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jackbean818
Asked: 2017-01-29 18:57:24 +0800 CST

Small VMDK file

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I have a brand new VMWare ESXi 6.5 standalone host. I created a VM and installed Ubuntu 16.04.1 server onto it. I noticed that the VMDK file is only 549 bytes after installation. The VM runs just fine. Can somebody explain why the VMDK file is so small and where the installed OS went?

Here are the details:

  • Host: ESXi 6.5
  • Datastore: Synology NFS share
  • VM: 1GB RAM, 16GB thin provisioned drive, name: test2
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04.1 server, encrypted 6GB LVM, VMWare Tools installed

Files in NFS folder when VM is shutdown:

  • test2.nvram - 9 KB
  • test2.vmsd - 0 KB
  • test2.vmx - 4 KB
  • test2.vmxf - 4 KB
  • test2_0.vmdk - 1 KB
  • vmware.log - 293 KB
nfs vmware-esxi synology vmdk

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If you're browsing from the Synology, that's not the "source of truth".

    Try refreshing the storage utilization from the vSphere client.

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