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JPB006
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VM on vSphere 5.5 is running on a snapshot vmdk and snapshot consolidation does not fix the problem

Sorry if the following is too long as this is my first post here in this community.

My VM (vmx-10) is running on the following vmdk, bddc12--000002.vmdk. There is no bddc12.vmdk in the datastore browser but there is a bddc12-000002-ctk.vmdk (I know its for the change block tracking). The vmx file is pointing to bddc12--000002.vmdk.I have gone through the snapshot consolidation process per KBs (1005049) and (1002310) and have this issue on one  other VM as well.

Attached is the vmx file and the vmware log from today.

Ideas ?

Thank you for any help provided.

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a_p_
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Welcome to the Community,

it looks like that for whatever reason "bddc12-000002.vmdk" is the base disk rather than a snapshot. According to the vmware.log file it's associated data disk is "bddc12-000002-flat.vmdk" (i.e. "flat" rather than "delta" in the name"). Please take a look at the "bddc12-000002.vmdk" descriptor file (e.g. from the command line) to see whether it contains the geometry information, no "parentfilenamehint" entry, and "parentCID = ffffffff". If the file looks like I expect, it can be renamed using the vmkfstools command line utility to avoid further confusion.

Btw, has the VM been cloned/replicated previously while it was running on an active snapshot?

André

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