Patent ID: 8935495
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing storage space in a virtualized computing environment, the method comprising the steps of: determining, by one or more computer processors, that a computer system hosting a plurality of virtual computers has reached a threshold level of minimum available storage space; the one or more computer processors searching the storage space of the computer system for an inactive snapshot file, wherein the inactive snapshot file includes both a snapshot child disk and data blocks within the snapshot child disk; the one or more computer processors locating the inactive snapshot file, wherein locating the inactive snapshot file includes determining at least one snapshot child disk with a highest number of inactive data blocks; the one or more computer processors arranging the inactive data blocks of the at least one snapshot child disk in one or more sequences, wherein arranging the inactive data blocks in one or more sequences includes determining whether a size of each of the one or more sequences exceeds a pre-defined threshold value; and the one or more computer processors, responsive to determining a size of one or more sequences exceeds the pre-defined threshold value, moving the located inactive snapshot file to a secondary storage.