This post details the process for aligning VMDK files properly. There’s a great post from Duncan Epping on why you need to do this here. In these notes, we’re dealing with NetApp storage. Duncan’s post details some other tools for other storage vendors (like UberAlign from Nick Weaver).
Before beginning this process, ensure that:
– VM with misaligned VMDK is powered off
– VM has no snapshots
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