topic SMVI : restore vmdk and keeping thin format in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-restore-vmdk-and-keeping-thin-format/m-p/35855#M3522 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi communities,</P><P></P><P>in block mode, is there a way with SMVI to restore a virtual machine and keep thin format ?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Christophe </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:35 GMT c_delporte 2025-06-05T07:00:35Z SMVI : restore vmdk and keeping thin format https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-restore-vmdk-and-keeping-thin-format/m-p/35855#M3522 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi communities,</P><P></P><P>in block mode, is there a way with SMVI to restore a virtual machine and keep thin format ?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Christophe </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:35 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-restore-vmdk-and-keeping-thin-format/m-p/35855#M3522 c_delporte 2025-06-05T07:00:35Z Re: SMVI : restore vmdk and keeping thin format https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-restore-vmdk-and-keeping-thin-format/m-p/35858#M3523 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When you perform storage vMotion you can pick the Thin provisioning option, That usually take few minutes unless we are talking about 700GB of data.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:26:25 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SMVI-restore-vmdk-and-keeping-thin-format/m-p/35858#M3523 goldsweeper 2011-02-08T15:26:25Z