Vmware-vdiskmanager: Difference between revisions
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ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p <mount-point> | ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p <mount-point> | ||
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>) | (A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>) | ||
=== Split disks === | |||
Up until Workstation 11 / Fusion 7 a split disk would never be larger as 2GB. | |||
Due to the virtual disk sizes growing and the extra limitations - such as max open files - that could be hit with larger disks, this is no longer the case for split virtual disks. | |||
Nowadays the split disk size (= extent size) depends on the size you have set your virtual disk to be. | |||
The new split disk scheme | |||
Capacity Extent size | |||
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<=128GB 4GB (increased from 2GB) | |||
>128GB && <2TB Capacity / 32 (so maximum of 32 extents) | |||
>=2TB 2TB | |||
=== External links === | === External links === | ||
* [http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023856 Repairing a virtual disk in Fusion 3.1 and Workstation 7.1] | * [http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023856 Repairing a virtual disk in Fusion 3.1 and Workstation 7.1] | ||