Rclone VMDK size upload

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Rclone Command
/usr/bin/rclone move /mnt/Sto1/Sto1DS/Gdrive/ VMBs:/
--buffer-size 64M --drive-chunk-size 256M --drive-upload-cutoff 64M --config /rclone/VMBs.conf -P --fast-list --checkers 16 --tpslimit 2 --max-backlog=1024000 -v --no-traverse --max-transfer 550G --drive-stop-on-upload-limit --cutoff-mode=soft --log-file /rclone/logVMBs
--transfers 1 --order-by size,desc --min-size 400G >> /rclone/stdVMBs 2>&1

Rclone config
[VMBs]
type = drive
client_id = .apps.googleusercontent.com
client_secret = *********************
scope = drive
use_trash = false
skip_gdocs = true
acknowledge_abuse = true
token = {"access_token":"*****"}
team_drive = ***********

Rclone version
rclone v1.54.0-beta.4791.41ec712aa

  • os/arch: freebsd/amd64
  • go version: go1.15.2

I am trying to backup some virtual machines to Gdrive, the thing is, the machines have a thin provision disk, I´ll put an example below:
The machine has a thin provisioned disk with 300GB, with ls it displays 300GB, with du it displays 45GB, when I try to upload it, it goes with 300GB
Is there anyway to only transfer "the real data" without consuming the quota with "overhead size"?

Thanks in advance.

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I know that at this example I used a code with min size of 400GB, but the idea is the same.

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You'd use something like VMWare Convertor to export only the data as any tool that sees those files will see it as a full file as it's only thin provisioned from the VMWare side.

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