disk not extended

[marinador]

Hello, a long time ago, I allocated space to a vm disk with the intention of extending it because i run out of space, but then there was no way to do it from the machine, the options are disabled. I no longer need to expand the size of that disk, how can I recover that space? I use vsphere client. Thank you

Laura

[Tibmeister]

Is the disk Thin or Thick?  If it's Thin, then nothing needs to be done because the space will never be used since it's not allocated in the VM guest.  If it's Thick, then you would need to Storage vMotion or use VMware Converter to convert the disk to Thin.  You can't deallocate blocks from a virtual disk that has been allocated.

I suppose you could add a new disk, clone the unexpanded disk over and remove the old disk.

[marinador]

Thanks Tibmeister,

the disk is thick, eager zeroed. Igo to try the clone option if i'll have enought space in the storage

cheers