Reduce (shrink) and resize raw disk at Proxmox
Reduce (shrink) and resize raw disk at Proxmox 1. Check the status of raw disk: #e2fsck -fy /hdd-img/images/111/vm-111-disk-1.raw e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /hdd-img/images/111/vm-111-disk-1.raw: 135279/327680000 files (1.8% non-contiguous), 857599886/1310720000 blocks 2. At first, check raw disk size: #qemu-img info /hdd-img/images/111/vm-111-disk-1.raw image: /hdd-img/images/111/vm-111-disk-1.raw file format: raw virtual size: 4.88 TiB (5368709120000 bytes) disk size: 3.59 TiB 3. Resize filesystem: -M - will resize to the minimum size based on saved files -p - will display progress bar #resize2fs -M -p /hdd-img/images/111/vm-111-disk-1.raw resize2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021) Resizing the filesystem on /hdd-img/images/111/vm-111-disk-1.raw to 852166716 (4k) blocks. Begin pass 2 (max = 196