Virtualisation

VMWare shrink *nix / OS X virtual disk (VMDK)

It’s quite easy to shrink dynamic disk files in VMWare – just go to VM Settings -> select the desired disk -> Utilities -> Compact or use command line tool vmware-vdiskmanager. You’ve done this and… the VMDK size is still the same. So… before you shrink the virtual drive make sure you fill the empty […]