Delete all snapshots failed: vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall

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• No snapshot manager or "vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get" see instant after failed backups VDP

  We run one VM with 4 virtual disks on the dedicated server ESXi 5.5. This virtual machine has been replicated by replication Vsphere and supported by VPDA. After a few changes in POS started replication backup jobs failed and I found the snapshot files * - 0000xx - delta.vmdk as well as *.vmsd corresponding to the file in the directory of the virtual machine. There was no entry snapshot in the Snapshot Manager then tried to consolidate snapshots suite http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002310

  But it seems that ESXi host does not know snapshots:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms

  VMID Guest OS Version Annotation file name

  2 VMname [datastore] VMname/VMname.vmx oracleLinux64Guest vmx-10

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get 2

  Download Snapshot:

  ~ #

  If I try to create a new snapshot there not almost immediately but new *-0000 x + 1 - delta.vmdk files are created and no error message is vmware.log.

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 2 test test_snapshot 0 0

  Create the snapshot:

  Create the Snapshot failed

  Https://communities.vmware.com/message/2481184#2481184 along

  Avamar/VDP manages independent snapshots of the host/VM. I deleted the backup job and restarted VIENNA but nothing has changed. Any idea, the consolidation of the snapshots, please? (The replication is disbled now).

  The host reboot has solved the problem.

• Snapshot Manager, or "vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get" see instant

  We have a VM with 4 virtual drives reserved Server ESXi 5.5. After the backup of POS operation failed I found snapshot files * - 0000xx - delta.vmdk as well as a correspondent for *.vmsd file. There was no entry snapshot in the Snapshot Manager then tried to consolidate snapshots suite http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002310

  But it seems that ESXi host does not know snapshots:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms

  VMID Guest OS Version Annotation file name

  2 VMname [datastore] VMname/VMname.vmx oracleLinux64Guest vmx-10

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get 2

  Download Snapshot:

  ~ #

  If I try to create a new snapshot there not almost immediately but new *-0000 x + 1 - delta.vmdk files are created and no error message is vmware.log.

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 2 test test_snapshot 0 0

  Create the snapshot:

  Create the Snapshot failed

  If I understand the memory snapshot creation he works long enough but doesn't have the same way, but I can see ' SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: made by snapshot 'test': 325 ' end of vmware.log. Hostd.log I see some warnings:

  2015-02 - 26 T 16: 43:02.369Z [info FFE40B70 ' Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx'] instant tree refresh ignored because the storage is not accessible.

  2015-02 - 26 T 16: 43:02.371Z [warning FFE40B70 ' Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx'] PopulateCache failed: _diskAccess: true _storag, eAccessible: fake

  2015-02 - 26 T 16: 43:02.371Z [warning FFE40B70 ' Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx'] PopulateCache failed: _diskAccess: true _storag, eAccessible: fake

  ... dtto...

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' verbose] time to gather the config: (11MS)

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 WARNING "Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx"] UpdateStorageAccessibilityStatusInt: 53a183b5 data store - 4367 b 267 - c93d - 180373fa1be8 is not accessible

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' verbose] CfgUpdate update all the core files.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.381Z [FFE40B70 WARNING "Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx"] CannotRetrieveCorefiles: VM storage is inaccessible.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' verbose] time to gather snapshot file available: 0 (MS)

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 WARNING "Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx"] CannotRetrieveCorefiles: VM storage is inaccessible.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' WARNING] Snapshot create succeeded, but not UID 325 in the list.

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.382Z [FFE40B70 'Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' WARNING] has no operation

  2015 02-26 T 16: 43:02.383Z ['Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/53a84235-a1905d30-5fe4-ecf4bbc24bf0/VMname/VMname.vmx' FFE40B70 info] State of Transition (VM_STATE_CREATE_SNAPSHOT-> VM_STATE_ON)

  Data store could not be inaccessible I was runnig commnad inside and managed to the list. I can not restart VM or host in the near future. No idea how to commit snapshots, please?

  Host reboot has solved the problem in the end. Snapshots became visible and I can remove them. I don't know what caused this situation.

  Thanks to opvizor for support and kind help.

• Vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert goes wrong instant

  With the help of ESXI 5.0, I have a virtual machine with a single Instant top-level (ROOT) and a few snapshots to branch (CHILD).  When I ssh into host and the snapshot.revert with VMID order number and an ID snapshot of a node CHILD, the command runs without error, but virtual machine is always returned to the first CHILD node. If I run the revert command, but specify 0 as the index, it is up to the ROOT snapshot so the feature shows that she can return to other snapshots, but not other snapshots of the CHILD.

  The hostd.log shows the order received with invalid snapshot ID.  These same steps will work with another host running 5.1 but I think it is specific to this machine virtual and not the ESXi version.

  Get the virtual machine ID:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep Wireless_Testbed_2 | AWK '{print $1} '.

  140

  Get the ID VM 140 names and snapshot ID:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.snapshotinfo 140 | grep "name\ | ID ".

  name = "BASE."

  ID = 1,

  name = "2.4.0.12."

  ID = 5,

  name = "2.5.1.07"

  ID = 3,

  name = "2.6.0.08"

  ID = 4,

  name = "2.6.0.05"

  ID = 6,

  To return to the 6 snapshot with the command

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert 140 6 1

  Output of /var/log/hostd.log that the revert command is executed:

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.749Z ['Vimsvc' 38EC4B90 info] [Auth]: root user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.750Z [38EC4B90 info "ha-eventmgr"] event 1750: [email protected] connected user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.762Z [39981 B 90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req96278'] new SSL proxy client (TCP (local = 127.0.0.1:443, even = 127.0.0.1:56346))))

  2015 03-11 T 11: [verbose 'SoapAdapter' 39A44B90] 09:28.765Z responded to the request of the State of service

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.831Z [38F23B90 verbose "Default"] CloseSession called for the session id = 52f99321-7f09 - 6 d 11-6ab4-fb55afd932b3

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.831Z [38F23B90 info "ha-eventmgr"] event 1751: root user is disconnected

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.212Z [38EC4B90 'Proxysvc Req96279' verbose] new SSL proxy client (TCP (local = 127.0.0.1:443, even = 127.0.0.1:54461))))

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.227Z [verbose "Ticket 52 0 b d8 4th a2 aa c5 - 9B b4 f9 1e 10 76 0c a9 ab" 39381 B 90] ticket issued for root

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.230Z [verbose "Ticket 52 0 b d8 4th a2 aa c5 - 9B b4 f9 1e 10 76 0c a9 ab ' 39A44B90] Ticket used

  Password accepted for the 127.0.0.1 root user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.231Z ['Vimsvc' 39A44B90 info] [Auth]: root user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.231Z [39A44B90 info "ha-eventmgr"] event 1752: [email protected] connected user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.243Z [38EC4B90 'Proxysvc Req96280' verbose] new SSL proxy client (TCP (local = 127.0.0.1:443, even = 127.0.0.1:50054))))

  2015 03-11 T 11: [verbose 'SoapAdapter' 38F23B90] 09:29.246Z responded to the request of the State of service

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.311Z [38CDDB90 info "TaskManager"] created task: haTask-140 - vim.vm.Snapshot.revert - 187750625

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.311Z [verbose 'vm:/vmfs/volumes/4fd5f053-f578e894-09f0-d4bed9b3d83f/Wireless_Testbed_2/Wireless_Testbed_2.vmx' 39B48B90] request received Revert snapshot: 2.4.0.12

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.311Z ['vm:/vmfs/volumes/4fd5f053-f578e894-09f0-d4bed9b3d83f/Wireless_Testbed_2/Wireless_Testbed_2.vmx' 39B48B90 info] State of Transition (VM_STATE_OFF-> VM_STATE_REVERT_SNAPSHOT)

  Same controls operate ESXi 5.1 + as this was a problem resolved with the patch for 5.0

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=2012671

  PR 721191: Modification of snapshots using commands vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove or vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert

  will fail when applied against some snapshot tree structures.

• Delete all snapshots completely hosed my server

  I have a server ESXi 5, a 750 GB (698GB or so, is usable) local data store, quad Xeon, and 16 GB of RAM. There are two vm (s) - we're a firewall which takes about 10 GB (20 has been allocated) and the other is an Exchange Server that has 500 GB allocated was almost complete with the exception of about 10 GB. Both have been implemented using thin provisioned disks. There are also approximately 4 or 5 pictures taken of the Exchange virtual machine. Thinking that I had to delete the snapshots before you try to resize the virtual drive of 500 GB, I hit the button Delete button instant everything. All the snapshots have been removed from the list and then I could not start the virtual machine due to the lack of storage. He said that nearly 698 GB has been awarded! Then I deleted the tiny snapshots for virtual firewall machine and was able to boot the virtual machine Exchange. After doing a little housekeeping on the vm changes that I stopped him. Try to solve the delete all snapshots problem, I tried the "consolidate all snapshots' option. After several hours of waiting it failed due to lack of space. So, I thought I would reboot the physical machine to see if that helped. When he returned he showed that TB 1.4 or so, space has been allocated! And I could not start anything. Then I ran down to the server room, installed a 750 GB extra hd and started trying to move the virtual machine to empty disk. Well, who seems to have been an even worse mistake to delete all snapshots. Not only this process fails, but now the new hd (datastore2) is completely filled and the original datastore1 has about 132 GB free. The problem with this is that the virtual machine is now spread over these two data stores. Now, I've added another store of data via nfs (nfsdatastore) that has free 2.6 TB and I'm currently copy the entire contents of datastore2 via the cp command in a terminal (ssh remotely controlled).

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  OK, so let's try to clone the virtual disk in the NAS data store. Please follow the steps below and ask if there is something you don't understand or something does not work as expected.

  • Create a new folder on your NAS "UDT-MX09-EPSI" data store
  • from archive attached extracts "UDT MX09 (Exchange EPSI) .vmx" to this new folder
  • move 'UDT MX09 (Exchange EPSI)-000004.vmdk' to "datastore2/UDT-MX09-EPSI" on "datastore1/UDT-MX09-EPSI-2".
  • move 'UDT MX09 (Exchange EPSI)-000005.vmdk' to "datastore2/UDT-MX09-EPSI" on "datastore1/UDT-MX09-EPSI-2".
  • from archive attached extracts "UDT MX09 (Exchange EPSI)-000003.vmdk" "datastore1/UDT-MX09-EPSI-2"replaces the existing file.
  • from the command line run:
    "vmkfstools-i" / vmfs/volumes/datastore1/UDT-MX09-EPSI-2/UDT MX09 (Exchange EPSI)-000004.vmdk "" / vmfs/volumes/nfsdatastore/UDT-MX09-EPSI/UDT MX09 (Exchange EPSI) hard. "

  If cloning is successful, do a right-click the virtual machine in the inventory and select 'Remove inventory', then - using the browser from data store - click with the right button on the .vmx file in the folder of the virtual machine on the NAS data store and select "add to the inventory. When you start the virtual computer you may be asked if you have moved or copied the VM. Make sure you select that "I moved it.

  André

  Post edited by: a.p. - deleted '-delta "(error in copy & paste) vmkfstools command

• [ESXi 4.1] Limit the VIM - CMD vmsvc/getallvms results

  Hello

  I have a lot of virtual machines running in our environment. So when I run the command from the object, I get a lot of useless content.

  What I want is to see the VMID, name and location of data store. How can I do this?

  BTW, I installed RVTools to try to make this easier for myself and see them immediately... but the VMID is not displayed.

  Thank you

  Johnathan

  brunofernandez1,

  Thanks for the link. I found the following one line that does this for me:

  Vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms | SED ' 1 to EI EI /------[. * $/ /' | awk ' $1 ~ / ^ [0-9] + $/ {print $1 "substr($0,8,80)" "}"]

• Delete all SNAPSHOTS with script

  I'm trying to set up a workflow for my colleagues to easily adjust color, brightness and so on by simply clicking on a SNAPSHOT that easily shows them the result. The snapshot is generated by a macro master calling alarge number of macros. But my clever :-) solution fails because I want to give them the opportunity to run the macro master twice (for example the brightness) and they are then asked with a dialog box that asks them if they would like to replace the snapshot that already exist wit the same name. Simply, I don't know an easy way to delete snapshots. Historic range is easy to remove. If it was just a bunch of macros I could find a way to fix it manually, but I have like 80-100 macros in different groups.

  I thought of this solution:

  MASTER MACRO 1

  -SELECT ALL. COPY.

  -DELETE ALL THE SNAPSHOTS (with the script)

  -PASTE THE IMAGE

  -MACRO RUNS APPLE (Apple instant recording)

  -MACRO RUNS TOMATO (tomato instant recording)

  -CONTINUES DURING SEVERAL OTHER...

  The user chooses instant TOMATO , also wants to run snapshot APPLE. Click again on the MACRO 1.

  Someone out there who can think of a solution or another idea?

  (Photoshop CS6 on a Mac)

  Here is the solution:

  var doc = app.activeDocument;

  HS var = doc.historyStates;

  for (var a = hs.length - 1; a > = 0;--a) {})

  {if(HS[a].) Snapshot)}

  doc.activeHistoryState = [a] hs;

  delHist();

  }

  }

  function delHist() {}

  var desc20 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var ref23 = new ActionReference();

  ref23.putProperty (charIDToTypeID ('HstS'), charIDToTypeID ('Indonésia'));

  desc20.putReference (charIDToTypeID ('null'), ref23);

  executeAction (charIDToTypeID ('Dlt'), desc20, DialogModes.NO);

  };

• Delete all snapshots for a virtual computer

  Hi all

  Snapshots are deleted a when I execute the command below.

  I need to delete all the snapshots for specific virtual machines on a specific period of time, so I would like the same calendar.

  Get - VM VM1. Remove-Snapshot

  Is it possible to delete all the snapshots at a time, as we have option in vSphere Client.

  Sort the clichés about the property created, take the older.

  Something like that

  Get-VM-name MyVM | Get-Snapshot | Tri-objet-property created. Select - 1 first

• ESXi 3.5 full disk - delete all snapshots

  Hi all

  I have a virtual machine running FreeNAS with discs 5 x 200G, defined as a JBOD.  I was filling up with data backup to rebuild some system, when he hooked up with the "no more space for the snapshot files (that's the jist - I don't remember the exact error message now.

  I did not understand where all my space was gone, but have been on a steep learning curve and understand now on the delta files.  I have in the filesystem via SSH, you can see that there are delta files containing hundreds of concerts.  Snapshot Manager showed no snapshots (nothing to delete).  I saw a recommendation to take a new snapshot and then do a 'delete all '.  I did, and the light of the physical server's hard drive was now two hours, strong.

  Is this normal.  I don't want to be hasty and interrupt something that works as it should, but is it possible that I can confirm that it works and not only in an infinite loop?

  A supplementary question.  To prevent this happining again once, can I change the configuration of the virtual machine and make these independent disks?  I can do that, for an existing virtual machine without losing any data on the disk?

  There is one shot in place? Certainly don't lose your patience and try and stop the validation process.

  You can watch the instant process of deletion/committ by the following command (you need to log in with access console not supported - http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/vmware-esx-articles/general/how-to-access-the-vmware-esxi-hidden-console.html )

  Watch "ls - Ghtu-* full-time hard" d

  In your question that prevent from happening in regard to again - yes you can make the persistent independent record. This must be done while the virtual machine is turned off. You won't lose data, which makes change.

  Post edited by: java_cat33 - no access to the consoles does not support has been added for ESXi

• Delete all snapshots causing server to consume all of the available disk space.

  Hello

  I deleted all the snapshots on one of our servers and as usual, the server is passed to 95% and then sits there until it ends.   This time he ate a 150 GB Bill and is about to release one of my SAN LUNS?  Is this normal!

  In any case what can I do to save the servers, if anything?

  HELP ME PLEASE!

  Thank you

  David

  With multiple snapshots, ESX will first create a new disc in which it will merge snapshots. So depending on the size of the LUN size VMDK, sizes of snapshot, there a sense... Not funny, I know

  Tip: install a script or some tasks or alerts that monitor the use of snapshots. We have a script in place that brings all the older snapshots then 7 days. We do not allow older snapshots then 7 days, if they're going for 7 days, the 'owner' must have a very good reason why he wants to run.

  Gabrié

  http://www.GabesVirtualWorld.com

• questions after 'delete all snapshots '.

  I had a VM with about 50 shots, so I decided that I have this nettoieriez

  in snapshot Manager and clicking "remove all" rather than

  remove them individually. This process completed successfully, then

  shot the server. Now, when I try to start it I get the

  following error message;

  Failed to open the disc

  ' / vmfs/volumes/492af03f-ea1af3be - 42b - 001 2A 64256 -.

  C2C /Servername/servername- 000001.vmdk' or one of the

  It depends on the instantaneous discs. Reason: The parent

  virtual disk has changed since the child was

  created.

  I have

  can get the server starts up by removing the drive and adding

  the servername.vmdk of basic disk. Although this disc contains only the

  original installation of the OS, not the changes of last year!

  Is there a way I can recover my data?

  running esxi 3.5.0 110271

  Help, please!

  Remove all button should apply to all snapshots in the original disc. If this happened... Well, maybe another problem happened. Anyway, if you ever turned your VM attached to the snapshot and received this message things are already lost.

  Marcelo Soares

  VMWare Certified Professional 310

  Technical Support Engineer

  Chief Executive Officer of the Linux server

• Delete all snapshots

  Hello

  I started all avoid the VM snapshot almost 4 hours ago. It rose to 95% at the beginning and stopped so far. After 90 minutes of waiting, I realized that VM has been activated (oops) so I decided to turn it off while the abduction was still used. Virtual computer system turns off but the machine not. I could not have done yet because (I think) instant withdrawal is underway.

  Now, how can I check if the deletion process is still running or that 95% is smth like zomie-process? In fact, this virtual machine is not the one I need, but there are still other virtual machines work so I think that I can not turn all ESX host to break the abduction.

  Last lines of dump of virtual computer journal:

  16:05:39.149 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 10000us
  16:05:39.551 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 55, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  16:05:39.562 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 55, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  16:05:53.470 23 Feb: vcpu-2 | Protocol TOOLS autoupgrade version 0
  16:05:53.501 23 Feb: vcpu-2 | ToolsCapabilityGuestTempDirectory received TOOLS 0
  16:05:53.502 23 Feb: vcpu-2 | ToolsCapabilityGuestConfDirectory received TOOLS 0
  16:05:53.560 23 Feb: vcpu-2 | GuestRpc: Reset of channel 0 (toolbox)
  16:05:53.674 23 Feb: vcpu-2 | GuestRpc: Channel 0 reset.
  16:05:54.448 23 Feb: vcpu-3 | Ball: Start: vmmemctl reset ball
  16:05:54.448 23 Feb: vcpu-3 | Ball: Reset (pages n 3 0)
  16:05:54.448 23 Feb: vcpu-3 | Ball: Reset: size nUnlocked 0 0
  16:05:58.775 23 Feb: mks | TAKEN 55 (72) recv error 104: connection reset by peer
  16:05:58.776 23 Feb: mks | TAKEN 55 (72) destroying backend VNC on socket error: 1
  16:05:58.810 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 1000000us
  16:06:32.768 23 Feb: vcpu-0 | VIX: [126031 vmxCommands.c:7612]: VMAutomation_HandleCLIHLTEvent. Do nothing.
  16:06:32.769 23 Feb: vcpu-0 | Msg_Hint: msg.monitorevent.halt (sent)
  16:06:32.769 23 Feb: vcpu-0 | The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to turn off or reset the virtual machine at this point.
  16:06:32.769 23 Feb: vcpu-0 | ---------------------------------------
  16:08:37.288 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 10000us
  16:08:37.748 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 56, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  16:08:37.761 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 56, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  16:08:49.367 23 Feb: mks | TAKEN 56 (127) recv error 104: connection reset by peer
  16:08:49.368 23 Feb: mks | TAKEN 56 (127) destroying backend VNC on socket error: 1
  16:08:49.397 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 1000000us
  16:22:34.311 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 10000us
  16:22:34.751 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 57, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  16:22:34.775 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 57, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  16:27:32.428 23 Feb: mks | TAKEN 57 (120) recv error 104: connection reset by peer
  16:27:32.429 23 Feb: mks | TAKEN 57 (120) destroying backend VNC on socket error: 1
  16:27:32.458 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 1000000us
  17:50:51.442 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 10000us
  17:50:51.893 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 58, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  17:50:51.903 23 Feb: mks | VNCENCODE 58, changing encoding mode: (720x400x16depth, 16bpp, 1440bytes/line)
  17:50:58.793 23 Feb: mks | BUSH 58 (120) recv error 104: connection reset by peer
  17:50:58.794 23 Feb: mks | SLEEVE 58 (120) destroying backend VNC on socket error: 1
  17:50:58.823 23 Feb: mks | MKS: Polling of the Base period is 1000000us

  Quick help appreciated, thanks.

  It is important to remove the snapshot when the virtual machine is turned off or does not matter?

  It doesn't really matter. However, depending on the workload of the virtual machine and the amount of disk space available on the data store, you need to delete snapshots, while the virtual machine is turned off.

  When the virtual machine has a single disk, say 50GB with multiple snapshots, why the data in the file are cut on several files that altogether occupy more than 120 GB, even if snapshots are deleted?

  The virtual machine is divided into several files, files of configuration and data files. Each snapshot will start a new file (actually two).

  In another discussion you mentioned use you ESX 4.0. What version do you use? With Update 2 and newer you won't usually problems to withdraw several snapshots using the "Clear all" button, but with older versions you could easily run out of disk space if the space is already low.

  André

• Please explain consolidate and delete all snapshots

  I have 15 snapshots for a virtual machine

  I want to understand the background process to consolidate and erase everything.

  We should I prefer? and an impact on the performance of the virtual machine?

  Appreciate your help

  AI necessary consolidation when your snapshot manager says that there are no snapshots but you can still see delta files in your datstore in this case u gat a necessary consolidation of vm WARNING. means u get a notification that you are checking if there is no snapshots in the Snapshot Manager that there should be no delta existing for this purpose in the data store.

• Delete all the snapshots State hooked up to 95%

  Any ideas why my task to delete all the snapshots status is attached to 95%?  It has been like that for a few hours.  I had 7 sequential shots that I need to remove to create space on my data store.  My data store's display file snapshot of 28,04 KB.  I need to make a new snapshot of my server, but do not know if it is safe to proceed since my first task to delete all snapshots do not show a State of complete.  Any ideas or help someone?

  This is normal, especially if you have a lot of drive to commit.  Once completed, you should be ok.

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1007566

• How can I make and delete a snapshot of the command line in ESXi 4?

  How can I make and delete a snapshot of the command line in ESXi 4?  ghettoVCB4i does, but I need unusual behaviour for two virtual machines.  I need to be able to save only one of the two virtual drives, not both.  So I can't use this script here.  I need to write a script that will:

  1 copy off the .vmx

  2 make a snapshot of a virtual computer running

  3 use the vmkfstools command to clone the vmdk in the backup location

  4 remove the snapshot.

  The snapshot is the part that I do not know how.  I do not see a flash drive in vmkfstools and I do not understand the snapshot code in ghettoVCB4i.

  Thank you!

  vmkfstools is a tool for working with VMDK, has nothing to do with stereotypes. In the Busybox unsupported console, the only tool that you can use for some of the management of the virtual computer is vim-cmd , which is about a wrapper for VMware vimsh, take a look at our site for more information: http://engr.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/#vmware_vimsh

  Basically, you're going to do something like the following:

  vim-cmd "vmsvc/snapshot.create XXXX FIRST_SNAPSHOT MY_FIRST_SNAPSHOT_1"
  

  where XXXX is VmId to the virtual machine that is retrieved from vmsvc/getallvms, then you are going to deliver the snapshot.remove

  Here are some other useful commands dealing with snapshots:

  Vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall \[VmId]

  [[[vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove \[VmId\] \[removeChildren\] \[snapshotLevel\] \[snapshotIndex\]

  Vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get \[VmId\]

  ghettoVCB4i uses vimsh to do these things as well.

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