Hi, Why wandering off-topic? This is about CentOS on VPSes. I can´t remember which Debian or Ubuntu commands I found since I didn´t use them. I´m allowing dd to totally fill the partition and the OS is surviving perfectly (It´s a web server and works fine as long as I don´t keep it "full" too long). Regarding other comments that I have read: I´m using qcow2, I don´t need to shrink the HD size since sometimes it grows temporarily (backups). Regards, Miguel On 07/31/17 3:28 PM, Leroy Tennison wrote: > I realize this is wandering off-topic but, if you have found Debian commands, you're doing better than me. What are they? Also, are you allowing dd to totally fill the partition (what I have found on the web as a recommendation)? If so, is the OS surviving acceptably? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miguel González" <miguel_3_gonzalez at yahoo.es> > To: "centos" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 5:11:33 AM > Subject: [CentOS] claiming unsused space back > > Hi, > > I´m running a CentOS server in a VPS. Backups of the VPS take quite > much space if I don´t claim unused space. > > Currently I´m using dd if=/dev/zero of=/mytempfile and remove that file > to claim that unused space. Any automatic way of doing a similar thing > in CentOS? I have googled for it but I have only found Debian commands. > > Thanks in advance! > > Miguel > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >