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can't shrink vmdk with vMotion

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vsphere 4.1

Windows Server 2008 sp2 VM

Second HDD has 166 GB free now after cleanup

 

Sdelete -c e:  (e is the disk i'm looking to shrink)

Migrate from datastore with 4MB block size to datastore with 2MB block size

 

VMDK size doesn't change

 

Tried migrating to Thick (sdelete again) then back to Thin and VMDK doesn't change

 

I know there are other ways of doing this but i'm really interested in why vMotion isn't doing the job, I've seen people succeeded with 4MB to 8MB block sizes ... is that the only way it works?


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