Hi, I found the following recommended actions to shrink Redhat Linux VMware Images: 1) replace all empty bytes on hard drive with zeros: dd if=/dev/zero of=/0bits bs=20971520 # bs=20m rm /0bits Note: saw this optional version on this forum: cat /dev/zero > zero.fill;sync;sleep 1;sync;rm -f zero.fill Finally, use the VMware Disk Manager Utility (located in the VMware Workstation install) to shrink the file system: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe" -k "F:\VMware Images\OEL SOA Suite 11.1.1.3\OEL5U3_11gSOA_2.vmdk" Now that I have completed the two steps I cannot log in to the GUI using my user id - "oracle". I get a GDM error and a look at the file system shows that the server has zero space. When i look in VMware it shows 50% space available on the hard drive but zero space when inside the image. I've tried a number of solutions including emptying the tmp file, removing files from user, etc. Ideas? Phil.dd if=/dev/zero of=/0bits bs=20971520 # bs=20m rm /0bits cat /dev/zero > zero.fill;sync;sleep 1;sync;rm -f zero.fill Finally, use the VMware Disk Manager Utility (located in the VMware Workstation install) to shrink the file system: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe" -k "F:\VMware Images\OEL SOA Suite 11.1.1.3\OEL5U3_11gSOA_2.vmdk"
