Create Thin Provisioned Virtual Disks in the VMware Host Client

To save storage space, you can create thin provisioned virtual disks. The thin provisioned virtual disk starts small and grows as more disk space is required. You can create thin disks only on the datastores that support disk-level thin provisioning.

The following procedure assumes that you are creating a new virtual machine. For more information, see Creating a Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client.

Procedure

1. Right-click Host in the VMware Host Client inventory and select Create/Register VM.
   The New Virtual Machine wizard opens.
2. Select a method for adding a new virtual machine on the host and click Next.
3. Enter a name for your virtual machine.
4. Select the virtual machine compatibility from the Compatibility drop-down menu.
5. Select a guest operating system version from the Guest OS version drop-down menu and click Next.
6. From the list of accessible datastores on the Select storage page of the New Virtual Machine wizard, select the destination datastore for the virtual machine configuration files and all of the virtual disks.
7. On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand Hard disk.
8. Under Disk Provisioning, select the Thin provisioned radio button and click Next.
9. On the Ready to complete page of the New Virtual Machine wizard, review the configuration settings for the virtual machine and click Finish to save your settings.