Snapshots can create 1-2 files within the virtual machine’s folder for each individual snapshot: /vmfs/volumes/4e41f7fc-e22ffd7d-ae49-001b214182b0/VMNAME # ls -laterh -rw——- 1 root root 72.0G Sun Oct 7 14:59:22 2012 VMNAME-flat.vmdk -rw——- 1 root root 4.0G Sun Oct 7 15:05:54 2012 VMNAME-Snapshot84.vmsn -rw——- 1 root root 16.1M Sun Oct 7 15:15:14 2012 VMNAME-000001-delta.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/4e41f7fc-e22ffd7d-ae49-001b214182b0/VMNAME # The “*.vmsn” […]