To clarify, you need to run defrag within the OS in the running VM. Steve
said it right here, it's just a sometimes confusing concept.
Hope this helps,
--Ryan
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Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Clustering
MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP
"Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:48:22 -0400, "ThePro"
> <mcthepro@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>"Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: Quote:
>>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:05:07 -0400, "ThePro"
>>> <mcthepro@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I had a problem with some database running in a W2K3 virtual machine
>>>>under
>>>>W2K8 Hyper-V. The database kept growing until it was 15 GB when it
>>>>should
>>>>have been around 1 GB.
>>>>
>>>>I had to expand the dynamic VHD to 18 GB to store the database. Now the
>>>>database bug is solved and it is back to 500 MB.
>>>>
>>>>At the moment in the VM on Disk 0 (Dynamic) I have 3 GB "Unallocated"
>>>>plus
>>>>around 9 GB free space on C: (NTFS). How can I reclaim this space ? The
>>>>"Compact" option of Hyper-V "Edit Disk" runs for 3-4 minutes but does
>>>>nothing.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>ThePro
>>>
>>> Did you defrag the VHD in the VM first?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>>> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>>> I do not work for Microsoft. >>
>>Defraged, re-run "Compact" and nothing changed. BTW fragmentation does not
>>explain why it does not reclaim the unallocated (not partitioned) space.
>>
>>ThePro >
> Sure, if there is a file at the end of the VHD, and the middle is
> empty, the VHD won't compact. Compacting doesn't compact the space
> between files, it will compact from the last file to the end of the
> VHD. That's the way it's been for VPC and Virtual Server, so I assume
> that it wouldn't be any different for Hyper-V.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.