For details on how to release the lock on locked files, see Investigating virtual machine file locks on ESXi/ESX (10051).

The snapshot commit fails due to locked files.

It does not fix the underlying issue that may have caused this to occur initially.Ĭonsolidating snapshots may be required when: Note : The consolidate option allows you to consolidate the delta disks into the base disk when there are no snapshots shown in the Snapshot Manager. To check the Consolidation progress see Commands to monitor snapshot deletion in ESX 2.5/3.x/4.x and ESXi 3.x/4.x/5.x (1007566)If the task succeeded, the Configuration Issues message clears and the Needs Consolidation value is No.

Check the Need Consolidation column to verify that the task succeeded.

Right-click the virtual machine and click Snapshot > Consolidate.

Note: A Configuration Issue warning is also displayed in the Summary tab of the virtual machine indicating that virtual machine disk consolidation is needed.

A No status indicates that the files are OK.

A Yes status indicates that the snapshot files for the virtual machine should be consolidated and that the virtual machine’s Tasks and Events tab shows a configuration problem.Right-click the menu bar for any virtual machine column and click Needs Consolidation.Select a vCenter Server host or a cluster and click the Virtual Machines tab.To check if virtual machine consolidation is required: The virtual machine performance may be degraded while the snapshot consolidation process.If the consolidation process is stopped before completing, it may result in data corruption.The remove snapshot process can take a long time to complete if the snapshots are large.Ensure you have a recent backup of the VM before proceeding as consolidation can fail.Run VM consolidation outside business hours if the VM is considered critical production.

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