Hello all,
I am new to snapshots and have been looking to resolve this issue since setting up my snapshots. I assumed that when pointing the snapshots to a separate datastore that I could save space. I was unaware that it still created a additional drive in the original datastore. Right now my problem is this. I got the warning that I needed to consolidate a couple of the servers, but I did not act immediately like I should have. Now I have a much more important issue of space.
I have successfully run the disk consolidation on both of the servers that were in need. But all the disks created by the snapshots are still there. I need to get rid of these, but am not sure the best path to take in this. I checked and both of the servers are showing as running off the last numbered .vmdk i.e. disk-000015.vmdk. Could someone instruct me on the best practice to for lack of a better work, consolidate the disks or delete the ones I should no longer need after the consolidation process?
Thank you in advance.