January 25, 2012

vSphere – Disks Consolidation is needed

By Mike

Issue: Configuration Issues Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed.

This error may appear if the snapshot deletion process for a virtual machine did not complete successfully.  In previsions version that meant resolving this using the command line.  In vSphere 5 you can use the UI.

 

Resolution:

  1. Right click on the VM, highlight Shapshot and then click on Consolidate.
  2. Click Yes to confirm.

Depending on the size of the snapshots, this process can take some time before completing.

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2003638

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