Microsoft: In Hyper-v Snapshots fail to merge with error 0x80070070

Snapshots fail to merge with error 0x80070070


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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