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Upon deleting all snapshots on a virtual machine, some delta vmdk's remained (main-000001.vmdk, etc.), with the vmware's harddisk pointing to those. How can I merge these deltas into the main vmdk file?

I've tried to use vmware-vdiskmanager.exe on the snapshot vmdk, but this only works on the first delta, on the second one it dies with:

VixDiskLib: Invalid configuration file parameter.  Failed to read configuration file.
Creating disk 'test.vmdk'
Failed to convert disk: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (0x100003e80).

I've tried to clone the virtual machine from the gui, but this shows Cloning failed: One of the parameters supplied is invalid.

I've run out of options, does anyone know of fixes to the above or alternatives to merging in snapshot deltas?

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  • Does the VM still boot? Are you sure your VMDK wasn't created with the option to split files at 4GB (which is the default)?
    – Zoredache
    Oct 22, 2014 at 18:22
  • @Zoredache Fixed it in the end, but wasn't straightforward at all. See my blog entry.
    – simonzack
    Oct 22, 2014 at 18:27
  • @simonzack just wanted to let you know that we faced the exact same issue and your blog post helped to get it working, thanks for sharing!
    – Mahn
    Apr 24, 2016 at 21:54

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