disk shrink
1 TopicVHDX size reduction
I still have hopes. The dynamic VHDX container is so useful however it has a big downfall as it cannot shrink. Adding data into a dynamic VHDX keeps it expanding in size even if you delete data from it. This often gives ridiculous results when there is a 500 GB VHDX container containing only serverl GBs of data. I know that shrinking is possible with an awkward procedure of taking the VHDX offline, defragment it, null free space (with external tool as Windows cannot do that) and then use a Poweshell command and hope the size gets reduced. But we have 2021 now and there should be a way of self-shrinking dynamic VHDX that never occupis more space than data in it requires. And if data is reduced, it shrinks without any required interation. Otherwise this 'dynamic' VHDX is just a sad joke.3.8KViews1like1Comment