Virtual Machine consolidation is needed warning alert

[MonfordJorge]

Folks,

Is there a way to remove / resolve the warning error "Virtual Machine Consolidation is Needed" on a VM?

This somehow halts the server and I have to reinitialize the VM every week,

Have recreate a snapshot and then use the  "delete all"  option, but the error still pops up,

[mhampto]

If you look at the disk that the VM is running on, is there a number appended to the drive? (Ex. -00001?)

This should not be halting the machine unless there is a space issue.

[MonfordJorge]

The consolidation option is grayed out. (no active snapshot), even if I try to create a new snapshot, and then delete all, the consolidation is not being enabled,

You are saying I can remove those files (appended) from the list?

[senthilkumarms8]

Browse that particular datastore and see how many delta disks are there. if your VM folder is having a mulitple delta disk then we might have to consolidate using ESXCLI. Please follow the kb article to remove that delta using ESXCLI.

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=10023...