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Preallocated disk — A type of virtual disk where all disk space for the virtual
machine is allocated at the time the disk is created. This is the default type of virtual
disk created by GSX Server.
Quick switch mode — A display mode in which the virtual machine’s display fills
most of the screen. In this mode, tabs at the top of the screen allow you to switch
quickly from one running virtual machine to another.
See also Full screen mode.
Raw disk — See physical disk.
Redo log — The file that stores the changes made to a disk in independent-
nonpersistent mode. The redo-log file is deleted when you power off or reset the
virtual machine without writing any changes to the disk.
Resume — Return a virtual machine to operation from its suspended state. When
you resume a suspended virtual machine, all applications are in the same state they
were when the virtual machine was suspended.
See also Suspend.
Shrink — Reduce the amount of file system space a virtual disk occupies in order to
reclaim unused space in a virtual disk. If there is empty space in the disk, shrinking
reduces the amount of space the virtual disk occupies on the host drive. Shrinking
virtual disks is a convenient way to convert an older virtual disk (created by GSX Server
1, for example) to the .vmdk format supported by GSX Server 3. You cannot shrink
preallocated virtual disks or physical disks.
Snapshot — A way to preserve the state of a virtual machine — the state of the data
on all the virtual machine’s disks and the virtual machine’s power state (whether the
virtual machine was powered on, powered off or suspended). You can take a snapshot
of a virtual machine at any time and revert to that snapshot at any time. The virtual
machine can be powered on, powered off or suspended.
Supported partition — A virtual disk partition that VMware Tools can prepare for
shrinking, such as one of the drives that comprise the virtual hard disk. You can
choose to not prepare certain partitions for shrinking.
See also Shrink.
Suspend — Save the current state of a running virtual machine. To return a
suspended virtual machine to operation, use the resume feature.
See also Resume.
Unsupported partition — A virtual disk partition that VMware Tools cannot
prepare for shrinking. Unsupported partitions include read-only drive partitions,
partitions on remote devices and partitions on removable devices such as floppy