For the thin disk, you provision as much datastore space as the disk requires based on the value that you enter for the disk size. It might take much longer to create disks in this format than to create other types of disks.

In contrast to the flat format, the data remaining on the physical device is zeroed out when the virtual disk is created. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated at creation time. Data remaining on the physical device is not erased during creation, but is zeroed out later, on demand, on first write from the virtual machine.Ī type of thick virtual disk that supports clustering features such as Fault tolerance. Space required for the virtual disk is allocated when the virtual disk is created. FormatĬreates a virtual disk in a default thick format.

Select the disk format for the virtual machine virtual disks.

On the Select storage page, define where and how to store the files for the deployed OVF or OVA template.

(Optional) On the Configuration page, select a deployment configuration and click Next.

Size on disk after you deploy the OVF or OVA template.

Publisher of the OVF or OVA template, if a certificate included in the OVF or OVA template file specifies a publisher. On the Review details page, verify the OVF or OVA template details and click Next.

On the Select a compute resource page, select a resource where to run the deployed VM template, and click Next.The default deployment location for the virtual machine is the inventory object where you started the wizard. If you change the default name, choose a name that is unique within each The default name for the virtual machine is the same as the name of the selected OVF or OVA template.

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