I have a vmware VMDK image which is about 80GB in size.
when I try to ZIP it with winrar, the .rar files size is about 80GB also, meaning there is no compression
I have tried almost all options in winrar but failed
Would appreciate if anyone can help me
Thanks
I can make your VMDk file compression to be very small, and I usually use the VMware virtual machine. I hope I can bring you help. Please take the task to me.
Hi
I have 6+ years experience works system administrator. I know how help you.
I will need remote access to this VM for prepare to compressing.
I will be happy to help you
Best regards,
Ilya Kudryashov
You can reduce file size by some ways:
- Create a virtual machine from this .vmdk, then export as .ovf
- Using conversion tool to convert image from thick to thin (from VMware or third-party)
But you can only reduce file size if actual used capacity inside .vmdk file is smaller than .vmdk file size.