Solved: manually delete sesparse.vmdk file ?

1fogenilac · ‎11-11-2017

Hi,

I've a problem with a VM Filer machine with a Huge size of 12T.

Cause to this bl**** product Acronis backup I've a lot of snapshot sesparse.vmdk file (35) for each disk of the VM .

As a result my dedicated 16T SAN is out of space. I tried to gain som place but as it's a dedicated SAN I only manage to recover 30G of free space.

There's no snapshot visible in the console and each time I tried to consolidate even with a powered off VM , It result with NOTENOUGHSPACE error.

As sesparse file are only redo log unlike delta. Would you think it's silly to delete the and the modify the vmx to reflect the good vmdk file to solve this problem.

Knowing that's moving or cloning the VM is not an option since I can't store this VM on any other storage appliance in the company ? and to trick the thing I'm not very sure of my backup since they've been done by the same soft that cause the issue...

Thanks by advance

a_p_ · ‎11-11-2017

You mentioned that you don't have the disk space to migrate the whole VM.

Question: Do you have ~2TB free disk space on another datastore? This would allow you to migrate/clone e.g. "SRVFILERVECTRA_2" to another location, and free up sufficient disk space to then consolidate the VM's snapshots. Depending on the resulting sizes, and the free disk space, you may even be able to migrate the previously moved virtual disk back to its current location.

André

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a_p_ · ‎11-11-2017

As sesparse file are only redo log unlike delta.

Both, delta as well as sesparse files serve the same purpose, storing changed data blocks. Deleting them will result in data loss, so that's not a good idea.

To find out what's possible to resolve the issue, please provide some information:

run ls -lisa in the VM's folder and post the output.
download all the descriptor .vmdk files (the small text files without flat, or sesparse in their names) along with the latest vmware.log, compress these files and attach the resulting .zip file to a reply post

André

1fogenilac · ‎11-11-2017

thanks for this response.

as sesparse are only "redo" content I don't care losing old snapshot info if I can keep actual version of data. that's why I choose to investigate this way.

Bust as you asked here are the info you thinks to be pertinent :

total 13206765576

21316 1024 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40740 Nov 11 12:18 .

4 1024 drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 1960 Nov 11 09:14 ..

402674500 6144 -rw------- 1 root root 5243392 Nov 11 11:06 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000001-ctk.vmdk

394285892 38134784 -rw------- 1 root root 82107625472 Nov 11 11:34 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000001-sesparse.vmdk

398480196 0 -rw------- 1 root root 451 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000001.vmdk

201347908 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Apr 26 2017 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000002-sesparse.vmdk

205542212 0 -rw------- 1 root root 353 Apr 26 2017 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000002.vmdk

427840324 26624 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Jun 26 21:03 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000003-sesparse.vmdk

432034628 0 -rw------- 1 root root 353 Jun 26 21:21 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000003.vmdk

624972612 26624 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Jul 26 00:31 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000004-sesparse.vmdk

629166916 0 -rw------- 1 root root 353 Jul 31 08:04 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000004.vmdk

536892228 26624 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Aug 7 13:14 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000005-sesparse.vmdk

541086532 0 -rw------- 1 root root 353 Aug 16 11:25 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000005.vmdk

595612484 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Aug 22 09:50 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000006-sesparse.vmdk

599806788 0 -rw------- 1 root root 353 Aug 23 09:15 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000006.vmdk

465589060 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Sep 6 08:25 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000007-sesparse.vmdk

469783364 0 -rw------- 1 root root 353 Sep 7 12:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000007.vmdk

113267524 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 43309338624 Sep 7 13:47 SRVFILERVECTRA_1-000008-sesparse.vmdk

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574640964 1024 -rw------- 1 root root 17318281216 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_2-000035-sesparse.vmdk

817910660 0 -rw------- 1 root root 434 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_2-000035.vmdk

360731460 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Sep 25 13:39 SRVFILERVECTRA_2-ctk.vmdk

12604228 1683314688 -rw------- 1 root root 4398046511104 Sep 25 13:39 SRVFILERVECTRA_2-flat.vmdk

16798532 0 -rw------- 1 root root 625 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_2.vmdk

436228932 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 2 08:53 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000001-ctk.vmdk

419451716 51228672 -rw------- 1 root root 69456670720 Oct 2 08:53 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000001-sesparse.vmdk

423646020 0 -rw------- 1 root root 450 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000001.vmdk

226513732 24576 -rw------- 1 root root 17335062528 Apr 26 2017 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000002-sesparse.vmdk

230708036 0 -rw------- 1 root root 352 Apr 26 2017 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000002.vmdk

453006148 24576 -rw------- 1 root root 17335062528 Jun 26 21:03 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000003-sesparse.vmdk

457200452 0 -rw------- 1 root root 352 Jun 26 21:21 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000003.vmdk

650138436 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 2 09:13 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000004-ctk.vmdk

633361220 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 17335062528 Oct 2 09:13 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000004-sesparse.vmdk

645944132 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000004.vmdk

717247300 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 2 09:34 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000005-ctk.vmdk

708858692 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 17335062528 Oct 2 09:34 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000005-sesparse.vmdk

713052996 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000005.vmdk

784356164 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 2 09:54 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000006-ctk.vmdk

775967556 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 17335062528 Oct 2 09:54 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000006-sesparse.vmdk

780161860 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000006.vmdk

41964356 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 2 10:10 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000007-ctk.vmdk

33575748 25600 -rw------- 1 root root 17335062528 Oct 2 10:10 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000007-sesparse.vmdk

37770052 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000007.vmdk

159404868 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 9 23:29 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000008-ctk.vmdk

151016260 55091200 -rw------- 1 root root 73353379840 Oct 9 23:29 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000008-sesparse.vmdk

155210564 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000008.vmdk

209736516 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 10 13:40 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000009-ctk.vmdk

192959300 130048 -rw------- 1 root root 17438670848 Oct 10 13:40 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000009-sesparse.vmdk

197153604 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000009.vmdk

331371332 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 13 09:23 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000010-ctk.vmdk

318788420 22302720 -rw------- 1 root root 39987441664 Oct 13 09:23 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000010-sesparse.vmdk

327177028 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000010.vmdk

377508676 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 17 10:23 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000011-ctk.vmdk

369120068 32299008 -rw------- 1 root root 50172461056 Oct 17 10:23 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000011-sesparse.vmdk

373314372 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000011.vmdk

578835268 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 17 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000012-ctk.vmdk

507532100 21013504 -rw------- 1 root root 38670438400 Oct 17 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000012-sesparse.vmdk

545280836 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000012.vmdk

725635908 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 18 15:55 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000013-ctk.vmdk

679498564 8385536 -rw------- 1 root root 25838899200 Oct 18 15:55 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000013-sesparse.vmdk

721441604 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000013.vmdk

801133380 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 18 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000014-ctk.vmdk

792744772 24576 -rw------- 1 root root 17335070720 Oct 18 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000014-sesparse.vmdk

796939076 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000014.vmdk

67130180 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 19 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000015-ctk.vmdk

58741572 7511040 -rw------- 1 root root 24955850752 Oct 19 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000015-sesparse.vmdk

62935876 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000015.vmdk

264262468 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 20 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000016-ctk.vmdk

243290948 7365632 -rw------- 1 root root 24812756992 Oct 20 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000016-sesparse.vmdk

260068164 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000016.vmdk

83907460 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 23 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000017-ctk.vmdk

75518852 22260736 -rw------- 1 root root 39921442816 Oct 23 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000017-sesparse.vmdk

79713156 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000017.vmdk

121656196 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 24 21:17 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000018-ctk.vmdk

113267588 7472128 -rw------- 1 root root 24899485696 Oct 24 21:17 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000018-sesparse.vmdk

117461892 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000018.vmdk

415257476 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 25 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000019-ctk.vmdk

406868868 7507968 -rw------- 1 root root 24957149184 Oct 25 21:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000019-sesparse.vmdk

411063172 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000019.vmdk

453006212 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 31 09:03 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000020-ctk.vmdk

444617604 37082112 -rw------- 1 root root 55056556032 Oct 31 09:03 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000020-sesparse.vmdk

448811908 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000020.vmdk

490754948 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Oct 31 22:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000021-ctk.vmdk

482366340 7433216 -rw------- 1 root root 24883154944 Oct 31 22:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000021-sesparse.vmdk

486560644 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000021.vmdk

583029636 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 2 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000022-ctk.vmdk

574641028 14784512 -rw------- 1 root root 32367403008 Nov 2 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000022-sesparse.vmdk

578835332 0 -rw------- 1 root root 434 Nov 2 05:02 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000022.vmdk

599806852 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 3 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000023-ctk.vmdk

591418244 8454144 -rw------- 1 root root 25921728512 Nov 3 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000023-sesparse.vmdk

595612548 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000023.vmdk

662721412 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 6 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000024-ctk.vmdk

654332804 22183936 -rw------- 1 root root 39897038848 Nov 6 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000024-sesparse.vmdk

658527108 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000024.vmdk

700470148 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 7 22:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000025-ctk.vmdk

692081540 7572480 -rw------- 1 root root 25015324672 Nov 7 22:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000025-sesparse.vmdk

696275844 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000025.vmdk

738218884 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 8 22:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000026-ctk.vmdk

729830276 7512064 -rw------- 1 root root 24952967168 Nov 8 22:01 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000026-sesparse.vmdk

734024580 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000026.vmdk

775967620 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 9 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000027-ctk.vmdk

767579012 7882752 -rw------- 1 root root 25271734272 Nov 9 22:00 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000027-sesparse.vmdk

771773316 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000027.vmdk

813716356 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 9 23:31 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000028-ctk.vmdk

805327748 3734528 -rw------- 1 root root 21106790400 Nov 11 07:12 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000028-sesparse.vmdk

809522052 0 -rw------- 1 root root 457 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000028.vmdk

21380 1024 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000029-ctk.vmdk

826299268 1024 -rw------- 1 root root 17318281216 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000029-sesparse.vmdk

830493572 0 -rw------- 1 root root 434 Nov 11 10:16 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-000029.vmdk

390091588 9216 -rw------- 1 root root 8389120 Sep 25 13:39 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-ctk.vmdk

20992836 1677424640 -rw------- 1 root root 4398046511104 Sep 25 13:39 SRVFILERVECTRA_3-flat.vmdk

25187140 0 -rw------- 1 root root 625 Nov 1 23:08 SRVFILERVECTRA_3.vmdk

a_p_ · ‎11-11-2017

You mentioned a total size of 16TB, but the file list you posted only totals up to ~13TB.

The interesting question now is to find out what consumes the missing 3TB, and whether it is possible to free up more disk space, so that the snapshots - which sum up to a bit less than 1TB - can be safely consolidated/merged into their thin provisioned base disks.

André

1fogenilac · ‎11-11-2017

Sorry for the typo imprecision.

To be fully clear and fully re-read 😉 :

SAN A size = 12T

VM DISK1 = 500G thin disk on another SAN B dedicated to OS disk and config file storage

VM DISK2 = 10T Thin disk on SAN A

VM DISK3 = 4T Thin disk on SAN A

VM DISK4 = 4T Thin disk on SAN A

I know that sum of 16T allocated on a 12T SAN is a perfect non-sense. But I've no choice to assume it. I'll wait to solve this problem to find and fired the guilty... I'm to angry for the moment to be imparcial enought 😛

a_p_ · ‎11-11-2017

You mentioned that you don't have the disk space to migrate the whole VM.

Question: Do you have ~2TB free disk space on another datastore? This would allow you to migrate/clone e.g. "SRVFILERVECTRA_2" to another location, and free up sufficient disk space to then consolidate the VM's snapshots. Depending on the resulting sizes, and the free disk space, you may even be able to migrate the previously moved virtual disk back to its current location.

André

1fogenilac · ‎11-12-2017

thanks for your advice.

I investigate this way with another 'stollen' SAN C wich was in preprod on another customer.

I even manage to move both disk 3 and 4. as a result I obtained 1,73To free space on the SAN A.

I launched the consolidate process with a modified COW Heap size 256.

Suspense...

Just one more thought do you think it's possible to consolidate disk one by one instead of all of them together ? I look for command line but didn't find anything probant.

and another one as I invectigate the storage.

there 's some (sesparse)vmdk. of the two disk wich have not moved with the other. I deduced that these ones are orphaned and should be safely deleted ?

1fogenilac · ‎11-12-2017

"expiration of the operation delay" (dierctly traduce from french) 😞

and if I Try to start the VM : "another task is pending"....

:smileycry:

a_p_ · ‎11-12-2017

I'm currently not aware of a command to consolidate snapshots for a single virtual disk. The GUI as well as the available commands work for a virtual machine.

Ways to merge snapshots into base disks are to manually clone a virtual disk using the vmkfstools command, which however requires additional disk space for the clone, or to create a temporary VM with just the virtual disk that you want to consolidate (Caution: This requires to edit the VM's configuration file, i.e. set the virtual disk name to the current snapshot!!! Otherwise it'll break the snapshot chain, which might case data loss, or corruption!).

Both mentioned options require downtime, and manual work from the command line. Not much work, but you need to know exactly what has to be done, and in which order.

André

a_p_ · ‎11-12-2017

Please check whether it's just the GUI which timed out by running the commands shown in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1007566

André

1fogenilac · ‎11-12-2017

"strange" :

/vmfs/volumes/5a075c49-c40b6a78-3cfe-40a8f0295754/SRVFILERVECTRA # vim-cmd vimsvc/task_list

(ManagedObjectReference) [

'vim.Task:haTask-25-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-179225000'

]

/vmfs/volumes/5a075c49-c40b6a78-3cfe-40a8f0295754/SRVFILERVECTRA # vim-cmd vimsvc/task_info haTask-25-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-179225000

(vim.TaskInfo) {

dynamicType = <unset>,

key = "haTask-25-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-179225000",

task = 'vim.Task:haTask-25-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-179225000',

description = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) null,

name = "vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks",

descriptionId = "VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks",

entity = 'vim.VirtualMachine:25',

entityName = "SRVFILERVECTRA",

state = "running",

cancelled = false,

cancelable = true,

error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

result = <unset>,

progress = 7,

reason = (vim.TaskReasonUser) {

dynamicType = <unset>,

userName = "vpxuser",

},

queueTime = "2017-11-12T11:11:45.913758Z",

startTime = "2017-11-12T11:11:45.916036Z",

completeTime = <unset>,

eventChainId = 179225000,

changeTag = <unset>,

parentTaskKey = <unset>,

rootTaskKey = <unset>,

}

but I've cheked all the disk file in each place the youngest have been modified at 11H12Z

another time thanks for your patience

1fogenilac · ‎11-13-2017

be patient - F5...

For information, Even if there was no evolution on an vmdk file date, I deceided to let the consolidation task work as it seemed to evolve slowy (very very slowy). And effectivvely after nearly 15H of work the consolidation was finally done. Letting a great number of orphaned VMDK file undelete.

I've decided to delete the slowy (first move to another folder to se if they are not usefull and deltion afterward.

Again many thanks for your help

All

manually delete sesparse.vmdk file ?