my VM called "VMKASPER" (OS WINDOWS 2003, with a single 40 GB partition ), has generate the following files:
-rw------- 1 root root 30752720896 Feb 23 09:40 VMKASPER_1-000001-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 334 Feb 17 15:23 VMKASPER_1-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 4513155072 Oct 15 13:19 VMKASPER_1-000002-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 301 Oct 15 07:51 VMKASPER_1-000002.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 4294967296 Feb 17 15:23 VMKASPER_1-8c5ecb4d.vswp
-rw------- 1 root root 4300436774 Oct 14 14:19 VMKASPER_1-Snapshot1.vmsn
-rw------- 1 root root 4300411192 Oct 15 13:29 VMKASPER_1-Snapshot2.vmsn
-rw------- 1 root root 42949672960 Oct 14 14:05 VMKASPER_1-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 8684 Feb 23 04:33 VMKASPER_1.nvram
-rw------- 1 root root 475 Oct 14 14:05 VMKASPER_1.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 845 Oct 15 13:19 VMKASPER_1.vmsd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3068 Feb 22 14:08 VMKASPER_1.vmx
-rw------- 1 root root 1850 Feb 17 15:23 VMKASPER_1.vmxf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1075649 Jan 4 15:40 vmware-26.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4924787 Jan 21 11:06 vmware-27.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 219223 Jan 26 08:00 vmware-28.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62654 Jan 26 08:16 vmware-29.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 942987 Feb 17 14:34 vmware-30.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66672 Feb 17 15:22 vmware-31.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 292261 Feb 23 08:42 vmware.log
whats the better way to shrink the size of the VM ?
thaks for your help.