Consolidate snapshots

[ranjitcool]

Hey Guys,

I forgot the command to be able to consolidate all snapshots in esx 4.1

For instance, I once had a issue where my snapshot pointer file got messed up and UI had a stale snapshot lying around.

VM was up but data missing. So support used a command and added the snapshot file name in the end and it consolidated the vmdk.

What was that command (I did not take notes eh).

Please let me know

Thanks

RJ

[a_p_]

Not sure, but usually you need to fix the snapshot chain in such situations to be able to clone the virtual disk using the vmkfstools command wit the "-i" option. Another command which comes into mind is vimsh.

André

[ranjitcool]

Thanks Andre, so the command is vmktools -i .vmdkfile  snapshotfile??

RJ

[a_p_]

For this vmkfstools command you will need to specify the latest snapshot in the virtual disk's snapshot chain as the source and a new vmdk as the target. E.g. for a VM with vmname-000003.vmdk as the current snapshot:

vmkfstools -i vmname-000003.vmdk clone.vmdk

André