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Asked: 2016-02-15 07:24:11 +0800 CST

VMware snapshot merge vs delete on "DELETE ALL"

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A simple version of this question has been asked before (and links to VMware site for simple scenarios exist) - but this is a bit more complicated. I have 4 snapshot scenarios under VMware esxi 5.5:

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and I want to know what happens when I click "DELETE ALL" snapshots. Is this correct?

  • Scenario 1: A and B will be merged, and there will be NO more snapshots
  • Scenario 2: B will be thrown away, and there will be NO more snapshots
  • Scenario 3: A and B will be merged, C will be thrown away, and there will be no more snapshots
  • Scenario 4: A and B and C will be merged, D and E will be thrown away, and there will be no more snapshots.

According to VMware, deleting any snapshot merges it into the parent only if it is the current chain. But I think their article is poorly worded - and it conflicts with other VMware postings that suggest snapshots below the current (you are here) state in the current chain are simply discarded

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2 Answers

  1. When you choose "Delete all Snapshots", all of the snapshots go away and you end up with a single disk file.

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  2. 1.First Scenario is last disk are ready in Write mode at B 2.You reverting from last disk and going to First disk data.... 3.same like 2 scenario but disk stage is different 4.scenario 4 is wrong because metedata will not create the new tree...called E ....

    I hope you can understand my explanations

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