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Compact a Virtual Disk

Compactingavirtualdiskreclaimsunusedspaceinthevirtualdisk.Ifadiskhasempty

space,thisprocessreducestheamountofspacethevirtualdiskoccupiesonthehost

drive.

Makesurethefollowingprerequisitesaremet:

 Thevirtualmachineispoweredoff.

 Thevirtualdiskisnotmapped(onWindowsguests)ormounted(onLinux

guests).Youcannotcompactavirtualdiskwhileitismappedormounted.

 Thediskspaceisnotpreallocatedforthevirtualharddisk.Usethevirtualmachine

settingseditortoviewthediskinformationforthisvirtualharddisk.Ifthedisk

spacewaspreallocated,youcannotcompactthedisk.

 Ifthevirtualharddiskisanindependentdisk,itisinpersistentmode.

Tochangethemode,see“ExcludeaVirtualDiskfromSnapshots”onpage 207for

adescriptionofindependentdisks.

To compact a virtual disk

1 SelectVM>Settings.

2OntheHardwaretab,selectHardDiskforthevirtualharddiskyouwantto

compac

3 S

electUtilities>Compact

4ClickOKafterthediskcompactingprocessiscomplete.

Expand a Virtual Disk

Expandingavirtualdiskaddsstoragespacetoyourvirtualmachine.However,the

addedspaceisnotavailabletoyourvirtualmachineimmediately.Tomaketheadded

spaceavailable,youmustuseadiskmanagementtooltoincreasethesizeoftheexisting

partitiononyourvirtualdisktomatchtheexpand

edvirt

ualdisksize.Thedisk

managementtoolyouusedependsontheoperatingsystemofyourvirtualmachine.

Manyoperatingsystems,includingWindowsVista,Windows7,andsomeversionsof

Linux,providebuilt‐indiskmanagementtoolsthatcanresizepartitions.Anumberof

third‐partydiskmanagementtoolsarealsoav

ailable,suchasSy

mantec/Norton

PartitionMagic,EASEUSPartitionMaster,AcronisDiskDirector,andtheopen‐source

toolGParted.

Asanalternativetoexpandingyourvirtualdisk,youcanaddanewvirtualdisktoyour

virtualmachine.See“A dd aNewVirtualDisktoaVirtualMachine”onpage 242.

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