將多個vmware的vmdk文件轉化成單個文件的方法
通過vmware workstation軟件創造出來的虛擬機,在虛擬機目錄下有時會出現多個以vmdk后綴名結尾的文件,多個文件占用的空間都很大,感覺很亂,並且這樣虛擬機運行的效率也很低。
出現這種情況的原因是在創建虛擬機時,在指定硬盤容量時,選擇了Split virtual disk into multiple files(將虛擬磁盤分割為多個文件),並且下面有說明,這種多個文件模式更易於將虛擬機轉移到其他的電腦上,並且會降低性能且會占用更多的硬盤空間。
如果選擇Store virtual disk as a single file模式,虛擬機就會在一個文件中,不僅會提高性能減少占用硬盤空間,而且看着更舒服。
但是這兩個模式之間可以轉換嗎,通過vmware workstation自帶的一個工具就可以做到。
在vmware workstation的安裝目錄下,有一個vmware-vdiskmanager.exe文件,在命令行下執行,可以看到這個軟件的用法,如下:
VMware Virtual Disk Manager – build 471780.
Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe OPTIONS <disk-name> | <mount-point>
Offline disk manipulation utility
Operations, only one may be specified at a time:
-c : create disk. Additional creation options must
be specified. Only local virtual disks can be
created.
-d : defragment the specified virtual disk. Only
local virtual disks may be defragmented.
-k : shrink the specified virtual disk. Only local
virtual disks may be shrunk.
-n <source-disk> : rename the specified virtual disk; need to
specify destination disk-name. Only local virtual
disks may be renamed.
-p : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by
the mount point for shrinking.
-r <source-disk> : convert the specified disk; need to specify
destination disk-type. For local destination disks
the disk type must be specified.
-x <new-capacity> : expand the disk to the specified capacity. Only
local virtual disks may be expanded.
-R : check a sparse virtual disk for consistency and atte
mpt
to repair any errors.
-e : check for disk chain consistency.
-D : make disk deletable. This should only be used on di
sks
that have been copied from another product.
Other Options:
-q : do not log messages
Additional options for create and convert:
-a <adapter> : (for use with -c only) adapter type
(ide, buslogic, lsilogic). Pass lsilogic for other a
dapter types.
-s <size> : capacity of the virtual disk
-t <disk-type> : disk type id
Disk types:
0 : single growable virtual disk
1 : growable virtual disk split in 2GB files
2 : preallocated virtual disk
3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2GB files
4 : preallocated ESX-type virtual disk
5 : compressed disk optimized for streaming
6 : thin provisioned virtual disk – ESX 3.x and above
The capacity can be specified in sectors, KB, MB or GB.
The acceptable ranges:
ide adapter : [1MB, 2040.0GB]
scsi adapter: [1MB, 2040.0GB]
ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 850MB -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk
ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -d myDisk.vmdk
ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vm
dk
ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 36GB myDisk.vmdk
ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk
ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 4 -h esx-name.mycomp
any.com \
-u username -f passwordfile “[storage1]/path/to/targetDisk.vmdk”
ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -k myDisk.vmdk
ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p <mount-point>
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>)
用法已經說的很清楚了,這里假設需要轉化的虛擬機位於F:windows.vmdk,那么通過以下命令操作來實現將多個vmdk文件轉化成一個文件:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r “F:\windows.vmdk” -t 0 “F:\b.vmdk”
"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe" -r "E:\software\軟件\win10\Windows 10 x64.vmdk" -t 0 MyNewImage.vmdk
注意目標文件和源文件名不能一樣,轉換后原有虛擬機仍然存在,刪除並新建后,使用現有磁盤添加新的vmdk文件即可。
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