Glad to hear it! I think your understanding of snapshots is a common misconception. Your original vmdk becomes frozen and the snapshot tracks all changes. This is why people end up in the same situation just experienced.
- Sean On Jan 20, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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