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Hi there!!!
Still resizing of vdi don't work for me.
Input:
Host - Win 10 Pro x64;
VM Box - 6.1.32 r14920 (Qt5.6.2)
VM - WS2019, virtua drive - WS2019.vdi
I have NO snapshots
VDI size = 20 Gb, try to resize for example to 30 Gb (30*1024 = 30720)
Type of my Virt hard disk is: Normal

My commands are:

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cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"
.\VBoxManage.exe modifymedium 'E:\VMs\WS2019\WS2019.vdi' --resize 30720

Screen 1 from console:

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Screen 2 from GUI:

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What is the problem there???

For the first command line attempt, the path to the file is very strange:

Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\'E:\VMs\WS2019\WS2019.vdi' '

I think that's because of the .\ behind Vboxmanage.exe. That .\ does not need to be there if the command window is operating in 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\'.

For the GUI attempt, could it be possible that the .vdi is a fixed size .vdi? Only Dynamically expanding .vdi's can be increased.

Please provide the text output of this command:

vboxmanage showmediuminfo E:\VMs\WS2019\WS2019.vdi

1. I was surprized i think i just repost this....
viewtopic.php?t=103633 (cant insert full path)
2. I think there is no metter:

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.\VBoxManage.exe modifymedium 'C:\dev\VirtualBox VMs\PRJ\PRJ-disk001.vdi' --resize 81920

or

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VBoxManage.exe modifymedium 'C:\dev\VirtualBox VMs\PRJ\PRJ-disk001.vdi' --resize 81920

.\ just shown current folder. But yes seems it is no need in our situation, thanks.
I try it and have the same error.

Seems like it is really fixed. But i create VM with default options and don't know about this moments...
Now try to modify it with some manuals.

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The steps are here:
1. Check all of our disks

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Show list of our disks

2. Create a copy of disk with new name and new type - dynamic with this in my case

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VBoxManage.exe clonemedium disk "E:\VMs\WS2019\WS2019.vdi" "E:\VMs\WS2019\WS2019dyn.vdi" -variant Standard

I really don't undestand why dymamic disk is called: Standart....

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3. Remove our drive from GUI

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4. Remove our old VDI disk from disk list (but in my case i remove old and new disk because it was an error while additing a new one)

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VBoxManage.exe closemedium OLD_DISK_UUID --delete

Where OLD_DISK_UUID is UUID number of an old disk
5. Rename a new diks with the name of old, in my case WS2019dyn.vdi to WS2019.vdi
6. Add disk to VM

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7. Resize our disk C (in my case) with standart Computer Management GUI

7. Resize our disk C (in my case) with standart Computer Management GUI

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Tell me pls is dynamic volume not a default volume while VM creation?
I just want everytime create only dynamic volumes to my new VMs.

Axell wrote:Tell me pls is dynamic volume not a default volume while VM creation?

The default is dynamic VDI, but you are offered a dialog every time a VM is created in which you can pick the exact disk container type you want. I recommend that you choose dynamic VDI every time.

I don't know what options are offered on import - I rarely use the export/import feature. From memory however you are given an option to convert the VMDK to a VDI, and I would assume that also means dynamic VDI.

Thanks a lot. Try to create a new VM and clearly look at options.

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