VMEM File Not Generated After Taking memory Snapshot
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VMEM File Not Generated After Taking memory Snapshot

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Article ID: 412046

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

When taking a memory based snapshot, we only see the vmsn file but vmem is not available.

Environment

vCenter server 7.x

vCenter server 8.x

Cause

The hardware version is 10 or lower on the VM 

Resolution

Take a backup of the VMs before upgrading the hardware version.

Upgrade your VM hardware version to 11 and above to get .vmem file after memory snapshot 

Upgrading a virtual machine to the latest hardware version