Shrink guest on hosted platform: Difference between revisions
Added an example of the shrinking process in progress and listing the RDP side effect that I am seeing here.
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Where "/" is the mount point of the partition that you want to shrink. | Where "/" is the mount point of the partition that you want to shrink. | ||
On Windows in order to use this run: | On Windows in order to use this run (as administrator): | ||
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>VMwareToolboxCmd.exe disk shrink <location> | C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>VMwareToolboxCmd.exe disk shrink <location> | ||
where <location> is the drive you want to shrink | where <location> is the drive you want to shrink | ||
For example: | |||
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>VMwareToolboxCmd.exe disk shrink c:\ | |||
Please disregard any warnings about disk space for the duration of shrink process. | |||
Progress: 62 [=======> ] | |||
The progress you see here is VMware Tools blanking out the unused space. | |||
At 99% it will popup the "Shrinking Disk" progress dialog at the host that takes care of the actual shrinking process. | |||
If you are logged in via remote desktop then do expect to loose the connection for a bit while the actual shrinking is taking place. | |||
On OS X / macOS the command to use is: | On OS X / macOS the command to use is: | ||