Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Error:
Snapshots fail to merge with error
Cause:
Low disk space.
Resolution:
Create additional free disk space to allow the merge to complete, or move the .VHD and .AVHD file to a volume with sufficient disk space, and then manually merge the snapshots.
Note: Snapshots based on fixed .vhd files hold the free space that has been pre-provisioned inside the fixed vhd. Snapshots are dynamically expanding by nature and running a fixed-vhd VM on a snapshot for a long time means you lose the performance benefits of fixed vhd files. You should commit the data in the snapshot as soon as possible after it has served its purpose.
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Eric Battalio MSFT edited Revision 2. Comment: eric made a silly change
Naturally, I misspelled "platform." Ugh.
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