virtualization:xenserver:xenserver_storage_resize

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Resize a XenServer VHD
- XenCenter
- CLI
  - Resize the VHD
  - Extend the Filesystem

Resize a XenServer VHD

If the virtual disk is full, try to reclaim some disk space, possibly by deleting temp files.

Shut down the VM cleanly.

XenCenter

Shut down the VM
Take a snapshot
Resize the VHD in XenCenter
Boot the VM
Extend the volume in Windows Disk Manager

CLI

Resize the VHD

xe vm-list
xe vdi-list name-label=<vm-name>
xe vdi-resize uuid=<vdi-uid> disk-size=<new-disk-size>GiB

Extend the Filesystem

Windows Disk Manager → Select Disk → Extend

virtualization/xenserver/xenserver_storage_resize.txt · Last modified: 2015/04/20 22:23 (external edit)