Compacting a virtual disk that has an oracle database

[Hjadallah]

Hi all;

i would like to ask if i have a vmware virtual machine with windows os and oracle software and that the oracle database being saved on a dynamic virtual disk , if i compact the virtual disk,will that affect the oracle database???

[HassanAlKak88]

Hello,

Compacting a virtual hard disk reclaims unused space in the disk. If a disk has empty space, this process reduces the amount of space the virtual hard disk occupies on the host drive. You must power off a virtual machine before you compact its virtual hard disk.

You cannot compact a virtual hard disk if disk space is preallocated or if the virtual hard disk is mapped or mounted.

For similar tasks, it is highly recommended to take a valid backup before (for your VM and for your data), because in IT shit happens :smileywink:

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[Hjadallah]

but what if i have an oracle database on the virtual disk.

what will happen???

will it affect the database?

[HassanAlKak88]

compact reclaims unused space in the disk, so it is unaware from data.

But recommended to take a backup in case needed.