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title: Resize a guest disk image title: Resize a guest disk image
description: Resize a a guest disk image using qemu-img and virt-resize description: Resize a a guest disk image using qemu-img and virt-resize
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date: 2021-08-12T12:17:26.497Z date: 2021-09-10T09:34:56.872Z
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dateCreated: 2021-08-12T10:55:58.877Z dateCreated: 2021-08-12T10:55:58.877Z
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Expanding a new disk implies creating a new blank image of the desired size and "copy" the existing disk into this new bigger image using virt-resize. Expanding a new disk implies creating a new blank image of the desired size and "copy" the existing disk into this new bigger image using virt-resize.
> In-place expansion is not supported.
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## Usage ## Usage
* Create the new disk phyllome_but_bigger.img of the desired size. In this case, it is 15 GiB * **Create a new disk image**
In-place expansion is not supported. A new disk of the desired size has to be created.
Use the following command to create `phyllome_but_bigger.img`, a disk of 15 GiB
``` ```
$ qemu-img create -f raw /var/lib/libvirt/images/phyllome-bigger.img 15G $ qemu-img create -f raw phyllome-bigger.img 15G
``` ```
* Expand the root partition on the disk. * **Expand the root partition**
> This command only works if the root partition is located on vda3 and if the disk image filesystem uses EXT4. > This command only works if the root partition is located on vda3 and if the disk image filesystem uses EXT4.
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This command bellow requires root privileges.
``` ```
# virt-resize --expand /dev/vda3 phyllome.img phyllome_but_bigger.img # virt-resize --expand /dev/vda3 phyllome.img phyllome_but_bigger.img
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carefully check that the resized disk boots and works correctly. carefully check that the resized disk boots and works correctly.
``` ```
* **Inform your virtual machine to use the new disk**
*To-do*