Delete all Snapshots and Consolidate Snapshots ... - VMware
kb.vmware.com › s › articleMay 31, 2021 · You can also use the Delete option to remove a corrupt snapshot and its files from an abandoned branch of the snapshot tree without merging them with the parent snapshot. Delete All Use the Delete All option to delete all snapshots from the Snapshot Manager. Delete all consolidates and writes the changes that occur between snapshots and the previous delta disk states to the base parent disk and merges them with the base virtual machine disk.
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.