I am trying to create snapshot of a VM, but I keep getting this error :
Invalid virtual machine configuration. An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Dictionary problem. An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Dictionary problem
Any Help?
Thank you
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
8/22/2022 - Mon
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
How are you trying to create a snapshot via the GUI ?
jskfan
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this way:
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
The VM does not have Snapshot on the Snapshot Manager.
When I tried to create the snapshot, I got this error: Invalid virtual machine configuration. An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Dictionary problem. An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Dictionary problem
However if I go to the command line, I see the snapshot file there:
-rw------- 1 root root 6.0M Feb 28 10:19 VM1-000001-sesparse.vmdk-rw------- 1 root root 300 Feb 28 10:19 VM1-000001.vmdk
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
Can you create a new snapshot wait 120 seconds, and then select delete ALL.
Otherwise the VMX file and/or VMSD is corrupted.
Is this just a test virtual machine we can discard, or does it need recovery ?
Because you are now in Snapshot Hell, Welcome! (this is the issue with snapshots!)
jskfan
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What I did to resolve this issue, was to Migrate the VM to a different ESX host. Create new Snapshot then delete it..
I ended up with the files shown below:
Not sure why the files ,That I indicated with Red Arrows on the screenshot, are still there ?