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VM snapshot needs consolidation

Ivo Beerens
Date : May 10, 2012
Categories : snapshot-2 ,vSphere5
Tags : snapshot ,vSphere5

When a snapshot didn’t commit properly, it can happen that the snapshot manager in the vCenter server shows no snapshot(s), but that there are still active delta files on the datastore. These ‘hidden’ snapshot can cause the datastore to run out of space. To report these ‘hidden’ snapshots (prior …

VMware ESXi 5 snapshot changes

Ivo Beerens
Date : April 20, 2012
Categories : esxi ,snapshot-2
Tags : esxi-2 ,snapshot

In ESX(i) 3.x and 4.x snapshots files are default created in the virtual machine’s working directory (home directory). The working directory is the same directory as the were the virtual machine configuration (*.vmx) file is stored. In this example a VM called “test” that has two disks (VMDK’s) …