VMWave ESXi 5.1 DataStore free space getting smaller and smaller

[CHENG100818]

my esxi datastore free space 40.16GB at 13May,however today(16May) this free space is 39.71GB,this datastore is save my VM OS file,other datastore not this issue.

all vm disk type:thick provision lazy zeroed

how to check what problem?

[rcporto]

Check if any of your VMs is running from snapshots and delete them.

[CHENG100818]

I has deleted all snapshots yesterday.

As checked,3 vms log getting bigger, other vm log no this issue.

I can not care this log file?

[rcporto]

I recommend you use RVTools to check for ghost snapshots and/or zombie files, see: RVTools - Home

About the big log size, you may need configure the log rotation setting to avoid big logs, see: VMware KB: Log rotation and logging options for vmware.log

[CHENG100818]

Hi Richardson,thanks you reply,compare two VMs log file size,one vm log size obvious small.

what problem avoid log big size?more jobs running on vm?

[impranayk]

Check for any snapshot, log files which may be consuming this size.