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nbctcp_179485
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May 25, 2015

Reducing disk size

I have BIG-IP VM with LAB License.   By default when I import, it will have 2 HD.   I increase those 2 HD to HD1.1=110GB, HD2.1=50GB. HD1.1 has content but HD2.1 is empty and no volume name   ...
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svs
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May 26, 2015

Hi nbctcp,

 

shrinking the size of a hard disk is not supported, please refer https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/900/sol14952.html ("Note: The shrinking of disk size is not supported, because the majority of hypervisors do not support disk shrinking.").

 

The HD2 is optional, but reserved for special module needs (https://support.f5.com/content/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ve-vmware-esx-esxi-11-3-0/_jcr_content/pdfAttach/download/file.res/BIG-IP_Virtual_Edition_Setup_Guide_for_VMware_ESXi.pdf, "About the hypervisor guest definition requirements"). As far as I know you cannot use it for TMOS software installations - never tried it.

 

Greets, svs