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The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

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The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

Posted: 11. Apr 2018, 21:50
by Torres
Hello, guys. I have Hish Sierra on my VM and after update the from 10.13.1 to 13.10.4 version of the OS, the size of vmdk file update 28GB from 10 GB. How to fix this issue? I've googled it but was unsuccessfully.

Here is my terminal after run

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sudo du -hxd 1 /

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276K	/.fseventsd
  0B	/.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
117M	/.Spotlight-V100
  0B	/.Trashes
  0B	/.vol
667M	/Applications
2.5M	/bin
  0B	/cores
4.0K	/dev
4.6M	/EFI
4.6M	/EFI-Backups
1.0K	/home
1.4G	/Library
1.0K	/net
  0B	/Network
du: /private/var/db/ConfigurationProfiles/Store: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/xd/r0wn2ls10pn8y6vvz_whw3dm0000gn/0/com.apple.LaunchServices.dv: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/xd/r0wn2ls10pn8y6vvz_whw3dm0000gn/0/com.apple.nsurlsessiond: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/xd/r0wn2ls10pn8y6vvz_whw3dm0000gn/0/com.apple.routined: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/xd/r0wn2ls10pn8y6vvz_whw3dm0000gn/0/SafariFamily: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000y800007k/0/com.apple.nsurlsessiond: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000z000007r/0/com.apple.nsurlsessiond: Operation not permitted
du: /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000z000007r/0/com.apple.routined: Operation not permitted
4.5G	/private
1.1M	/sbin
5.6G	/System
160M	/Users
430M	/usr
1.0G	/vm
4.0K	/Volumes
 14G	/

Re: The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

Posted: 11. Apr 2018, 22:15
by paaland
I'm no Mac expert, but I assume OSX has created a backup in case you want to roll back the update. Windows does something similar and has a clean-up tool if you wan't to delete backups. I assume there is either a clean-up tool or some add/remove programs equivalent in OSX as well.

Re: The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

Posted: 11. Apr 2018, 23:07
by Torres
I've looking for backups but does not exists in the system :/

Re: The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

Posted: 11. Apr 2018, 23:11
by socratis
Please post a ZIPPED VBox.log from the VM.

Re: The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

Posted: 12. Apr 2018, 03:25
by Torres
socratis wrote:Please post a ZIPPED VBox.log from the VM.
Here, man:

Re: The size of vmdk file used to be 10 GB, now is 28 GB after update

Posted: 12. Apr 2018, 07:47
by socratis
OSX guests are only supported on Apple hardware (which you do not have). See: Important notice regarding Mac OS X as Guest.
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