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Increase size of a shared vhdx

create share 656 Reputation points
2020-11-23T12:25:34.387+00:00

Hi,

Do we have to shut down the VMs to increase the size of a shared vhdx between them or disable the sharing then increase the size?

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Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
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  1. Leon Laude 85,726 Reputation points
    2020-11-23T12:34:43.533+00:00

    Hi @create share ,

    If you are running Windows Server 2012 R2 or older, then yes you will need to shutdown the virtual machines.
    Since Windows Server 2016, you are able to dynamically resize shared VHDX while the virtual machines are online.

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    Leon

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  1. create share 656 Reputation points
    2020-11-23T13:11:34.74+00:00

    Yes, the hyper-v servers are windows 2012 R2.

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