Hello!
I cannot start a VM. Symptoms:
If you try to start a VM you get an error:
- Failed to lock the file
- Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/***/DEVELOPER.msltd.local/DEVELOPER.msltd.local.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Then I connect via SSH and check what is blocking the file:
vmfsfilelockinfo -p /vmfs/volumes/***/DEVELOPER.msltd.local/DEVELOPER.msltd.local.vmdk -v 192.*.*.* -u administrator@esxi.msltd.local
System shows:
vmfsfilelockinfo Version 2.0
Looking for lock owners on "DEVELOPER.msltd.local.vmdk"
"DEVELOPER.msltd.local.vmdk" is not locked by any ESX host and is Free
The file is not locked!
After that I try to consolidate disks:
An error occurred while consolidating disks: One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot
What happened before: a backup job was initiated via synology active backup. A snapchot was created on the disk where the VM is placed. It didn't finish properly, it ran out of space. After that a VM couldn't start, because of insufficient disk space. I deleted all the snapshots via snaphot manager. The VM didn't start, because the config file was pointing to a wrong vmdk file. I edited it manually. Now I get what is descibed at the beginning of the post. Please, HELP!
