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== Performing the Virtual Disk Type Conversion ==
The vmware-vdiskmanager command requires a number of arugments perform a virtual disk type conversion. The syntax for a type conversion is as follows:
vmware-vdiskmanager -r ''<oldfilename>.vmdk'' -t ''<type> <newfilename>.vmdk''
where ''<oldfilename>.vmdk'' is the name of the virtual disk image file to be converted, ''<type>'' is the number from the above table indicating the target virtual disk type, and ''<newfilename>.vmdk'' is the name of the new, converted file.
For example, to convert a virtual disk image file called ''win2008-1_2.vmdk'' to a growable disk called ''new.vmdk'' the following command would need to be executed:
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Virtual disk conversion successful.
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Once the conversion is completed, the virtual machine will need to be configured to use the converted disk, or the new disk renamed to have the name of the original disk.
