And *this* would be why I love this list! I had thought it took a complete snapshot and that was it....so now I've just gone through getting rid of my old snapshots.
Thanks all! On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:17 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. I used to think snapshots were the bomb, now I treat them as "use > only when necessary and get rid of 'em as fast as you can". IMO snapshots > increase disaster recovery complexity, and when doing DR the last thing you > want is more complexity :-). > > Dave "delete 'em as soon as is feasible" Lum > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast. > > 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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