hello
I want to get some suggestions form you guys.
I cant take a snapshot of a vm and having this error " cannot creae snapshot because file or folder unspecified filename already exists"
snapshot manager is not showing any snapsot in virtual center but vm folder is having snapshot files.
I have seen this KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=100805...
ls -alrt *.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 523 May 9 2015 vm1.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 500 Sep 11 2014 vm1_1.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 499 Sep 11 2014 vm1_2.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 501 Sep 12 2014 vm1_3.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 21474836480 Jun 9 2015 vm1-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 53687091200 Jun 9 2015 vm1_1-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 32212254720 Feb 3 2015 vm1_2-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 107374182400 Jun 9 2015 vm1_3-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 53687091200 Dec 1 18:04 vm1_4-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 355 Aug 28 12:09 vm1-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 360 Jun 9 2015 vm1_1-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 359 Jun 9 2015 vm1_2-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 360 Jun 9 2015 vm1_3-000001.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 9277845504 Dec 9 10:11 vm1-000001-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 14327848960 Dec 9 08:45 vm1_1-000001-delta.vmdk
XXX-rw------- 1 root root 106496 Jun 9 22:06 vm1_1-000002-delta.vmdk XXXX
-rw------- 1 root root 16842752 Dec 1 18:05 vm1_2-000001-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 103935062016 Dec 7 04:14 vm1_3-000001-delta.vmdk
so when i match all the vmdk's with all the descriptor files i found vm1_1-000002-delta.vmdk is not having a descriptor file.
what is the best to fix it. according to the KB i can rename it to vm1_1-000002-delta.vmdk.old but is it possible to change it on powered on status.
This vm is very important VM and we dont have a backup so any other possible way to backup instead of shutdown and copy the full folder.
What is the best way to fix it.
MY .VMX file
#!/usr/bin/vmware
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
nvram = "vm1.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "soft"
displayName = "vm1"
extendedConfigFile = "vm1.vmxf"
floppy0.present = "true"
scsi0.present = "true"
scsi0.sharedBus = "none"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1024"
scsi0:0.present = "true"
scsi0:0.fileName = "vm1-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal"
sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = "off"
scsi0:1.present = "true"
scsi0:1.fileName = "vm1_1-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:1.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
sched.scsi0:1.shares = "normal"
sched.scsi0:1.throughputCap = "off"
scsi0:2.present = "true"
scsi0:2.fileName = "vm1_2-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:2.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
sched.scsi0:2.shares = "normal"
sched.scsi0:2.throughputCap = "off"
ide0:0.present = "true"
ide0:0.fileName = "CD-ROM 1"
ide0:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom"
ide0:0.startConnected = "false"
floppy0.startConnected = "false"
floppy0.fileName = "Floppy 1"
ethernet0.present = "true"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "false"
ethernet0.networkName = "XXX"
ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
guestOS = "rhel5"
annotation = "vRanger Backup & Replication: Type [Full] Result [Success] Time [6/9/2015 10:07:09 PM] Repository [M]"
uuid.bios = "42 23 1b 4f 08 55 9f 68-55 13 27 76 43 6e 97 36"
vc.uuid = "50 23 1f ea 44 50 76 3b-94 51 bc 27 64 5d 4b e5"
log.fileName = "vmware.log"
snapshot.action = "keep"
sched.cpu.min = "0"
sched.cpu.units = "mhz"
sched.cpu.shares = "normal"
sched.mem.minsize = "0"
sched.mem.shares = "normal"
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE"
guestCPUID.0 = "0000000"
guestCPUID.1 = "000206cff"
guestCPUID.80000001 = "00800"
hostCPUID.0 = "0000000b"
hostCPUID.1 = "000206c2f"
hostCPUID.80000001 = "00"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
scsi0:1.redo = ""
userCPUID.0 = "0000000"
userCPUID.1 = "000206c200200f"
userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304"
scsi0:2.ctkEnabled = "false"
scsi0:2.redo = ""
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
uuid.location = "56 4d 58 30 69 34 bf c5-24 22 d9 20 1d 14 91 ad"
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
migrate.hostlog = "./vm1-78e9b921.hlog"
sched.mem.max = "1024"
sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/5391aeef-a/vm1/vm1-78e9b921.vswp"
scsi0:3.fileName = "vm1_3-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:3.mode = "persistent"
scsi0:3.ctkEnabled = "FALSE"
scsi0:3.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:3.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:3.redo = ""
scsi0:4.fileName = "vm1_4.vmdk"
scsi0:4.mode = "persistent"
scsi0:4.ctkEnabled = "FALSE"
scsi0:4.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:4.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:4.redo = ""
Thanks in advance
