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.
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).
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 ...
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 ...
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?
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.