Is there a way to reclaim unused space from a RAW sparse image?
Issue
- Once the data is written to RAW sparse image, the actual disk size usage increases based on the data written. But the process is not reversed when the data is removed from the disk image.
Is there a way to reclaim unused space from a RAW sparse image?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
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