This seems like such an issue with vmware. I have read through this thread and is the community basically saying that in order to free-up space after you have deleted files within windows or linux you have to zero out the free space and either do a vmkfstools copy or vmotion the vmdk?
Am I the only one that sees the strange amount of work to just free up space in vmware? A simple windows delete of the recycle bin to free up space has become this large operation, where the server has to be shutdown or vmotioned to free up space.
Is there no other simpler way (like a command or something like a windows recycle bin delete) to free up space with thin disks?