{"id":48,"date":"2007-08-14T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.bleuanus.nl\/index.php\/defragmentation-in-vmware\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:09:08","slug":"defragmentation-in-vmware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bleuanus.nl\/index.php\/2007\/08\/14\/defragmentation-in-vmware\/","title":{"rendered":"Defragmentation in VMWare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-modified\">This post was most recently updated on December 11th, 2018<\/p><p>Host Hard Drives<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Performance is weakened by fragmentation on the physical disk holding the virtual<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>machine\u2019s working directory or virtual disk files. Fragmentation of the host disk can<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>affect any or all of the following:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">The files that hold a virtual disk<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">The files that store newly saved data when you have a snapshot<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">The files that hold information used in suspending and resuming a virtual<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>machine<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">If you are experiencing slow disk performance in the virtual machine, or if you want to<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>improve the speed of suspend and resume operations, check to be sure the host disk<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>that holds the virtual machine\u2019s working directory and virtual disk files is not badly<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>fragmented. If it is fragmented, you can improve performance by running a<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>defragmentation utility to reduce fragmentation on that host disk.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"335203212-02022007\"><font face=\"Arial\"><strong>Bron: <\/strong><\/font><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/pdf\/ws55_manual.pdf\"><font face=\"Arial\"><strong>http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/pdf\/ws55_manual.pdf<\/strong><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\"><strong> <span class=\"335203212-02022007\">pagina 434<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"335203212-02022007\"><font size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>Configuring and Maintaining<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>the Host Computer<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">You may see slower virtual machine performance if the physical disk that holds the<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>virtual machine\u2019s working directory or the physical disk that holds the virtual disk files<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>is badly fragmented. By default, the working directory holds the virtual disk files and is<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>on the host computer. If you have customized the virtual machine configuration, you<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>may have placed the working directory or the virtual disk files on a different physical<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>computer.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Fragmentation of the host disk can affect any or all of the following:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>    <font face=\"Arial\">The files that hold a virtual disk<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Arial\">The files that store newly saved data when you take a snapshot<\/font><\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>    <font face=\"Arial\">The files that hold information used in suspending and resuming a virtual<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>machine<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">If you are experiencing slow disk performance in the virtual machine, or if you want to<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>improve the speed of suspend and resume operations, check to be sure the host disk<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>that holds the virtual machine\u2019s working directory and virtual disk files is not badly<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>fragmented. If it is fragmented, you can improve performance by running a<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>defragmentation utility to reduce fragmentation on that host disk.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"335203212-02022007\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"Arial\">Defragmenting Virtual Disks<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\">Like physical disk drives, virtual disks can become fragmented. Defragmenting disks<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>rearranges files, programs, and unused space on the virtual disk so that programs run<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>faster and files open more quickly. Defragmenting does not reclaim unused space on<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>a virtual disk; to reclaim unused space, shrink the disk.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">For best disk performance, follow these steps:<\/font><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Run a disk defragmentation utility inside the virtual machine.<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Power off the virtual machine, then defragment its virtual disks from the virtual<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>machine settings editor (VM > Settings). Select the virtual disk you want to<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>defragment, then click Defragment.<\/font>    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Note: <\/font><font face=\"Arial\">This capability works only with virtual disks, not physical or plain disks.<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Run a disk defragmentation utility on the host computer<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Defragmenting disks may take considerable time.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\">Note: The defragmentation process requires free working space on the host<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>computer\u2019s disk. If your virtual disk is contained in a single file, for example, you need<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>free space equal to the size of the virtual disk file. Other virtual disk configurations<span class=\"335203212-02022007\"> <\/span>require less free space.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"335203212-02022007\"><font face=\"Arial\"><strong>Bron: <\/strong><\/font><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/pdf\/ws55_manual.pdf\"><font face=\"Arial\"><strong>http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/pdf\/ws55_manual.pdf<\/strong><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\"><strong> <span class=\"335203212-02022007\">pagina 207<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post was most recently updated on December 11th, 2018Host Hard Drives Performance is weakened by fragmentation on the physical disk holding the virtual machine\u2019s working directory or virtual disk files. 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