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Monday, September 24, 2012

Can you rename a vmdk of a running vm in datastore browser/vmware vsphere client?

Posted on 2:21 PM by Unknown

    No you cannot  rename a vmdk of a running virtual machine
    In fact even if it is off you cannot rename the vmdk


    While it is running the rename option is grayed out




    How can you rename the vmdk?
    To rename you need to use vmkfstools  and you would have to remove it from the virtual machine first.
    vmkfstools -E OldName.vmdk NewName.vmdk








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