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tgjustincheong0
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cannot remove vmdk no such file or directory

Dear All,

I cannot remove vmdk no such file or directory.

How can i sloved it. Thanks!

Here is my log:

[root@tgesxi3:/vmfs/volumes/5daa7981-f59a2c83-580b-a4bf0137e922/Test/oldfiles] rm -r Test_2-flat.vmdk

rm: can't remove 'Test_2-flat.vmdk': No such file or directory

[root@tgesxi3:/vmfs/volumes/5daa7981-f59a2c83-580b-a4bf0137e922/Test/oldfiles] vmkfstools -D Test_2-flat.vmdk

Lock [type 10c00001 offset 100155392 v 182, hb offset 4161536

gen 101, mode 0, owner 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000 mtime 2609

num 0 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]

Addr <4, 28, 26>, gen 58, links 1, type reg, flags 0x9, uid 0, gid 0, mode 600

len 48855252992, nb 5023 tbz 0, cow 0, newSinceEpoch 5023, zla 3, bs 1048576

affinityFD <4,28,26>, parentFD <4,48,23>, tbzGranularityShift 20, numLFB 0

lastSFBClusterNum 926, numPreAllocBlocks 0, numPointerBlocks 1

[root@tgesxi3:/vmfs/volumes/5daa7981-f59a2c83-580b-a4bf0137e922/Test/oldfiles] touch Test_2-flat.vmdk | ls -ltr | grep vmdk

-rw-------    1 root     root     48855252992 Nov  4 07:20 Test_2-flat.vmdk

[root@tgesxi3:/vmfs/volumes/5daa7981-f59a2c83-580b-a4bf0137e922/Test/oldfiles] vmfsfilelockinfo -p Test_2-flat.vmdk -v 10.10.1.249 -u administrator@vsphere.local

vmfsfilelockinfo Version 2.0

Looking for lock owners on "Test_2-flat.vmdk"

"Test_2-flat.vmdk" is not locked by any ESX host and is Free

Total time taken : 0.034483469999031513 seconds.

[root@tgesxi3:/vmfs/volumes/5daa7981-f59a2c83-580b-a4bf0137e922/Test/oldfiles]

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tayfundeger
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Can you connect to ESXi host with WinSCP? Can you access the datastore directory from here?

Can you try to delete it via WinSCP?

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tgjustincheong0
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HI,I can use WinSCP to connect to ESXI.

But only can rename the vmdk

Still can not remove it.

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a_p_
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Do any errors show up in e.g. the vmkernel.log when you run the rm command?


André

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tgjustincheong0
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[root@tgesxi3:/var/log] tail /var/log/vmkernel.log

2019-11-04T08:27:00.146Z cpu4:2099479 opID=5277cca6)WARNING: Res3: 4384: [type 1] resource 511 (cluster 974) on volume labeled 'datastore1-WuZhou' already freed by another host: This may be a non-issue

2019-11-04T08:27:00.146Z cpu4:2099479 opID=5277cca6)Fil3: 7896: Truncating <FD c28 r26> failed: Not found

2019-11-04T08:28:05.294Z cpu5:2097714)DVFilter: 5963: Checking disconnected filters for timeouts

2019-11-04T08:29:11.983Z cpu6:2104223)WARNING: Res3: 4384: [type 1] resource 511 (cluster 974) on volume labeled 'datastore1-WuZhou' already freed by another host: This may be a non-issue

2019-11-04T08:29:11.990Z cpu6:2104223)WARNING: Res3: 4384: [type 1] resource 511 (cluster 974) on volume labeled 'datastore1-WuZhou' already freed by another host: This may be a non-issue

2019-11-04T08:29:11.990Z cpu6:2104223)Fil3: 7896: Truncating <FD c28 r26> failed: Not found

2019-11-04T08:30:57.063Z cpu6:2097727)ScsiDeviceIO: 3435: Cmd(0x459a40eeb1c0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x130e from world 0 to dev "naa.600605b006fdc2a6235700160f916f8e" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.

2019-11-04T08:31:42.655Z cpu1:2104259)WARNING: Res3: 4384: [type 1] resource 511 (cluster 974) on volume labeled 'datastore1-WuZhou' already freed by another host: This may be a non-issue

2019-11-04T08:31:42.672Z cpu4:2104259)WARNING: Res3: 4384: [type 1] resource 511 (cluster 974) on volume labeled 'datastore1-WuZhou' already freed by another host: This may be a non-issue

2019-11-04T08:31:42.672Z cpu4:2104259)Fil3: 7896: Truncating <FD c28 r26> failed: Not found

[root@tgesxi3:/var/log]

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