I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this will not shrink partition size. So, yes you'll need to shrink the volume first.
Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: J- P<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 3/13/2014 3:26 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space I got that, i meant in the guest OS itself , i dont need to do a shrink volume or anything like that? Jean-Paul Natola ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:37:49 +0000 "Resize-VHD is an offline operation; the virtual hard disk must not be attached when the operation is initiated." Webster From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of J- P <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space thanks, this makes no mention of the volume, or drive (OS) in question, is there anything I should be aware of since I am resizing the C drive? ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:06:24 +0000 Resize-VHD http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848535.aspx Webster From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of J- P <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space Bump, any feedback on this? ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:44:11 -0400 Hi all ' on Hyperv 2012r2 , I initially created a one disk for the file server C: i set it to 1tb, once I discovered deduplication needed to be on a NON os vvolume I created a second disk E:, after moving my files from C to E , i noticed the C vhdx didnt change size, needless to say housing only the OS I do not need 1 tb of space. Question I have is what is the PROPER SUPPORTED method to bring the C back to say 200gb? thanks JP
