Changed Block Tracking
Changed Block Tracking, or CBT, identifies modified VMware virtual-disk blocks to optimize backup processing.
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Eager Zeroed Thick
A VMware disk format with all space allocated and initialized to zero at creation.
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Network technology specialized in bulk storage transport.
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A VMware disk whose space is reserved but whose blocks are initialized when they are first used.
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