ESXi5.1
4 VMs
One of my VMs has multiple .vmdk files, as follows:
sf2000-2.vmdk 84GB
sf2000-2-000001.vmdk 84GB eager zeroed thick
sf2000-2-000002.vmdk 84GB eager zeroed thick
sf2000-2-000003.vmdk 84GB eager zeroed thick
sf2000-2-000004.vmdk 84GB eager zeroed thick
There are no snapshots and no provisioned space for any of the .vmdk files. This one VM is using 401 GB of HD space. Can someone tell me why I have these extra .vmdk files and is there a safe way to delete them?
Follow-Up:
I just noticed something in the properties section if it helps. Hard Disk 1 shows as sf2000-2-000004.vmdk and the Virtual Device Node shows as IDE (0:0) Hard Disk 1. All of my other VMs show the Virtual Device Node as SCSI (0:0) Hard Disk 1.
Why would the Virtual Hard Disk be showing as sf2000-2-000004.vmdk and not sf2000-2.vmdk? Attachment of VM details below.
Follow-Up 2:
I experimented with moving sf2000-2.vmdk, sf2000-2-000001.vmdk, sf2000-2-000002.vmdk, and sf2000-2-000003.vmdk to another folder on the datastore. After rebooting the VM it still worked. Somehow, the files have gotten screwed up. Is there a way to get the naming back to what it should be with sf2000-2.vmdk as Hard Disk 1? That would entail having to tell ESXi that Hard Disk 1 is sf2000-2.vmdk and then renaming sf2000-2-000004.vmdk to sf2000-2.vmdk. Any thoughts on how to do this?
Thank You,
stmux
Message was edited by: stmux