1) Go to Server Manager.
2) Shutdown the Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Manager.
3) Select the VM and click Settings in the right hand pane.
4) Click the hard drive and select 'Edit'.
5) Select 'Compact' (default action) and click 'finish'.
Friday, 30 May 2008
Compressing Hyper-V disk images (.vhd files)
How to compress Hyper-V disk images (.vhd files) >
1) Go to Server Manager.
2) Shutdown the Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Manager.
3) Select the VM and click Settings in the right hand pane.
4) Click the hard drive and select 'Edit'.
5) Select 'Compact' (default action) and click 'finish'.
1) Go to Server Manager.
2) Shutdown the Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Manager.
3) Select the VM and click Settings in the right hand pane.
4) Click the hard drive and select 'Edit'.
5) Select 'Compact' (default action) and click 'finish'.
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I have a SQL server running in Hyper-V R2 that has a data VHD that was WAY overallocated when it was made, and now I want to reclaim some of that space.
Is performing the VHD safe to do on a drive that is home to SQL DBs?
Obviously the SQL Service needs to be shut down first, but yes I've done it as I've over-allocated myself in the past too.
Obviously make sure you back up first.
The compression does take some time, and you will want to take a look at this post to maximise the space you reclaim, and keep everything tidy...
Hyper-V Size Optimization
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