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Data Domain : What is the format of Virtual disk on DDVE 4.0 when using with VMware ESXi Server

Summary: During installation of DDVE you need to specify the virtual disk type with VMware ESXi Server

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Instructions

Data Domain recommends Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed to provide the best balance of performance and deployment time. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed provides the best performance, but takes a long time to deploy.

 All disks should be thick provisioned (lazy zero)

Data Domain support will only support Thick provisioning. Data Domain support will not support thin provisioning.

Additional Information

Document: DDVE Guide

Affected Products

Data Domain

Products

Data Domain, DD OS 6.2, DD OS 6.0, DD OS 6.1, DD OS 7.0, DD OS 7.1
Article Properties
Article Number: 000022955
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 05 Aug 2022
Version:  4
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