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    <title>topic Re: Problem in taking a snapshot in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804085#M176095</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;have you tried consolidating the VM's snapshot by right-clicking it and selecting Consolidate? KB: &lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2003638" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2003638"&gt;VMware KB: Consolidating snapshots in vSphere 5.x/6.0 &lt;/A&gt; Also try unregistering and re-registering your VM on the ESXi host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:14:16 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Alistar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-03-18T13:14:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Problem in taking a snapshot</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804084#M176094</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;One of our VMs had gone to unresponsive state and i killed its process with esxcli vm process kill --type force --world-id &amp;lt;ID&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;after that veeam can not take a snapshot and in vcenter it shows "another task is already in progress"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Untitled.png"&gt;&lt;img src="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58379i3E679151679FD332/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Untitled.png" alt="Untitled.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have got the task list for this vm in esxi console&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; vim-cmd vmsvc/get.tasklist haTask-1086-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-436735209&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(vim.fault.NotFound) {&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; dynamicType = &amp;lt;unset&amp;gt;,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; msg = "Unable to find a VM corresponding to "haTask-1086-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-436735209"",&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;what can I do ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;it is ESXi 5.1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 08:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804084#M176094</guid>
      <dc:creator>masouddorostkar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-18T08:20:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Problem in taking a snapshot</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804085#M176095</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;have you tried consolidating the VM's snapshot by right-clicking it and selecting Consolidate? KB: &lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2003638" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2003638"&gt;VMware KB: Consolidating snapshots in vSphere 5.x/6.0 &lt;/A&gt; Also try unregistering and re-registering your VM on the ESXi host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:14:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804085#M176095</guid>
      <dc:creator>Alistar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-18T13:14:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Problem in taking a snapshot</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804086#M176096</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;tried to consolidate but it says the same thing "another task is already in progress" but didn't try the unregistering because it needs downtime, i will inform you about the result&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:47:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804086#M176096</guid>
      <dc:creator>masouddorostkar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-19T09:47:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Problem in taking a snapshot</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804087#M176097</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Please check &lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010310"&gt;http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010310&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Also check your backup server if it has a file from the VM still attached.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;If the backup server is a virtual machine, check with "Edit Settings". If there is one attached, remove it (NOT delete from disk, just removing it).&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;If it is a physical server, reboot it to make sure all locks are released and orphaned processes are stopped.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;If the VM is powered off (you said you killed it), find out if there are still running processes for the VM or locked files.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;The below steps only make sense if the VM is powered off (otherwise of course processes are running and files are locked).&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;1. Go into home folder of virtual machine and run "touch *". This will check for any file locks.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;So you would get "Device or resource busy" if files are still accessed for this VM.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;2. esxcli vm process list&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;-&amp;gt; Shows you if the VM is still running&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;3. ps | grep &amp;lt;VMname&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;4. &lt;SPAN lang="en-US"&gt;vmkvsitools lsof | grep &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="de" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Virtual_Machine_Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="de"&gt;Will show you if there are still worlds/cartels running accessing the VMs disks.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="de"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="de"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="de" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang="DE" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:02:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804087#M176097</guid>
      <dc:creator>FritzBrause</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-19T10:02:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Problem in taking a snapshot</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804088#M176098</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try restarting the management agents on the host where the VM is, there might be a stale process still running.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check out this KB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #006621; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;A href="https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003490"&gt;kb.vmware.com/kb/1003490&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #006621; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;I have had similar problems with HPDP all the fun that thing brings.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Restarting the management will not take the VM offline, however the host may or may not disconnect and reconnect from vCenter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;@iiToby&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Problem-in-taking-a-snapshot/m-p/1804088#M176098</guid>
      <dc:creator>iiToby</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-19T10:08:07Z</dc:date>
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