XP Professional-000003.vmdk.READLOCK
499064 Windows XP Professional-000004-s001.vmdk
385420 Windows XP Professional-000004-s002.vmdk
336924 Windows XP Professional-000004-s003.vmdk
973064 Windows XP Professional-000004-s004.vmdk
409120 Windows XP Professional-000004-s005.vmdk
130768 Windows XP Professional-000004-s006.vmdk
4248 Windows XP Professional-000004-s007.vmdk
1232 Windows XP Professional-000004-s008.vmdk
128912 Windows XP Professional-000004-s009.vmdk
205852 Windows XP Professional-000004-s010.vmdk
20 Windows XP Professional-000004-s011.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000004.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000004.vmdk.READLOCK
768960 Windows XP Professional-000005-s001.vmdk
827768 Windows XP Professional-000005-s002.vmdk
1113936 Windows XP Professional-000005-s003.vmdk
1820932 Windows XP Professional-000005-s004.vmdk
815340 Windows XP Professional-000005-s005.vmdk
612008 Windows XP Professional-000005-s006.vmdk
1127904 Windows XP Professional-000005-s007.vmdk
1787104 Windows XP Professional-000005-s008.vmdk
1250648 Windows XP Professional-000005-s009.vmdk
595992 Windows XP Professional-000005-s010.vmdk
20 Windows XP Professional-000005-s011.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000005.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000005.vmdk.READLOCK
37112 Windows XP Professional-000006-s001.vmdk
52740 Windows XP Professional-000006-s002.vmdk
19428 Windows XP Professional-000006-s003.vmdk
16548 Windows XP Professional-000006-s004.vmdk
784 Windows XP Professional-000006-s005.vmdk
400 Windows XP Professional-000006-s006.vmdk
272 Windows XP Professional-000006-s007.vmdk
18404 Windows XP Professional-000006-s008.vmdk
272 Windows XP Professional-000006-s009.vmdk
272 Windows XP Professional-000006-s010.vmdk
20 Windows XP Professional-000006-s011.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000006.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional-000006.vmdk.WRITELOCK
1671272 Windows XP Professional-s001.vmdk
667476 Windows XP Professional-s002.vmdk
2097800 Windows XP Professional-s003.vmdk
1315916 Windows XP Professional-s004.vmdk
72 Windows XP Professional-s005.vmdk
328 Windows XP Professional-s006.vmdk
328 Windows XP Professional-s007.vmdk
328 Windows XP Professional-s008.vmdk
328 Windows XP Professional-s009.vmdk
328 Windows XP Professional-s010.vmdk
392 Windows XP Professional-s011.vmdk
72 Windows XP Professional-s012.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional.vmdk
8 Windows XP Professional.vmdk.READLOCK
8 Windows XP Professional.vmsd
8 Windows XP Professional.vmx
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VMX File contents
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#!/usr/bin/vmware
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "524"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional-000006.vmdk"
ide0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/dev/hda"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
displayName = "Windows XP Professional"
guestOS = "winxppro"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"
ide0:0.redo = ""
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 0d 1f 31 a6 49 ec-4d 0a 14 f1 e0 0d fc a8"
uuid.bios = "56 4d ba 1f f4 be e7 e4-1a 17 7d 79 a2 d0 e5 42"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:d0:e5:42"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
usb.generic.autoconnect = "FALSE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"
usb.autoConnect.device0 = ""
usb.autoConnect.device1 = ""
usb.autoConnect.device2 = ""
snapshot.disabled = "TRUE"
numvcpus = "2"