Instant withdrawal stuck at 95%

I'm trying to remove a few snapshots in the Snapshot Manager (8 in total) but ran into a problem.  I have removed the more recent than those (3 of them) first without a prolem but now the fourth snapshot will not delete.  The task log status indicator says 95% and won't go beyond.  It also seems to lock the virtual computer so that I can not even start it.

Also, when I look in the data store, I see of vmdk 29 - shouldn't these deleted when I delete a snapshot?

Looks like you're a lucky guy, and this can be easily solved...

According to the descriptors of these discs are not longer used.

Try the following:

-Stop the virtual machine

-move the VMDK to a different data store folder

-power on the virtual machine

If you do not get errors and your virtual machine has all the expected data, you can remove the VMDK.

If you get errors: after the error and the last log.

A question: how this virtual machine was created? It was imported from workstation?

I ask because the descriptors indicate there were several branches of snapshot once and numbering looks like WS too.

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    Obrigado!

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    CD diretorio_vm

    LS - lah

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    Solve the instant logo o Senaƒo o the estourar in vai Espaço em disco, AI o estrago pode ser maior.

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    Is the best way to stop the virtual machine, remove the inventory and then add it to the inventory, I don't see the shots if the parent CID is correct?

    What is a better method?

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    or - possibly use a snashot of the RDM, as it is now...

    in any case – which gives good advice is almost impossible without sitting in front of the case

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    EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL = 1

    [email protected]

    [email protected]

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