diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb
index f7688dd17e..7d87a53bec 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb
@@ -1810,6 +1810,15 @@ module VCenterDriver
 
         # Attach DISK to VM (hotplug)
         def attach_disk(disk)
+            # Adding a new disk in newer vSphere versions
+            # automatically cleans all system snapshots
+            # https://github.com/OpenNebula/one/issues/5409
+            if snapshots? or one_snapshots?
+              error_message =  'Existing sytem snapshots, cannot change disks. '
+              error_message << 'Please remove all snapshots and try again.'
+              raise error_message
+            end
+
             spec_hash     = {}
             device_change = []
 
@@ -1935,6 +1944,12 @@ module VCenterDriver
         def detach_disk(disk)
             return unless disk.exists?
 
+            if snapshots? or one_snapshots?
+              error_message =  'Existing sytem snapshots, cannot change disks. '
+              error_message << 'Please remove all snapshots and try again.'
+              raise error_message
+            end
+
             spec_hash = {}
             spec_hash[:extraConfig] = [disk.config(:delete)]
             spec_hash[:deviceChange] = [{
@@ -2191,6 +2206,15 @@ module VCenterDriver
             self['rootSnapshot'] && !self['rootSnapshot'].empty?
         end
 
+        def one_snapshots?
+            begin
+                !one_item['TEMPLATE/SNAPSHOT'].nil?
+            rescue StandardError
+                # one_item may not be retrieved if deploy_id hasn't been set
+                false
+            end
+        end
+
         def instantiated_as_persistent?
             begin
                 !!one_item["TEMPLATE/CLONING_TEMPLATE_ID"]