[Resolved] changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

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Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Post by mpack »

What am I supposed to be seeing?

As you say, this VM only has one snapshot. However, it has three VDIs registered, none of which is the base image, so I assume that you've been mixing linked cloning with snapshots.
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Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Post by mpack »

It may be necessary to for you call it quits with this VM. It the VM still works then what I would do is do a full clone of it: full (not linked) clone, current state only (i.e. do not preserve snapshot structure), don't reset MAC addresses. This will give you a standalone clone VM, and temporarily require up to 80GB of disk space. After testing you would eliminate all of the older snapshot ridden relatives, recovering your disk space.
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Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

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Ok, that sounds good. I will start the clone now, and post here how it goes. Thanks for your help!
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Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Post by SChinaSeaTribe »

Ok, I cloned the VM and have now finally reduced my storage usage. Thanks for the help, looks like I am all set!
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Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Post by socratis »

Glad you recovered your space... Marking this as [Resolved].
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