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# sk1000129 - "Cannot create snapshot: resources exhausted. Delete some of existing snapshots to proceed" error when trying to create a snapshot

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk1000129 |
| Date Created | 2026-09-09 |
| Last Modified | 2026-11-12 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Creating an additional snapshot on a Gaia R82.10 appliance fails when a snapshot already exists.
* This error is returned: `NMSNAP9999 Cannot create snapshot: resources exhausted. Delete some of existing snapshots to proceed.`
* The output of `show snapshots` indicates that several terabytes of restore-point capacity are available.
* A second local snapshot cannot be created while an existing local snapshot is present.

## Cause

On affected Gaia R82.10 systems, changes in boot-partition utilization increase the space required by each snapshot. As a result, insufficient boot-partition space may be available to create an additional local snapshot, even when overall disk capacity appears sufficient.

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