topic Empty &quot;clones&quot; and &quot;masters&quot; folders on datastore in vSphere™ Storage Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056138#M16693 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P></P><P>Cleaning out an old datastore so I can reclaim the SAN space, I've migrated all VMs and templates off the datastore (and deleted the empty folders the migration leaves behind. Grrr...). There are two empty folders left on this datastore, labeled "clones" and 'masters". No one here knows how they got there, but they look kind of system-like. Anyone know if they are system folders that can be moved or can be deleted? (Screen shot attached)</P><P></P><P></P><P> </P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG src="file:/C:/DOCUME%7E1/ReeseS/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" /> </P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 19:40:12 GMT MrScott 2010-05-05T19:40:12Z Empty "clones" and "masters" folders on datastore https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056138#M16693 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P></P><P>Cleaning out an old datastore so I can reclaim the SAN space, I've migrated all VMs and templates off the datastore (and deleted the empty folders the migration leaves behind. Grrr...). There are two empty folders left on this datastore, labeled "clones" and 'masters". No one here knows how they got there, but they look kind of system-like. Anyone know if they are system folders that can be moved or can be deleted? (Screen shot attached)</P><P></P><P></P><P> </P><P></P><P></P><P><IMG src="file:/C:/DOCUME%7E1/ReeseS/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" /> </P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 19:40:12 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056138#M16693 MrScott 2010-05-05T19:40:12Z Re: Empty "clones" and "masters" folders on datastore https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056139#M16694 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>not system folders, if they are empty it's safe to delete.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 19:50:18 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056139#M16694 Troy_Clavell 2010-05-05T19:50:18Z Re: Empty "clones" and "masters" folders on datastore https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056140#M16695 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Great, thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 20:36:10 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Storage-Discussions/Empty-quot-clones-quot-and-quot-masters-quot-folders-on/m-p/2056140#M16695 MrScott 2010-05-05T20:36:10Z