Oracle VM Templates: Resizing a Template's Disk

Is it possible to shrink (i.e., resize) the Virtual Disk of a Virtual Machine Template? Specifically, I'd like to to reduce the size of the +12GB Virtual Disk that's prepackaged with the OVM_OL6U2_x86_64_PVM template (that comes as part of the Oracle Linux 6 Update 2 template (OVF) - Paravirtualized x86_64 (64 bit) assembly - OVM_OL6U2_x86_64_PVM.ova [Oracle P/N V33689-01]).
Eric Pretorious
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francok wrote:
i test to import the JDE Enterprise Server E1 from the Oracle VM Templates. I get a error, that they miss the system.img file. i know that in this template only the E1_ENT.img is in. On OVM 2.2.2 it will work because the import is another way. So i just copy the system.img to that template make a new tar and import it, and now it will work. But is there a date or a relaunch from the templates to work official with OVM 3.0.1? i see that on the E1-JDE Templates the Date is form 9.September 2011, but i dont see what they have changed. So what is the best way for import without any modifications Oracle VM Templates to Oracle VM Server 3.0.1?The existing templates should import into OVM3 without modification. I'll try and get the test/QA guys to look at the JDE template and check this as well.

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