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Tuvix72
Feb 19, 2018Aspirant
VMWare Datastore Snapshots and Corruptions
Hello all, Running into some issues on an inherited environment. We have a RR4312 with dual expansion modules as an NFS datastore for 3 VMWare Hosts. We are experiencing occasional virtual server co...
Tuvix72
Feb 19, 2018Aspirant
Forgot to mention we also have Disk Check and Defrag on each volume scheduled monthly.
StephenB
Feb 19, 2018Guru - Experienced User
The main effect of keeping snapshots on is that it will increase fragmentation (and of course the overall storage requirements as the snapshot space builds). Perhaps try turning them off for a bit, and see if there is any change in your main issue. You can always re-enable them.
As far as backups go, the need for them depends on your overall backup plan.
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