Hi,
It is a common issue with all the backup platforms.
Which type of datastore these VMs are residing, kindly move them to high performance datastore.
vSphere may report that consolidation is needed in case there is a snapshot on the disk which should be deleted, but the deletion process is stuck in the Consolidation state for one of the following reasons:
- Datastore performance is low and snapshot deletion/consolidation is timed out;
- The datastore does not have enough space to perform consolidation;
- A vSphere or a 3rd party application/process is locking the snapshot which should be deleted;
- A vSphere or a 3rd party application/process fails to consolidate a snapshot after the snapshot has been deleted. This could be caused by some connectivity issues between the vCenter Server and ESXi host.
Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm - Veeam MP for VMware Online KB
Regards,
Raj M
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