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virtual machine goes off with space issue error
Hi,
I have four ESXi Servers 6.0 connected Dell Equallogic SAN. some of the vm's start giving error that There is no more disk space, please find attached also. whereas there is space now.
i googled and found some solutions related to snapshots, i didnt' have any snapshot. so i created one snapshot and delete all. still it didn't fix the issue. i have even migrated to different servers but the issue is same.
Please advise.
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I have four ESXi Servers 6.0 connected Dell Equallogic SAN. some of the vm's start giving error that There is no more disk space, please find attached also. whereas there is space now.
i googled and found some solutions related to snapshots, i didnt' have any snapshot. so i created one snapshot and delete all. still it didn't fix the issue. i have even migrated to different servers but the issue is same.
Please advise.
space-issue.png
Hello,
- Examine the datastore where the vm is stored.
- Search the folder of the affected vm.
- Validate that there is no snapshot present in the folder of the affected vm
If there are snapshots present, share an image, it may be that an instant is writing on the base disk.
Regards...
- Examine the datastore where the vm is stored.
- Search the folder of the affected vm.
- Validate that there is no snapshot present in the folder of the affected vm
If there are snapshots present, share an image, it may be that an instant is writing on the base disk.
Regards...
To have the above Solved, please increase the datastore space where you have this VMDK.
once the space is increase you can power on the VM , also delete the snapshot via consolidation option.
consolidation option- (this option will delete the snapshot which is not visible in snapshot manager.)
once the space is increase you can power on the VM , also delete the snapshot via consolidation option.
consolidation option- (this option will delete the snapshot which is not visible in snapshot manager.)
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Please check the VM folder NOT snapshot manager for files which are snapshots
Also check these VMs are not being backed up by third party backup products which have left snapshots or still have the parent disk locked!