Snow Leopard Server virtual machine file size too big

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by vertuhigh, Mar 13, 2014.

  1. vertuhigh

    vertuhigh Bit poster

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    Hello,
    I have several issues with PD9 and Snow Leopard Server virtual machine.
    I did a fresh install, went through all the software updates etc.
    When I run the vm and check the total file size (including hidden folders), it's around 8.7 GB.
    However, the size of the MacOS.pvm file (which is mostly MacOS.hdd) is almost 15 GB.
    No snapshots were made, time machine is off, etc.
    What can cause such a discrepancy?

    One more thing- it is impossible to "reclaim disk space" in VM menu ("Parallels Desktop could not find any data to compress or remove to free up the space used by this virtual machine").
    Nor is it possible to to use Parallels Mounter with either .pvm or .hdd inside the .pvm ("Parallels Mounter is unable to browse the virtual hard disk. Make sure that the virtual disk is not corrupt and is not in use by Parallels Desktop or another application.")

    Is it just me or anyone else also has these problems?
     

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