As previously discussed, snapshots are for temporary use only and would need to be removed subsequently. Deleting a snapshot is often misconceived as deleting data in the snapshot, however it is actually the process of committing (writing) the disk data into the immediate parent disk. This also implies the memory state (if taken) from the snapshot files are restored as well. The user can do this for every single snapshot or cumulatively for all the snapshots that exist.
Deleting a virtual machine snapshot
Getting ready
You will need to log in to the vSphere Web Client with the appropriate privileges to manage snapshots. All tasks are to be done through the virtual machines' snapshot manager. Manual modification of files...
