hussainbte
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from version 6.5 the snapshots are by default taken in sesparse format. earlier it used t vmfs sparse.

the benefit it sesparse allows for automatic unmap in case the data is deleted .. this help in storage space reclamation for thin provisioned LUNs which was a manual procedure in earlier versions.

Snapshot Formats on VMFS

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