Phantom snapshot

[Strago]

I tried to 'delete all' snapshots and I instantly got an error:

The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered off).

Which makes no sense, but whatever.  Seeing as it didn't take the usual 60+ seconds needed for a snapshot of the size, I assumed the snap was actually still there and in use.  I browsed the datastore to confirm that the snap VMDK's are indeed still present.  I also see the .vmsd file appears to point to the latest snap vmdk.

Odd thing is that snapshot manager no longer shows any snaps, so I can no longer delete them via the GUI.

Any advice on how to clean up this up?

[a_p_]

If no snapshot is shown, it should also not show up in the .vmsd file which is used for the GUI representation.

Unfortunately - for whatever reason - VMware deletes the snapshot entries as soon as you delete a snapshot no matter whether the action is successful or not. To be able to delete snapshots which are not shown in the snapshot manager anymore, you may create another snapshot to enable the "Delete All" button and then run "Delete All" which does not care about the entries in the .vmsd file.

André

[sparrowangelste]

do as a.p said and you will be fine.

make a new snap then delete all

everything will consolidate to your main vmdk

[Strago]

Well that was easy.. thanks.