ESX snapshot “An Invalid snapshot configuration was detected”
Received this error today trying to create a new snapshot of a Windows VM guest running on VMware ESXi. VI client showed no existing snapshots, tried reboot of VM and ESXi host but still unable to create a new snapshot.
Was eventually able to create the snapshot by renaming the snapshot definition file for the VM, this then allowed me to create snapshots OK.
To rename the file browse to the datastore containing the VM folder using the VI client and look for a file ending in .vmsd (will probably be your_vm_name.vmsd), you can then right click on the file and rename adding a .bak to the end of the file name (e.g. orginal file called server1.vmsd renamed file server1.vmsd.bak).
Only try this technique if you are 100% sure you have no existing snapshots on the virtual machine as peforming the above on a VM with snapshots will undoubtedly break it !!
Filed under: VMware ESX/ESXi
Thank you!
Saved my day.
Gertie