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• VM (invalid) after deleting a snapshot in VMWare ESXi

  All,

  I if I could delete any snapshot at any time to free up space on my drive, especially when I need one instant more.

  Thus, using the Snapshot Manager, I took a snapshot. Since then, my VM is considered invalid. She is still in progress, but I can't do anything with that (summary is empty, shows considered events null, empty and the console is nothing more than a black window).

  Is it possible for me to get this machine? I was about to make a new snapshot... and I really wouldn't want to see my work as missing.

  Thanks for any help,

  See you soon,.

  OD.

  I just got the phone with support, and in our case, it was the cake.  On the VM host console, vmware-cmd-l showed all the VMS in the inventory except the one in question.  In Virtualcenter, we have removed the server greyed out which was "invalid" inventory, then re-added.  Now all is well and everything seems normal.

• After deletion of snapshots cannot start

  Hi all,

  I'm new here and I try to do as well as I can...

  I have an ESX 3.5.0 with a virtual machine called 'Inventari', this machine and Ubuntu 9.04 inside and 4 clichés:

  1. After a clean install
  2. After installing apache and mysql
  3. After dev a little bit
  4. daily use

  This morning, I tried to remove the 4 snapshots using "Delete All" option on the Snapshot Manager, but after a while (when I return to VI), I see the virtual machine has stopped with error messages. It restarts with the error:

  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxxx/Inventari/Inventari-000001.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created

  I read (and reread): http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1004232 and http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & externalId = 1007969

  But nothing works, I can only start the virtual machine to its original state, losing all changes in the last 3 months (stored in snapshots).

  If you look at the vmdk files, there is something that do not fit...

  # ls-l

  Total 20991040

  -rw - 1 root root 43008 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari-000001 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 234 15 Dec 10:42 Inventari - 000001.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 16820224 15 Dec 10:42 Inventari-000004 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 227 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari - 000004.vmdk

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 21474836480 15 Dec 11:24 Inventari - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8684 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 19121 15 Dec 11:24 Inventari - Snapshot84.vmsn

  -rw - 1 root root 402 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 1854 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2120 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 264 15 Dec 10:41 Inventari.vmxf

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 15875 15 Dec 10:41 vmware - 13.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 27508 15 Dec 10:41 vmware - 14.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 39027 15 Dec 10:41 vmware - 15.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 25630 15 Dec 10:41 vmware - 16.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 28863 15 Dec 10:41 vmware - 17.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 65971 15 Dec 10:41 vmware - 18.log

  -rw - r - r - 1 root root 20730 15 Dec 11:24 vmware.log

  -r---1 root root 61440 15 Dec 10:41 vmware-vmx - zdump.000

  -r---1 root root 61440 15 Dec 10:41 vmware-vmx - zdump.001

  The snapshot of 2 and 3 have disappeared? !!!

  The parent vmdk file seems ok...

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 0c919b74

  parentCID = ffffffff

  createType = "vmfs".

  # Description of the measure

  RW 41943040 VMFS 'Inventari - flat hard. "

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4".

  DDB. UUID = "60 00 C2 9 d e0 69 6B c4 - c4 aa 8 a 09 80 75 d1 d2"

  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "2610".

  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "255".

  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "63".

  ddb.adapterType = "free".

  ddb.toolsVersion = "7302".

  But not children...

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari - 000001.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID =61909e84

  parentCID =61909e84

  createType = "vmfsSparse."

  "parentFileNameHint ='Inventari - 000004.vmdk"

  # Description of the measure

  VMFSSPARSE RW 41943040 ' Inventari-000001 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  The 01 instant vmdk file parentCID (61909e84) is the same that own CID (61909e84)? Why parentFileNameHint point to Inventari - 000004.vmdk instead of Inventari - flat hard ?

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari - 000004.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID =61909e84

  parentCID =2d769fc4

  createType = "vmfsSparse."

  "parentFileNameHint ="Inventari.vmdk"

  # Description of the measure

  VMFSSPARSE RW 41943040 ' Inventari-000004 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  Why parentFileNameHint pointing to Inventari.vmdk instead of Inventari - 000001.vmdk!

  I tried the following (O.S. says file system is corrupted, but I can go and see who is in the initial state, just after finishing O.S. installation):

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 0c919b74

  parentCID = ffffffff

  createType = "vmfs".

  # Description of the measure

  RW 41943040 VMFS 'Inventari - flat hard. "

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4".

  DDB. UUID = "60 00 C2 9 d e0 69 6B c4 - c4 aa 8 a 09 80 75 d1 d2"

  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "2610".

  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "255".

  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "63".

  ddb.adapterType = "free".

  ddb.toolsVersion = "7302".

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari - 000001.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 61909e84

  parentCID = 0c919b74

  createType = "vmfsSparse."

  parentFileNameHint = "Inventari.vmdk"

  # Description of the measure

  VMFSSPARSE RW 41943040 ' Inventari-000001 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari - 000004.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 61909e84

  parentCID = 2d769fc4

  createType = "vmfsSparse."

  parentFileNameHint = "Inventari.vmdk"

  # Description of the measure

  VMFSSPARSE RW 41943040 ' Inventari-000004 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  And that (O.S. boots well, but in the first State, O.S. Installation):

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 0c919b74

  parentCID = ffffffff

  createType = "vmfs".

  # Description of the measure

  RW 41943040 VMFS 'Inventari - flat hard. "

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4".

  DDB. UUID = "60 00 C2 9 d e0 69 6B c4 - c4 aa 8 a 09 80 75 d1 d2"

  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "2610".

  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "255".

  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "63".

  ddb.adapterType = "free".

  ddb.toolsVersion = "7302".

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari - 000001.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 61909e84

  parentCID = 0c919b74

  createType = "vmfsSparse."

  parentFileNameHint = "Inventari.vmdk"

  # Description of the measure

  VMFSSPARSE RW 41943040 ' Inventari-000001 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  [root@esx4 Inventari] # cat Inventari - 000004.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile

  version = 1

  CID = 2d769fc4

  parentCID = 61909e84

  createType = "vmfsSparse."

  parentFileNameHint = 'Inventari - 000001.vmdk ".

  # Description of the measure

  VMFSSPARSE RW 41943040 ' Inventari-000004 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk

  #DDB

  No chance!

  Anyone have any ideas?

  Thank you in advance!

  And no.... I don't have backups before you try to remove the snapshot (Yes, CONGRATULATIONS MY SON!)...

  Sorry, but I can't tell you what happened. With hard files you have, I am afraid that the data has not been validated for the removal of the initial snapshot is lost. Instant channel seems ok now and all the delta files are used, but according to the size of these snapshot files, they were just created and do not contain many changes.

  André

• 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;

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  I have

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  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.

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  Chief Executive Officer of the Linux server

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• Instant VMDK files do not delete after deleting snapshots

  Hi - I have a server SLES/OES2 with two discs - 75 and 750 GB.  I deleted a few shots after that test app and I'm back to instant No.  The data store always shows two files VMDK - server_1 - 000001.vmdk (17 GB) and server_1 - 000002.vmdk (56 GB).  The second is still active in this sound change timestamp.

  This is the last section of the VMX file:

  debugStub.linuxOffsets = "0x2d1ac, 0xffffffff, 0 x 0 0 x 0, 0xc58223b, 0x0, 0xc582254, 0x0, 0x2d1a8, 0 x 0 0 x 0 0 x 0, 0xc58226c, 0 x 0"

  scsi0:1.filename = "SSS-SLES-TEST_1 - 000002.vmdk.

  scsi0:1.mode = "persistent".

  scsi0:1.ctkEnabled = "FALSE".

  scsi0:1.DeviceType = "scsi-disk" hard

  scsi0:1.present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0:1.redo = «»

  I got 32 GB free in the data store until I deleted snapshots, then he went to 0 GB free!  I deleted ISO files, and now it's up to 3.7 GB free. The total data store is 1.36 TB

  There were not errors when deleting sanpshot - although it took awhile.

  All this started because I had forgotten that this VM had snapshots and I started to copy the data to the server and got a warning that server_1 - 000001.vmdk was full and remove the space.

  I don't think that the virtual machine is healthy!  Any suggestions?

  Thank you

  You can try to power down the virtual machine, taking another cliché and with a bit of luck the entire tree of the snapshot will be detected. After that, keep the VM down and try to delete all snapshots.

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1002310 also have relevant information and instructions, you can follow.

  Marcelo Soares

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  Globant Argentina

  Review the allocation of points for "useful" or "right" answers.

• Snapshot after deletion

  Hi all

  If I take two snapshots back to the first, and then delete. I still see the entrance to the first snapshot in putty when I go into the VM directory and grep for delta files.

  I shouldn't be seeing as I deleted it.

  I'm under esxi5.1

  Suggestions for this

  Thanks in advance

  Deleting a snapshot that is not at the end of a chain of snapshot, would all make the child of snapshot in this useless chain.

  Please take a look at the CID/parentCID in the header hard file to see how the different files are interconnected.

  André

• Can not power on vm after the deletion of snapshots

  Hello, I'm afraid that I watered a virtual machine. It's on ESXi 4.1. I deleted all snapshots and now I can not power on a virtual machine. Power on the selection is grayed out.

  Is there a way to get back on this virtual machine? I still see the 10G vmdk file in the data store if it matters.

  TIA

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  I'm very skiddish on use or deletion of snapshots after a disaster, I had with them last year. So, I thought I would get your recommendation before you continue.

  I have a virtual machine running on the host with about 700 GB of total space on the data store. The virtual machine uses about 500GB and there is only a snapshot of the virtual machine. The virtual machine uses a disc thin provisioned. I received a warning that there is insufficient data on the space store and there are only about 120 GB left. Is it safe to remove the snapshot? Should we double the size of the virtual machine to "consolidate? The last time I did it with multiple snapshots and a lot less space, it's disaster.

  Edit: Here's what's on the data store (for this virtual machine). There is an another VM on the same data store which shows it takes 40 GB of space.

  

  Here's what it says on the storage to Apollo (the virtual computer name) under summary in vSphere:

  

  The basic disk can only 'baloon' upward only by the amount of data in the snapshot, which is 214 GB function provided screenshot and to be on the safe side, you have to assume that he will do. If you need to at least 214 (I'd Go 220) free on the data store for a safe removal-snapshot operation.

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  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".
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  • from the command line run:
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  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

• invalid unknown after the lightning attack

  Hello im having troble on one of my Server 2003 get up again after a storm yesterday where the power was struck out and now its unknown on the server...

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  not there at - there no way to add the instant manuly 12345 I have to work on the base file?

  What to do to add a Flash disk to a virtual computer, is to modify the vmx manually and then re - save the virtual machine. However, from the virtual machine from the basic disk, at least destroyed the instantaneous chain. If you're lucky that the chain can be repaired without much corruption on the virtual disk! The virtual machine run on the basic disk, more a chance to recover.

  To fix the chain of snapshot, you need to edit the header/descriptor of the snapshot vmdk file. This is possible on the console directly or via SSH.

  Here are the steps to follow:

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  Now you should be able to start the virtual machine from the snapshot. Once the virtual machine is in place and the course ensure run you a file system check (for example "chkdsk /f" for each drive in Windows). If everything works again, remember to delete the snapshots.

  André

• Do not delete of snapshot

  Hi, have a customer with esxi 3.5.  They are run on the local storage and got close to running out of space.  It turns out that one of the VMS had snapshots on it.  So I tried to delete the snapshots via the Snapshot Manager.  Unfortuanatly I ran out of space, before he could finish and it failed at the end of 95%.  Was able to delete some ISO files to free up some more space and then I stop certain VM to free up space in swap files.

  Anyway, I was then able to delete all snapshots via the Snapshot Manager, however, he said that he deleted and finished but snapshots files are still there, plus I now how very little space left to even start my VM.

  Is it safe to remove manually the snapshot files if the Snapshot Manager says he is not more instant?

  Thank you

  Mike

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  Craig

  vExpert 2009

  Malaysia, VMware communities - http://www.malaysiavm.com

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