Cannot extend VMware HDD because of snapshots that I cannot delete [closed]
Solution 1:
VMware virtual disks cannot be extended if they have snapshots.
Archive what you need to preserve to a real backup system. Beware some backup systems will not preserve snapshots, consider copying files direct from the hypervisor. Test restore by creating a new VM from this backup.
Delete the snapshots.
Solution 2:
I'm not quite understanding the conundrum. If you delete the snapshots they will all be merged into the parent disk and all of the changes in the snapshots will be preserved. Why is this not a solution?