VMware: Repairing orphaned ESX snapshots
VMware: Repairing orphaned ESX snapshots
VMware hard drives are stored as two files, a “name”.vmdk descriptor text file and a “name”-flat.vmdk binary (or “name”-delta.vmdk for snapshots) which holds the actual blocks. When you take a snapshot of a hard drive a new set of files are created. The new file holds any new or changed blocks and the old descriptor file is updated…Read More