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Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Posted: 26. Jun 2017, 17:40
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.

Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Posted: 26. Jun 2017, 17:47
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.

Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Posted: 28. Jun 2017, 00:33
by SChinaSeaTribe
Ok, that sounds good. I will start the clone now, and post here how it goes. Thanks for your help!

Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Posted: 28. Jun 2017, 03:47
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!

Re: changing guest vdi from dynamic to fixed

Posted: 28. Jun 2017, 08:55
by socratis
Glad you recovered your space... Marking this as [Resolved].