23.08.2021 · To fix the virtual machine consolidation needed status, right click the VM name in the VMware vSphere Client and in the menu that opens, click Snapshots > Consolidate. A confirmation message is displayed: This operation consolidates all redundant redo logs on your virtual machine. Are you sure you want to continue?
Shutdown guest OS and power off VM (it's not always possible to do this but I could here) · Create a new snapshot · "Delete All" snapshots · vMotion to another ...
15.07.2020 · I had a system that I couldn't consolidate due to a locked file. We use Acronis and after verifying the Acronis Appliances did not have a lock on the system and after powering off and migrating, etc., etc. I removed it from inventory and re-registered the .vmx file and I was able to consolidate the disk.
18.06.2021 · To resolve this issue, remove the virtual machine disk (s) from backup proxy VM. Caution: Make sure there is no backup job running on the virtual machine that has the consolidation issue. Right-click the backup proxy virtual machine. Click Edit Settings. Expand all the Hard Disk (s).
02.10.2013 · Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: VM disk consolidation failure of VMware vSphere. Veeam R&D Forums. Technical discussions about ... However Hotadd+Parallel processing does not work as it immediately gives VM disk consolidation failure. Top. veremin Product Manager Posts: 19059 Liked: 1942 times Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2012 ...
05.05.2017 · 2. wait 2 min (just in case it needs to settle down) 3. Run a consolidate (this may take a long time just let it be until it works or fails, have waited 3 hours before) 4. If it is successful, delete all snapshots. 5. Run consolidate again just for good measure (this should be almost instantaneous) HTH someone.