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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...
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.
Tuvix72
Feb 19, 2018Aspirant
Thank you Stephen, I am used to using VCenter-Integrated backup solutions (Veeam, Acronis, Unitrends, DATTO etc) so this is "someone else's" plan which I am now taking responsibility for. I have no concerns justifying the need for a proper backup solution, but I've read conflicting information on running ReadyNAS snapshots on live VMWare datastores... As you can imagine stopping the corruptions is a high priority and we may have no option other than to try disabling them.
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