Its my understanding that this would be an indication of utilizing snapshots in an very inappropriate fashion - although I still cant fathom how you could get it *that* big.
-- Espi On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pretty big? That seem absolutely huge to me. Why would a snapshot be > that big? > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>wrote: > >> 300GB is a pretty big snapshot. >> >> Joe Heaton >> ITB - Windows Server Support >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:47 PM >> To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast. >> >> Almost 300 gig. >> >> jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: >> > Deleting snapshops can take awhile, especially if they're large. How >> > big was your snapshot? >> > >> > >> > Original Message: >> > ----------------- >> > From: Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.com >> > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:02:57 -0500 >> > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com >> > Subject: did i screw up? need to fix fast. >> > >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I have a client running SBS 2011 on esxi 5 (free). The VMstopped >> > running and i got this error message: >> > >> > Message from esxi..company.local There is no more space for virtual >> > disk fezzik-000001.vmdk. >> > You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk space on >> > the relevant volume, and clicking Retry. Click Cancel to terminate >> > this session. >> > >> > >> > I clicked retry and it didn't work. I then clicked cancel and went to >> > delete the only existing snapshot to fee up space. Now I see no >> > options available under the power menu. the snapshot as been deleting >> > for 20 minutes and is at 80% now. >> > >> > I really need to get this machine back up quickly. Thanks for any help. >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider >> - >> > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange >> > >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < >> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin