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Hi &nbsp;<br />
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We have VMware Vsphere Client 5.5.0 and &nbsp;the space on Exchange only 27Gb. All I want is to the expand the D drive.<br />
When I right click the VM &nbsp;and edit settings and click Hard disk 1 , Disk provisioning is completely greyed.<br />
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I came across an article which said , if it is greyed , that means the snapshot &nbsp;is in progress. I went to the VEEAM back up server and noticed that no Exchange backup is running.<br />
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I right clicked the VM- snapshot-snapshot manager and noticed that 2 VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT &nbsp;listed there.<br />
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I selected the bottom snapshot and clicked delete and it was saying snapshot removal in progress. After some time it throws and error<br />
&quot;remove snapshot request time out&quot;<br />
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Please suggest , what to do at this stage &nbsp;and is there a safe way of removing these snapshot. Please see the attached &nbsp;the snapshot manager.<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Hi  

We have VMware Vsphere Client 5.5.0 and  the space on Exchange only 27Gb. All I want is to the expand the D drive.
When I right click the VM  and edit settings and click Hard disk 1 , Disk provisioning is completely greyed.

I came across an article which said , if it is greyed , that means the snapshot  is in progress. I went to the VEEAM back up server and noticed that no Exchange backup is running.

I right clicked the VM- snapshot-snapshot manager and noticed that 2 VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT  listed there.

I selected the bottom snapshot and clicked delete and it was saying snapshot removal in progress. After some time it throws and error
"remove snapshot request time out"

Please suggest , what to do at this stage  and is there a safe way of removing these snapshot. Please see the attached  the snapshot manager.

Thanks

When i delete  the snap shot in snapshot manager in Vsphere client,  I get remove snapshot request time out

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

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Veeam® has pioneered a new market of Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™ by helping organizations meet recovery time and point objectives (RTPO™) of less than 15 minutes for all applications and data. Veeam develops backup, disaster recovery and virtualization management software for VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments. The company focuses on products that help with virtualized workloads, reduce downtime, and ensure the system Availability required by service-level agreements.