no space for snapshot

[Albertowmware]

good morning

since i have add a new vitual machine in my first datastore

the datastore have not more space for make snapshot

is possible set esxi for use other datastore for snapshot ?

i have a nas used for copy configured in nfs

so i have other datastore in this location /nfs/nasdatastore

can i use this datastore as store for snapshot ?

thanks Alberto

[john23]

give a try to this:

http://www.vladan.fr/how-to-create-snapshot-in-another-location-then-the-vms-folder/

-A

[Albertowmware]

thank for reply

can i set the path also in nfs format ?

for example i have as second datastore in a nas

in format /nfs/datastorenas/snapshot ( where snapshot is the folder created as snapshot space destination)

can i set workingDir parameter with this path ?

how can i see if work correcly ?

thank again Alberto

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[john23]

1) do nas mount using esxcfg-nas

2) workingDir=/vmfs/volumes/<nfs location>

3) When you create snapshot, vmsd and vmsn should create in your specified location.

Try with one vm first!

-A

[a_p_]

Whatever you try do do, keep in mind that snapshot disks in VMware products are used as chains! Depending on the storage the performance may be degraded and I am not sure whether it is supported to have different parts of a virtual disk (base vmdk, snapshot vmdk) on different storage types.

André

[john23]

Agreed with Andre.

-A

[Albertowmware]

my performance can degraded when i make a snapshot or also in every action of my host ( i dont need change swap but only snapshot space)

Thanks Alberto

[a_p_]

Please take a look at the diagram under "The Disk Chain" in http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1015180

This explains how snapshots work. As you can see each of the snapshot files is in use by the VM and placing a snapshot file on another datastore type may (not necessarily) cause issue.

André