Remove disk compaction from the export step

builder/hyperv/common/step_export_vm.go

@@ -10,51 +10,27 @@ import (
 )
 
 type StepExportVm struct {
-	OutputDir      string
-	SkipCompaction bool
-	SkipExport     bool
+	OutputDir  string
+	SkipExport bool
 }
 
 func (s *StepExportVm) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	driver := state.Get("driver").(Driver)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 
-	// Get the VM name; Get the temp directory used to store the VMs files
-	// during the build process
-	var vmName, tmpPath string
-	if v, ok := state.GetOk("vmName"); ok {
-		vmName = v.(string)
-	}
-	if v, ok := state.GetOk("packerTempDir"); ok {
-		tmpPath = v.(string)
-	}
-
-	// Compact disks first so the export process has less to do
-	if s.SkipCompaction {
-		ui.Say("Skipping disk compaction...")
-	} else {
-		ui.Say("Compacting disks...")
-		// CompactDisks searches for all VHD/VHDX files under the supplied
-		// path and runs the compacting process on each of them. If no disks
-		// are found under the supplied path this is treated as a 'soft' error
-		// and a warning message is printed. All other errors halt the build.
-		result, err := driver.CompactDisks(tmpPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			err := fmt.Errorf("Error compacting disks: %s", err)
-			state.Put("error", err)
-			ui.Error(err.Error())
-			return multistep.ActionHalt
-		}
-		// Report disk compaction results/warn if no disks were found
-		ui.Message(result)
-	}
-
 	if s.SkipExport {
 		ui.Say("Skipping export of virtual machine...")
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}
 
 	ui.Say("Exporting virtual machine...")
+
+	// The VM name is needed for the export command
+	var vmName string
+	if v, ok := state.GetOk("vmName"); ok {
+		vmName = v.(string)
+	}
+
 	// The export process exports the VM to a folder named 'vmName' under
 	// the output directory. This contains the usual 'Snapshots', 'Virtual
 	// Hard Disks' and 'Virtual Machines' directories.

builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go

@@ -467,9 +467,8 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			Generation: b.config.Generation,
 		},
 		&hypervcommon.StepExportVm{
-			OutputDir:      b.config.OutputDir,
-			SkipCompaction: b.config.SkipCompaction,
-			SkipExport:     b.config.SkipExport,
+			OutputDir:  b.config.OutputDir,
+			SkipExport: b.config.SkipExport,
 		},
 
 		// the clean up actions for each step will be executed reverse order

builder/hyperv/vmcx/builder.go

@@ -476,9 +476,8 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			Generation: b.config.Generation,
 		},
 		&hypervcommon.StepExportVm{
-			OutputDir:      b.config.OutputDir,
-			SkipCompaction: b.config.SkipCompaction,
-			SkipExport:     b.config.SkipExport,
+			OutputDir:  b.config.OutputDir,
+			SkipExport: b.config.SkipExport,
 		},
 
 		// the clean up actions for each step will be executed reverse order