How can I reclaim this space ?

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

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:05:07 -0400, "ThePro"
<mcthepro@xxxxxx> wrote:
Did you defrag the VHD in the VM first?

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Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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"Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: Defraged, re-run "Compact" and nothing changed. BTW fragmentation does not
explain why it does not reclaim the unallocated (not partitioned) space.

ThePro

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:48:22 -0400, "ThePro"
<mcthepro@xxxxxx> wrote:
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.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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

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