
The presented resolution is to create a temporary folder, move the. Time to check the vmware.log file of the virtual machine.Īs the KB article already suggest, the tracking files (CTK files) are not accessible (Could not open/create change tracking file). No panic, another KB will help you KB 2013520 “Committing or creating snapshots fail with the error: the virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format”. So far so good, but some moments later, a new message was received and the consolidation task was ended. Right-click the virtual machine and from the menu, choose Snapshot > Consolidate. VMware KB 2003638 “Consolidating snapshots in vSphere 5.x” details the backgrounds for this message and also presents a solution for resolving this issue. At the end of the day the snapshot was deleted.



Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed”.Ī few days before, a snapshot was made as part of a regular update process. One morning while reviewing a vSphere 5.1 cluster at a customer location, I noticed one VM with the following message “Configuration Issues.
