According to the file name you mentioned the VM ran with one or more active snapshots, which grew over time and filled up the datastore. To find out how to resove this, please provide some details about
- the datastore (size, free size, shared storage or local)
- the VM (a screen shot of the files in the datastore browser, showing full names, sizes, time stamps)
- the VM's latest vmware.log file (located in the VM's folder on the datastore), please attach this file to a reply post using the advanced editor
- whether other VM's are running on the same datstore which could temporarily be shut down
André