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Found 1 actively heartbeating hosts on volume '/vmfs/volumes/esx4-1-local-storage-1/' | Found 1 actively heartbeating hosts on volume '/vmfs/volumes/esx4-1-local-storage-1/' | ||
(1): MAC address 00:50:56:92:3f:86 | (1): MAC address 00:50:56:92:3f:86 | ||
Displays the MAC address of the management interface of each host which is currently using the datastore. | |||
This is also what vSphere HA uses to see if a host is still active. | |||
==== punchzero ==== | ==== punchzero ==== | ||
Since vSphere 5.1 there's an option to shrink disks besides the normally required storage vmotion. | Since vSphere 5.1 there's an option to shrink disks besides the normally required storage vmotion. | ||
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Note that this will only work if your virtual disk is of type thin. | Note that this will only work if your virtual disk is of type thin. | ||
Before running it you will also need to zero out the unused blocks of data in the guest OS. | Before running it you will also need to zero out the unused blocks of data in the guest OS. | ||
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Note of warning that you should stop database -and other disk intensive- services before running the above. | Note of warning that you should stop database -and other disk intensive- services before running the above. | ||
Some more detailed descriptions and tips on zero-ing out data from your guest OS can be found at [[Shrink guest on hosted platform]] | |||