When I update the storage views tab in the Datastores view in vSphere Client connected to our ESX 4.1 servers, The snapshot space for most of the servers are 45.00 B, some are 44.00 B, and some are 0.00 B.
Is this normal? I checked and there are no delta files or 000001 vmdk's in these machines.
The ones that are 0.00 B are relatively new and haven't been incorporated into our backup plan yet (Acronis vmProtect 7).
Probably those VM's should be having .VMSD files in the VM folder. This files will be used for storaing information about the snapshots.
Check this post http://communities.vmware.com/thread/221783
Probably those VM's should be having .VMSD files in the VM folder. This files will be used for storaing information about the snapshots.
Check this post http://communities.vmware.com/thread/221783
Ok that must be it. There are vmsd files that are 45 bytes. This doesn't hurt anything to leave it there, correct?
cypherx wrote:
There are vmsd files that are 45 bytes. This doesn't hurt anything to leave it there, correct?
This file is just a descriptor file, used to track the different snapshot files (delta vmdk and memory vmsn). You should leave it without problems.
Thanks, I will not touch those files.