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Chapter 4 Using the VMware Remote Console
! To!edit!a!script,!click!Edit.!The!script!opens!in!your!default!editor!to!make!your!
changes.
! To!test!the!script,!click!Run!Now.
! To!disable!the!running!of!a!script,!deselect!the!Use!Script!check!box.
3Click!Apply!to!save!your!settings.
Shrinking Virtual Disks with VMware Tools
The!Shrink!tab!lets!you!prepare!to!export!a!virtual!disk!to!VMware!GSX!Server!using!
the!smallest!possible!disk!files.!This!step!is!optional.
Virtual!disks!on!ESX!Server!take!up!the!full!amount!of!disk!space!indicated!by!the!
virtual!disk’s!size.!For!example,!the!.vmdk!file!for!a!
4GB!virtual!disk!occupies!4GB!of!
disk!space.!
GSX!Server!works!differently.!Under!GSX!Server,!virtual!disk!files!start!small—only!as!
big!as!needed!to!hold!the!data!stored!on!the!virtual!disk—and!grow!as!needed!up!to!the!
designated!maximum!size.!
Figure 4-7. VMware Tools Properties: Shrink tab
To!export!a!virtual!disk!to!use!under
!GSX!Server,!click!the!Shrink!tab.!Make!sure!there!
is!a!check!next!to!the!name!of!the!disk!to!export,!and!click!Prepare!to!shrink.!
NOTE When!you!export!the!virtual!disk!(using!the!file!browser!in!the!management!interface!
or!the!vmkfstools!command),!a!single!virtual!disk!may!be!exported!to!multiple!.dsk!
(.vmdk)!files.!