Hello all,
I tried doing a search for this but I might've not searched with the right terms so I couldn't find anything. It would be great if someone could answer my question =].
So I currently have a VM folder that is roughly 30gb in size. Using the OVF tool with compression set at its highest, I was able to compress it to 4gb. However when uncompressing it, it turns out to be about 9gb. I was expecting the ovf-to-vmx file to be 30gb when uncompressing it. Why is it only 9gb? As this is my first time backing up VMs using the OVF tool, I would like to understand how the OVF tool compresses the VMs. What information, if any, does the tool strip from the VM when it compresses it?
Thank you!