Re: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created

If I understood you correctly, you are confused about the numbers in the file names.

The reason why they may not be ascending is that each time a new snapshot is created, ESXi will use the lowest available number.

Example:

• Create new VM --> virtualdisk.vmdk
• Take Snapshot --> virtualdisk-000001.vmdk -> virtualdisk.vmdk
• Take Snapshot --> virtualdisk-000002.vmdk -> virtualdisk-000001.vmdk -> virtualdisk.vmdk
• Delete first Snapshot --> virtualdisk-000002.vmdk -> virtualdisk.vmdk
• Create Snapshot --> virtualdisk-000001.vmdk -> virtualdisk-000002.vmdk -> virtualdisk.vmdk

André