5/28/2023 0 Comments Disk consolidation vmware![]() So, how do we identify a) the locked file, b) the source of the lock, and c) resolve the locked vmdks and consolidate the disks? Disk consolidation required. A larger and slightly more pressing concern that arose (due to the size and amount of delta disks being held) meant the underlying datastore had blown it’s capacity, taking a number of VMs offline. As a result, a number of virtual machines reported disk consolidation alerts and, due to the locked vmdks, I was unable to consolidate the snapshots or Storage vMotion the VM to a different datastore. In my case, this was due to a failure of a Veeam Backup & Replication disk backup job which had, effectively, failed to remove it’s delta disks following a backup run. ![]() ![]() ![]() A reoccurring issue this one, and usually due to a failed backup. ![]()
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