Good news. The snapshot took about 2 and a half hours, but finished
successfully. The machine powered up. I checked one location on the
file server and a new folder added today to the share was still there.
So I think this should be a good indicator that the snapshot and server
vmdk combined successfully. If anyone with more ESXi experience thinks
I should check some other method, please let me know.
Regarding the size of the snapshot, like I said I made a mistake and
never deleted the snapshot when I was building the SBS. I think I
created the snaphot before I migrated some shares, so that might explain
the size.
I don't typically use snapshots and thusly haven't really dug into how
they work. To be honest I had assumed a snapshot would be a static vmdk
of that point in time, but from this experience I now know that isn't
the case.
Thanks for all the assistance guys. Really. I just had a few minutes
of freak out when it happened. The past couple of weeks I've neglected
clients a bit. My dad passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, so life
was suddenly filled with a lot of sad tasks and being there for mom.
This client has been super understanding, but I didn't want to tell this
client that I made a silly mistake and your new server is hosed.
Everything is back up and everyone at client is now asking if I can make
that happen every other Friday so they can go home early.
Bill
Sean Martin wrote:
Depends on how long the snapshot was active and the data change rate
of the server. That is why snapshots can be very dangerous.
- Sean
On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
300GB is a pretty big snapshot.
Joe Heaton
ITB - Windows Server Support
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>]
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.
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
> Deleting snapshops can take awhile, especially if they're
large. How
> big was your snapshot?
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Bill Humphries [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:02:57 -0500
> To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> 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
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