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5 Replies Last post: Jun 16, 2008 12:17 AM by oreeh
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cleaning up and freeing disk storage on host

Jun 15, 2008 11:34 AM

Click to view Krischu's profile Enthusiast Krischu 51 posts since
Nov 29, 2006
(Windows XP)

I'm trying to free disk space on the host. in MyVirtualMachines\SomeVM\, deleted all interim snapshots but still have some big chunks


lying around.

Which ones can I delete?


Windows XP Professional.vmdk 15GB


Windows XP Professinal -000001.vmdk 7GB


Windows XP Professional-000002.vmdk 5GB


Can I just delete -000001.vmdk and -000002.vmdk?

I just found, I need them all.

Reply Re: cleaning up and freeing disk storage on host Jun 15, 2008 11:35 AM
Click to view oreeh's profile Guru oreeh 9,107 posts since
Nov 30, 2005 Moderator
You can't delete any of them - these are snapshots.
To remove the snapshots commit / remove them using the snapshot manager.
Reply Re: cleaning up and freeing disk storage on host Jun 15, 2008 10:50 PM
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Click to view Krischu's profile Enthusiast Krischu 51 posts since
Nov 29, 2006

You can't delete any of them - these are snapshots.
To remove the snapshots commit / remove them using the snapshot manager.

I deleted 2 snapshots with the snapshot manager when the VM was running. During doing this a disk space problem occured - I believe with a question whether to ignore, continue or cancel (not sure though). Anyway after starting the VM next time the snapshots in the SM depiction were gone but it seems the files are still there and the VM nags about the file missing if I move any of them out of the way.

I wondered anyway why a space problem should occur when one is deleting something but that's probably a way snapshots are deleted, don't know.


Reply Re: cleaning up and freeing disk storage on host Jun 15, 2008 10:55 PM
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Click to view oreeh's profile Guru oreeh 9,107 posts since
Nov 30, 2005 Moderator
I wondered anyway why a space problem should occur when one is deleting something but that's probably a way snapshots are deleted, don't know.
When a snapshot is committed a new disk is created which contains the contents of the snaphot and his parent.
You therefore need enough free disk space. The maximum size of the disk when using monolithic disks and 2GB when using split disks.
Reply Re: cleaning up and freeing disk storage on host Jun 15, 2008 11:59 PM
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Click to view Krischu's profile Enthusiast Krischu 51 posts since
Nov 29, 2006

But now, that I don't see any snapshots in SM anymore, how can I get rid of the obviously still "locked" snapshot files?


Reply Re: cleaning up and freeing disk storage on host Jun 16, 2008 12:17 AM
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Click to view oreeh's profile Guru oreeh 9,107 posts since
Nov 30, 2005 Moderator
see Frequently asked questions in the VMware Workstation forum under Q: I want to commit/remove a snapshot, but the Snapshot Manager won't let me. Is there a workaround?
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