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Replica is taking 2x disk space?

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I just tested replicating a VM and noticed the replica is taking 2x the disk space as the original. In the destination datastore, there is a file named "VMName_working.VMDK" that is the same size as the original VMDK. What's the function of this file? Is it safe to delete after performing a failover if the replica is to be used as production?
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Re: Replica is taking 2x disk space?

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Hello,

Replicated VM takes the same space as a source VM. You should not delete *_working.VMDK file. Please have a look at this topic for more information about this file: Replication question

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Cool. Thanks for pointing me to that post. I ssh'ed into the host and saw the true size of the *_working.vmdk file which is only about 400b.
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Re: Replica is taking 2x disk space?

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You're welcome. Good to know that you've figured it out.
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Replica Jobs creating a VM-name_working.vmdk

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[merged into existing discussion]

We migrate Veeam Backup & Replication from an older version to 5.0.1.198 x64.
We have vcenter 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 Hosts

We create all the replica Jobs new but after the relication Veeam is creating a normal file vm-name.vmdk and a second VMDK with vm-name_WORKING.vmdk with the same size.

What is this ......working.vmdk file and why veeam is creating this one. This is wasting double storage capacity.

How can i disable this option.

Thanks for any help
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