[AusNOG] VMWare Snapshot / Delta VMDK removal

[Adam Ashley]

Not at all safe. You'll trash the virtual machine if its running from them
which it likely is. Use the VMware tools to remove any snapshots to clear
out the deltas. If there is no snapshots run a consolidate and get vmware
to clean up the deltas.

Adam

On 19 November 2017 at 18:47, Daniel Watson <dgwatson1988 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry to bother the list but this is critical
>
> Wanted to know from others. If it is safe to remove a delta VMDK file from
> a running vm?
>
> A server I am now looking after is running out of space like no tomorrow.
> And there are 3 delta VMDK ‘s taking up 80gb of space
>
> Any information would be appreciated
>
> Daniel
>
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