cool thanks
I decided to delete the active snap after I read this
There may be occasions where using the Consolidate option does not work. A snapshot configuration file (with the .vmsdextension) in the virtual machine directory may interfere with consolidation of the snapshots, and it may be necessary to rename it, moved it to a new location, or delete it. For more information, see Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware ESXi and ESX (1015180).