Re: VMware Tools in commandline mode

efranz1 · ‎02-07-2008

Is there a possibility to run (not install) Vmware Tools in commandline mode? I do not want to install X for shrinking disks.

I use Workstation 5.5 with a Linux guest (Other Linux 2.6. kernel / Debian) on a WindowsXP host.

Franz

AWo · ‎02-08-2008

Shut down the guest and run "vmware-vdiskmanager -k ". Use "-d" for defragmenting.

AWo

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efranz1 · ‎02-08-2008

Hi, thanks.

The comands (defrag and shrink) work fine in principle (... completed successfully), but there is no difference in filesize after shrinking.

Is there any reason why?

AWo · ‎02-08-2008

Have you choosen to allocate the disk space for the .vmdk files immediately during the guest creation (called "Allocate disk space now")?

AWo

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efranz1 · ‎02-08-2008

No: "Disk space is not preallocated for this virtual disk. Virtual disk contents are stored in one or more files up to 2 GB each."

These are actually the files allocated (a cloned machine):

08.02.2008 14:56 160.366.592 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-cl1-s001.vmdk

08.02.2008 14:56 1.408.368.640 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-cl1-s002.vmdk

08.02.2008 14:56 535.429.120 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-cl1-s003.vmdk

08.02.2008 14:56 469.630.976 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-cl1-s004.vmdk

08.02.2008 14:56 65.536 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-cl1-s005.vmdk

08.02.2008 14:44 607 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-cl1.vmdk

Once these files have been smaller:

07.12.2007 14:50 150.208.512 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-s001.vmdk

07.12.2007 14:50 1.051.066.368 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-s002.vmdk

07.12.2007 14:50 239.468.544 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-s003.vmdk

07.12.2007 14:50 391.512.064 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-s004.vmdk

07.12.2007 14:50 65.536 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-s005.vmdk

07.12.2007 12:48 587 Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk

efranz1 · ‎02-09-2008

No: "Disk space is not preallocated for this virtual disk. Virtual disk

contents are stored in one or more files up to 2 GB each."