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VMware VMs displays very little provisioned space after being created with thick VMDK

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Applies to

  • VMware
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NFS datastore

Issue

  • VMware VMs displays very little provisioned space after being created with LZT (Lazy Zeroed Thick) or EZT (Eager Zeroed Thick) VMDK 
  • ONTAP shows matched used space

For example:

vCenter:
VMware VMs displays very little provisioned space after being created with thick VMDK
ONTAP:
 
VMware VMs displays very little provisioned space after being created with thick VMDK

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