Managing Disks
Virtual Disk Management Tasks
Advanced VHD Management
- The Disk Management snap-in is limited in what management operations can be done with VHD files.
- The DiskPart command line utility allows for advanced management operations such as:
- Compact VHD: Decrease the maximum size of a dynamic or fixed size VHD
- Expand VHD: Increase the maximum size of a dynamic or fixed size VHD
- Detail VHD Properties: Display detailed information about a VHD
- Other utilities and administration software is available to work with VHD files for deployment to multiple desktops and hosts running virtual machines.
Activity 4-11