fragment X is an explicit link to /dev/zero (guestOS did not write to it)Ĥ. Fragment has been allocated but so far the guestOS did not write to it.ģ. fragment X is allocated on specified VMFS-volume at offset Y. The VMFS metadata offer 4 options for each fragment of one MB:ġ. These fragments are quantized in size: each fragments has the size of at least one MB or a multiple of one MB. In my world a VMDK is a list of fragments on a VMFS-volume.
I spend most of the time I spend with VMware with recoveries and with trying to figure out how VMFS and VMDKs actually work. I am glad you did - and I have to admit that I have to review my statements.Īctually my statements are even more based on assumptions which actually have to be tested before I should post stuff like that again. Not really sure I want to pick at this thread but I think it would be a great learning experience for me.
