I'n try to back up a VM with GhettoVCB and its failing saying a snapshot is present. There isn't one in Snapshot Manager so I've created a snapshot and then done a delete all but it is still failing.
I've had a look in the datastore and I can see that there is a delta file. I think its an old snapshot file that is not in use but wanted to check before I deleted it. This is the directory listed from the datastore:-
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3780 Oct 18 12:40 .
drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 1960 Jun 19 09:03 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 Sep 7 2013 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local-346bdcd4.hlog
-rw------- 1 root root 8589934592 Sep 11 2013 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local-346bdcd4.vswp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Oct 18 12:40 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local-aux.xml
-rw------- 1 root root 6554112 Oct 18 12:41 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local-ctk.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 107374182400 Oct 18 12:52 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 8684 Oct 18 12:41 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.nvram
-rw------- 1 root root 620 Oct 18 12:40 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46 Oct 18 12:40 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmsd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4243 Oct 18 12:40 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmx
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Sep 7 2013 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmx.lck
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Oct 17 09:28 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmxf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4250 Oct 18 12:40 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmx~
-rw------- 1 root root 252071936 Feb 13 2014 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1-000001-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 364 Feb 13 2014 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 4915712 Oct 18 12:41 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1-ctk.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 322122547200 Oct 18 12:52 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 624 Oct 18 12:40 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1.vmdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1366075 Jun 28 2011 vmware-4.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1294553 Jul 5 2011 vmware-5.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1285971 Aug 23 2011 vmware-6.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1295743 Apr 26 2013 vmware-7.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1318787 Jul 31 2013 vmware-8.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240174 Sep 7 2013 vmware-9.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44435410 Oct 18 12:42 vmware.log
And this is the disks from the .vmx for the virtual machine:-
scsi0:0.fileName = "chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmdk"
scsi0:1.fileName = "chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1.vmdk"
scsi0:2.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/522857d3-a99e32f2-6ca5-3c4a92f58408/chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local/chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local.vmdk"
Given the two files related to the snapshot are dated in February, and the .vmx isn't referencing them and I safe to delete the following:-
-rw------- 1 root root 252071936 Feb 13 2014 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1-000001-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 364 Feb 13 2014 chw-vm-02.cheeswrights.local_1-000001.vmdk
Thanks!