Failed to lock file

[proxio0071]

Hello all.

We are having an isue with a windows guest VM.

Just restarted from the guest OS cleanly.

When I checked on vpshere client (we are not managing through VCenter), I saw errors like file locks.

When I consulted the vmware.log of the file I saw errors like below:

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k' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2013).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.003Z| vmx| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' locked (try 0)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.029Z| Worker#0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Initializing ESX kernel change tracking for fid 185988.

2015-09-08T19:46:25.029Z| Worker#0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Successfuly created cbt node 2d684-cbt.

2015-09-08T19:46:25.029Z| Worker#0| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Opening cbt node /vmfs/devices/cbt/2d684-cbt

2015-09-08T19:46:25.029Z| Worker#0| I120: DISKLIB-LIB   : Opened "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001.vmdk" (flags 0xa, type vmfs).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.029Z| Worker#0| I120: DISK: Disk '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001.vmdk' has UUID '60 00 c2 9e 3d 4b a7 bf-5d 5b 83 21 cf 6a 3a 0f'

2015-09-08T19:46:25.029Z| Worker#0| I120: DISK: OPEN '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001.vmdk' Geo (4568/255/63) BIOS Geo (0/0/0)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.060Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002-delta.vmdk" : open successful (10) size = 30987591680, hd = 284293. Type 8

2015-09-08T19:46:25.060Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "New Virtual Machine-000002-delta.vmdk" (0xa)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.060Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-LINK  : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002.vmdk' (0xa): vmfsSparse, 73400320 sectors / 35 GB.

2015-09-08T19:46:25.082Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.082Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 0)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.339Z| vmx| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2013).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.339Z| vmx| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' locked (try 1)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.384Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.384Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 1)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.642Z| vmx| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2013).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.642Z| vmx| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' locked (try 2)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.686Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.686Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 2)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.944Z| vmx| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2013).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.944Z| vmx| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' locked (try 3)

2015-09-08T19:46:25.989Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:25.989Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 3)

2015-09-08T19:46:26.246Z| vmx| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2013).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.246Z| vmx| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' locked (try 4)

2015-09-08T19:46:26.291Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.291Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 4)

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2013).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (262146).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004-delta.vmdk" : failed to open (Failed to lock the file): ObjLib_Open failed. Type 8

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-LINK  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004.vmdk" : failed to open (Failed to lock the file).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004.vmdk" : failed to open (Failed to lock the file).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-LIB   : Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004.vmdk' with flags 0xa Failed to lock the file (16392).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: DISK: Cannot open disk "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004.vmdk": Failed to lock the file (16392).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: Msg_Post: Error

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: [msg.fileio.lock] Failed to lock the file

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: [msg.disk.noBackEnd] Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000004.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.549Z| vmx| I120: ----------------------------------------

2015-09-08T19:46:26.593Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.593Z| Worker#1| I120: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (262146).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.593Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk" : failed to open (Failed to lock the file): ObjLib_Open failed. Type 3

2015-09-08T19:46:26.593Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-LINK  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001.vmdk" : failed to open (Failed to lock the file).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.593Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN :"/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002.vmdk": Failed to open parent "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001.vmdk": Failed to lock the file.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.593Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001.vmdk" : failed to open (The parent of this virtual disk could not be opened).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.596Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002-delta.vmdk" : closed.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.596Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-LIB   : Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002.vmdk' with flags 0xa The parent of this virtual disk could not be opened (23).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.638Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002-delta.vmdk" : open successful (8) size = 30987591680, hd = 317061. Type 8

2015-09-08T19:46:26.638Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "New Virtual Machine-000002-delta.vmdk" (0x8)

2015-09-08T19:46:26.638Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-LINK  : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002.vmdk' (0x8): vmfsSparse, 73400320 sectors / 35 GB.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.638Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain: numLinks = 1, numSubChains = 1

2015-09-08T19:46:26.638Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain:(0) fid = 317061, extentType = 0

2015-09-08T19:46:26.639Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-LIB   : Resuming change tracking.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.672Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Initializing ESX kernel change tracking for fid 317061.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.672Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Successfuly created cbt node 8d688-cbt.

2015-09-08T19:46:26.672Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Opening cbt node /vmfs/devices/cbt/8d688-cbt

2015-09-08T19:46:26.672Z| Worker#1| I120: DISKLIB-LIB   : Opened "/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000002.vmdk" (flags 0x8, type vmfsSparse).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.675Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.675Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 0)

2015-09-08T19:46:26.978Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOGNRC: Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' : Failed to lock the file (40003) (0x2011).

2015-09-08T19:46:26.978Z| Worker#1| I120: AIOMGR: AIOMgr_OpenWithRetry: Descriptor file '/vmfs/volumes/51841f27-2b034b60-4bcb-0006f62bb2d8/New Virtual Machine/New Virtual Machine-000001-flat.vmdk' locked (try 1)

[ThompsG]

Hi there,

Just wondering if you could confirm how this data store is connected to ESX?

Ignore that - I'd take a look at this link in order to remove the lock and start your troubled VM. It looks like you only have a single host to worry about so it is likely VM World wasn't removed completely therefore leaving the VM files locked.

Let us know if this works for you.