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IVdsVolumeShrink::QueryMaxReclaimableBytes() can return more reclaimable bytes than actually�is available for a given volume.
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A user of third party applications to resize (shrink) a volume encounters an error and following event is logged in the event viewer.� This symptom can also occur using Windows tools, such as diskpart.
Log Name:����� Application
Source:������� Microsoft-Windows-Defrag
Date:��������� 9/21/2009 3:21:19 PM
Event ID:����� 257
Task Category: None
Level:�������� Error
Keywords:����� Classic
User:��������� N/A
Computer:����� <compter name>
Description:
The volume (X:) was not defragmented because an error was encountered: This shrink size
specified is too big. (0x89000021 => DF_E_SHRINK_SIZE_TOO_BIG)
IVdsVolumeShrink::Shrink will fail with VDS_E_SHRINK_TOO_BIG
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The application may be using IVdsVolumeShrink::QueryMaxReclaimableBytes() method to find the maximum number of bytes which can be reclaimed from the current volume. However, this method can return more reclaim-able bytes than what is actually available. When
IVdsVolumeShrink::Shrink() is provided (as first parameter for ullDesiredNumberOfReclaimableBytes) with the value returned above, it is possible that IVdsVolumeShrink::Shrink() will fail as with above event log.
IVdsVolumeShrink::QueryMaxReclaimableBytes() relies on underlying Defrag APIs to determine the amount of volume space that can be recovered. This is because the shrink operation needs to account for immovable files on the volume, as the file system extent must be adjusted along with the volume length. Although this API has been substantially improved in Windows 7, there are still immovable files that are not properly detected.
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The application should call IVdsVolumeShrink::Shrink() with following parameter values for maximum shrinkage:
ullDesiredNumberOfReclaimableBytes ==> Set to value of reclaimabl bytes obtained from IVdsVolumeShrink::QueryMaxReclaimableBytes()
ullMinNumberOfReclaimableBytes���� ==> set to Zero
With these parameters, Virtual Disk Service (VDS) shrinks the volume as much as it can.� Also, because some files are temporarily immovable, the application may be able to recover additional space if it calls IVdsVolumeShrink::Shrink() with same set of parameters a second time.
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