How to resize a Windows VM image with virt-resize qcow2
Notes
apt install libguestfs-tools virt-manager gnome-boxes
Check for snapshots and delete them:
qemu-img info win10.qcow2
qemu-img snapshot -l win10.qcow2
qemu-img snapshot -d 4 win10.qcow2
Resize:
qemu-img info win10.qcow2
qemu-img resize win10.qcow2 +23G
List partitions, select partition to get the new size, resize that partition
sudo virt-filesystems -hl -a win10.qcow2
qemu-img create -f qcow2 win10_63G.qcow2 63G
sudo virt-resize --expand /dev/sda2 win10.qcow2 win10_63G.qcow2
References:
https://mike42.me/blog/how-to-resize-a-windows-vm-image-with-virt-resize
apt install libguestfs-tools virt-manager gnome-boxes
Check for snapshots and delete them:
qemu-img info win10.qcow2
qemu-img snapshot -l win10.qcow2
qemu-img snapshot -d 4 win10.qcow2
Resize:
qemu-img info win10.qcow2
qemu-img resize win10.qcow2 +23G
List partitions, select partition to get the new size, resize that partition
sudo virt-filesystems -hl -a win10.qcow2
Name Type VFS Label Size Parent
/dev/sda1 filesystem ntfs System Reserved 500M -
/dev/sda2 filesystem ntfs - 39G -
/dev/sda3 filesystem ntfs - 843M -
qemu-img create -f qcow2 win10_63G.qcow2 63G
sudo virt-resize --expand /dev/sda2 win10.qcow2 win10_63G.qcow2
References:
https://mike42.me/blog/how-to-resize-a-windows-vm-image-with-virt-resize
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