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We have couple of Linux servers all them are VM red hat Linux ( and they created by the Vsphere client , )

I want to know how we can capture on the Linux OS the following

1.Thick provision lazy zeroed

2.Thick provision eager zeroed

3.Thin provision

Is it possible to find files/conf on the linux redhat

And verify by this files the definition (1 or 2 or 3 ) ?

dandan
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No, this is not directly possible, as the client know nothing about the provisioned storage.

You can infer some information using specific client-side benchmarks, though.

shodanshok
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  • so if this isnt from the cient then how to verify by VSphere client GUI the disk defintion? – dandan Apr 05 '16 at 11:01
  • It should be quite simple... have a look [here](http://adriank.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VMware_virtual_machine_thin_provisioned_disk_size_greyed_out_1.png) – shodanshok Apr 05 '16 at 13:15
  • I mean how to verify if defintion is thin ot other ( thick ) – dandan Apr 05 '16 at 13:28
  • From the screenshot above, it should be sufficient to open the VM hardware page, select the virtual disk, and check the allocation data on the right. In general, I strongly suspect the VSphere Client should show the disk type quite clearly. – shodanshok Apr 05 '16 at 14:04