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failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

radriaanse Jan 6, 2014 12:16 PM

Hi,

I have a problem. I just converted my physical machine (lenovo Laptop, windows 8.1), with the vmware vcenter converter standalone. Everything worked fine, no problems, no errors.

But when I want to open the file in vmware on my Ubtunu machine (a.t.m. dual-boot with win8 on the same laptop), after a while it returns the error:

Failed to lock the file

Cannot open the disk '/media/remy/WD My Book/Laptop-Remy/Laptop-Remy.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

Module DiskEarly power on failed.

Failed to start the virtual machine.

I don't know if has to do with Ubutntu (version 13.04), or with vmware workstation (10.0)

I hope some can help.

thanks in advantage,

remy adriaanse

1. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

radriaanse Jan 8, 2014 8:55 AM (in response to radriaanse)

nobody...??
I tried to virtualise my physical machine again a few times, but this doesn't matter..
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2. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

continuum Jan 9, 2014 4:57 AM (in response to radriaanse)

Do you run Workstation as admin ?
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3. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

radriaanse Jan 9, 2014 6:30 AM (in response to radriaanse)

yes, i'm running as admin/root. But also the error is gone. When i open the machine now, it just loads for a few secs and then returns to the main screen...

EDIT:
This only happens when running in root mode. When I re-open the program in normal mode it still gives the error
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4. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

continuum Jan 9, 2014 8:45 AM (in response to radriaanse)

Maybe the vmdk(s) are still owned by root ?
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5. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

automart Jan 16, 2014 2:07 PM (in response to radriaanse)

You will need to verify that there are no .lck files or folders in the VM's directory.
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6. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

lakshya32 Jul 11, 2014 10:38 PM (in response to radriaanse)

Hi

Welcome to the communities.
Take backup of all .lk file and start VM , If not work restore from oldest one.

Take care
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7. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

radriaanse Jan 26, 2014 8:02 AM (in response to radriaanse)

First of all; my apologies for the late reply, I'm just back from vacation.

In the vm folder there is a folder ***.vmx.lck , I tried to backup & delete that folder, restarted added the machine, but that doesn't matter. I still can't open the machine and It automatically re-makes the vmx.lck folder.

Inside the folder:
M53809.mck
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8. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

YadiJafari Sep 1, 2014 7:12 AM (in response to lakshya32)

Thank you very much.
I had the same problem and I deleted those files and directory (2 *.lck) you mentioned and also all log files (4 *.log) and my machine started to work correctlly.
my problem start when I was installing some software and by mistake somebody disconnected the protable harddisk (where my virtual machines are) then problem started from there and the whole day I was trying to find any editor that I could open those files with CID errors to correct and couldn't find any until I saw your comments and did it your way and worked perfectly.

Again thank you very much.

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9. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

brittonclair Oct 24, 2014 6:28 AM (in response to YadiJafari)

This worked for me too. Thank you for posting the info!
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10. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

benyin Oct 31, 2014 2:04 AM (in response to automart)

thank you very much, you solved my problem too.
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11. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

ash2007 Nov 4, 2014 5:33 AM (in response to radriaanse)

Thanks ! This solved my problem.
I deleted( backed up ) the .lck folders after exiting the vmware and then again started it. It worked !
Thanks automart lakshya32
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12. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

zaovic135 Nov 6, 2014 5:34 AM (in response to automart)

thaks a lot it works fine.
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13. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

vincentml Jan 14, 2015 9:32 PM (in response to radriaanse)

Thanks worked fine after deleting the 2 *lck directories and files plus the logs.
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14. Re: failed to lock the file cannot open the disk

mayoufk Apr 28, 2015 4:26 AM (in response to YadiJafari)

Hi There,

You saved my day YadiJafari....I deleted (and backed up just in case) the folders with the .lck extension. There were 3 folders and no files with this extension in my case.

I restarted my VM and it worked again correctly.

Thanks dude.

Cheers,

Mayouf.k
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