Make sure SSH is turned on.

Putty

IP & port 22

Login

Password

>  ls //vmfs/volumes/datastore1                                         (confirm that this where the disk is)

>  cd //vmfs/volumes/datastore1

>  ls

>  vmkfstools -i “Name.vmdk” -d thin “thinName.vmdk”                         (replace name.vmdk with the actual name)

>  vmkfstools -E “Name.vmdk” -d thin “origName.vmdk”

>  vmkfstools -E “thinName.vmdk” -d thin “Name.vmdk”

I do it this way in case there is a problem, you can go back to the original and try again.

Regards,

John P. Caselli