Hi
Not sure if the snapshots are classed as "active" - they dont appear in the snapshot manager window, however, if any are moved to another folder the VM powers off.
Here's an example of the vmdk files, the first, second, third and last descriptor files: -
Vm01.vmdk
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=3
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=0c8c022a
parentCID=ffffffff
isNativeSnapshot="no"
createType="vmfs"
# Extent description
RW 83886080 VMFS "VM01-flat.vmdk"
# Change Tracking File
changeTrackPath="VM01-ctk.vmdk"
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.deletable = "true"
ddb.toolsVersion = "8295"
ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7"
ddb.longContentID = "8c913eb728b4e7614111e30b0c8c022a"
ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 9d ad 20 bd 45-67 a3 fa 1e 41 f2 11 c5"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "5221"
ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
VM01-000001.vmdk
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=3
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=7d3226b5
parentCID=0c8c022a
isNativeSnapshot="no"
createType="vmfsSparse"
parentFileNameHint="VM01.vmdk"
# Extent description
RW 83886080 VMFSSPARSE "VM01-000001-delta.vmdk"
# Change Tracking File
changeTrackPath="VM01-000001-ctk.vmdk"
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.deletable = "true"
ddb.longContentID = "e4d6802814b676ec6400def77d3226b5"
VM01-000002.vmdk
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=3
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=bcd268c7
parentCID=7d3226b5
isNativeSnapshot="no"
createType="vmfsSparse"
parentFileNameHint="VM01-000001.vmdk"
# Extent description
RW 83886080 VMFSSPARSE "VM01-000002-delta.vmdk"
# Change Tracking File
changeTrackPath="VM01-000002-ctk.vmdk"
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.longContentID = "e9dfa56689c0496514f47bd7bcd268c7"
VM01-000032
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=3
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=766f20c9
parentCID=1e071ddf
isNativeSnapshot="no"
createType="vmfsSparse"
parentFileNameHint="VM01-000031.vmdk"
# Extent description
RW 83886080 VMFSSPARSE "VM01-000032-delta.vmdk"
# Change Tracking File
changeTrackPath="VM01-000032-ctk.vmdk"
# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.longContentID = "791601e13d12d6a6c93eeb4f766f20c9"
To me, it looks like each snapshot is dependent on the one before it which is why we are considering the cloning option to remove them.
How does it look to you?
thanks
Kerms