disk consolidation vs snapshot

[mjaber]

hi all ,

i have one question regarding what is the difference between when doing disk consolidation and delete all in snapshot manager ?

when is the best to use each ?

thanks 

[SupreetK]

Basically, both do the same. When you see a warning 'Virtual Machine disk consolidation needed', it means that there are no snapshots in the snapshot manager but the VM is still running on snapshot. In such scenario, you will not be able to use Delete/Delete All snapshots option. You have to use the consolidate option. If there are snapshots showing up in the snapshot manager, you can use Delete All option that will merge all the delta data to the base disk and get rid of the snapshot.

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Cheers,

Supreet

[GayathriS]

Below KB explains you about consolidation and delete all snapshot :

VMware Knowledge Base

Below gives you a example with pictorial represenation:

VMware snapshot merge vs delete on "DELETE ALL" - Server Fault

Consolidate Snap Shot OR Delete the snapshot we don't need

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regards

Gayathri