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Procedure
1 Right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
2 Click the Virtual Hardware tab.
3 Click the Hard Disk triangle to expand the hard disk options.
The Type text box shows the format of your virtual disk.
What to do next
If your virtual disk is in the thin format, you can inflate it to its full size.
Inflate Thin Virtual Disks
If you created a virtual disk in the thin format, you can change the format to thick.
You use the datastore browser to inflate the thin virtual disk.
Prerequisites
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Make sure that the datastore where the virtual machine resides has enough space.
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Make sure that the virtual disk is thin.
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Remove snapshots.
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Power off your virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the folder of the virtual disk you want to inflate.
a Navigate to the virtual machine.
b Click the Datastores tab.
The datastore that stores the virtual machine files is listed.
c Right-click the datastore and select Browse Files.
The datastore browser displays contents of the datastore.
2 Expand the virtual machine folder and browse to the virtual disk file that you want to convert.
The file has the .vmdk extension and is marked with the virtual disk ( ) icon.
3 Select the virtual disk file and click Inflate.
Note The option might not be available if the virtual disk is thick or when the virtual machine is
running.
The inflated virtual disk occupies the entire datastore space originally provisioned to it.
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