Re: vSphere Delete VM Snapshot

Hi,

This is what worked for me.

Open putty and connect to your ESXi server. Navigate to the VM datastore and execute the following commands.

grep -i filename "vmNamevmx" | grep -i vmdk //gives the name of the vmdk currently in use for the VM

less "vmName-000001.vmdk" | egrep -i "cid|parentcid|vmdk" //check the CID and parent CID for each snapshot the parentCID of the first snapshot has to match the CID of the base vmdk. If you have a second snapshot its parentCID has to match the CID of first snapshot and so on. It it does not match, Use vi snapshotName.vmdk and edit.

Create a recover directory with enough free space.

vmkfstools -i "vmName-000001.vmdk" /vmfs/volumes/4d395e37-36b73cfa-17f4-00199997b746/recover/vmName_new.vmdk //Refer to the snapshot in use that you got from above, this will clone the virtual machine vmdk and consolidate all snapshots into one.

Thanks!