Cannot open the disk /vmfs/volumes/****.vmdk or one of the snapshot disks it depends on

[rnperki]

I have a window 10 host running on an ESXI 5.1 host - which had a power cut.

The PC will not start with the following error

Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/53a89c3b-1b70fda6-bd51-90b11c7865b7/Home PC Win 10/Home PC Win 10-000001.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. 0 (Input/output error)

All the files are in the data store but it looks like there is some corruption somewhere.

Is there any way to repair the vmdk file?

I have tried to copy the file to another folder but that fails

Can anyone advise what to do ?

Thanks

roger

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

please try to contact continuum‌, he might be able to help.

André

Moderator Note: Discussion moved from CloudCred  to VMware ESXi 5

[nadupalliramesh]

It happened to me on couple of VMs. Removing and adding the disks back to the VM resolved the issue for me.

Also take a look at “could not open/create change tracking files” error when powering on VM (2009244) | VMware KB.

HTH.

[continuum]

> It happened to me on couple of VMs. Removing and adding the disks back to the VM resolved the issue for me.

That is very very unlikely for I/O-errors