Solved: Delete Snapshots - VMware Technology Network VMTN
communities.vmware.com › t5 › VMware-FusionMar 29, 2009 · After backing up and with the Virtual Machine shutdown, not suspended from within the Guest OS you'd take a Snapshot and then immediately delete the Snapshot and based on the size of the current Snapshot Disk this second action (deleting the snapshot) if it works will take a while so don't start if you don't have the time to allow it to complete or adequate free disk space on the Host.
Delete a Snapshot - VMware
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-Workstation-ProMay 31, 2019 · Select the virtual machine and select VM > Snapshot > Snapshot Manager. If you are deleting an AutoProtect snapshot, select Show AutoProtect snapshots. Select the snapshot. Select an option to delete the snapshot. Option. Action. Delete a single snapshot. Click Delete. Delete the snapshot and all of its children.
Deleting Snapshots - VMware
docs.vmware.com › en › VMware-vSphereJul 22, 2019 · Deleting a snapshot consolidates the changes between snapshots and previous disk states and writes all the data from the delta disk that contains the information about the deleted snapshot to the parent disk. When you delete the base parent snapshot, all changes merge with the base virtual machine disk. To delete a snapshot, a large amount of information needs to be read and written to a disk.