How to consolidate a snapshot in VMware ESX when there are virtual machine errors

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007849 This video details consolidating snapshots in VMware ESX after experiencing issues with a virtual machine. Specifically, the issues this can help resolve are:
- a hung or unresponsive virtual machine that has a snapshot or delta disk
- the error, "The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created"
- the virtual machine unexpectedly powers off and you see this error when you attempt to power it on again, "A general system error occurred"
- unable to remove virtual machines on one or more datastores

This video applies to ESX 4.1 and earlier.

If you want to commit a snapshot using the command line, and you are not experiencing these issues, you can use http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006847. This article has a video that can help walk you through the process.

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