The warning 'Virtual Machine disks consolidation is needed' in the Summary tab of a virtual machine in the VMware vSphere console means that when deleting a snapshot (using the option Delete or Delete All), the snapshot VMDK files or logs have not been deleted correctly (remain on the storage).
https://ibmimedia.com/blog/213/vmware-virtual-machine-disks-consolidation-is-needed-error
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consolidate snapshots greyed out
