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Sam30
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vMotion failing ..Help !

vMotion for a particular VM errors out as:-

The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on.

Could not create '/vmfs/volumes/54e1923e-f3f96bc8-07b6-ecf4bbceb228/USDC1UXAVMPRDV1/USDC1UXAVMPRDV1.nvram': msg.fileio.lock


Machine's vmware.log shows as :-

2015-02-22T01:00:25.694Z| vmx| W110: CONFIGDB: Ignoring request to write config file

2015-02-22T01:00:25.706Z| vmx| I120: GuestLib Generated SessionId 3503106828287461647

2015-02-22T01:00:25.706Z| vmx| I120: WORKER: Creating new group with numThreads=1 (4)

2015-02-22T01:00:25.706Z| vmx| I120: DISKUTIL: scsi1:2 : max toolsVersion = 2147483647

2015-02-22T01:00:25.706Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS setting legacy tools version to '2147483647', manifest status is 9

2015-02-22T01:00:25.706Z| vmx| I120: VMXVmdb_SetToolsVersionStatus: status value set to 'unmanaged', 'unmanaged', install possible

2015-02-22T01:00:25.706Z| vmx| I120: VMXVmdb_SetToolsVersionStatus: status value set to 'unmanaged', 'unmanaged', install possible

2015-02-22T01:00:25.727Z| vmx| I120: MsgHint: msg.tools.toolsReminder

2015-02-22T01:00:25.727Z| vmx| I120+ Install the VMware Tools package inside this virtual machine. After the guest operating system starts, select VM > Install VMware Tools⦠and follow the instructions.

2015-02-22T01:00:25.727Z| vmx| I120+ ---------------------------------------

2015-02-22T01:00:25.727Z| vmx| I120: Migrate: Automatically handling hint.

2015-02-22T01:00:25.727Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL initializing state to IDLE on power on.

2015-02-22T01:00:33.736Z| vmx| W110: NVRAMMGR: No valid NVRAM file found, will create default NVRAM.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.751Z| vmx| I120: Msg_Post: Error

2015-02-22T01:00:37.751Z| vmx| I120: [msg.nvram.wback1] Could not create '/vmfs/volumes/54e1923e-f3f96bc8-07b6-ecf4bbceb228/Avamar-Proxy/Avamar-Proxy.nvram': Failed to lock the file

2015-02-22T01:00:37.751Z| vmx| I120: ----------------------------------------

2015-02-22T01:00:37.783Z| vmx| W110: NVRAMMGR: Failed to create default NVRAM file (Avamar-Proxy.nvram)

2015-02-22T01:00:37.783Z| vmx| I120: Module Nvman power on failed.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.783Z| vmx| I120: VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0

2015-02-22T01:00:37.783Z| vmx| I120: MigrateSetStateFinished: type=2 new state=11

2015-02-22T01:00:37.783Z| vmx| I120: MigrateSetState: Transitioning from state 10 to 11.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.783Z| vmx| I120: [msg.migrate.resume.fail] The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.784Z| vmx| I120: Msg_Post: Error

2015-02-22T01:00:37.784Z| vmx| I120: [msg.migrate.resume.fail] The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.784Z| vmx| I120: ----------------------------------------

2015-02-22T01:00:37.789Z| vmx| I120: SVMotion_PowerOff: Not running Storage vMotion. Nothing to do

2015-02-22T01:00:37.790Z| svga| I120: SVGA thread is exiting

2015-02-22T01:00:37.790Z| vmx| I120: Destroying virtual dev for scsi1:2 vscsi=8365

2015-02-22T01:00:37.790Z| vmx| I120: VMMon_VSCSIStopVports: No such target on adapter

2015-02-22T01:00:37.790Z| vmx| I120: Destroying virtual dev for scsi0:0 vscsi=8364

2015-02-22T01:00:37.790Z| vmx| I120: VMMon_VSCSIStopVports: No such target on adapter

2015-02-22T01:00:37.791Z| mks| I120: MKS PowerOff

2015-02-22T01:00:37.791Z| mks| I120: MKS thread is exiting

2015-02-22T01:00:37.792Z| vmx| I120: scsi1:2: numIOs = 0 numMergedIOs = 0 numSplitIOs = 0 ( 0.0%)

2015-02-22T01:00:37.792Z| vmx| I120: Closing disk scsi1:2

2015-02-22T01:00:37.792Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Shutting down change tracking for untracked fid 17636129.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.792Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CBT   : Successfully disconnected CBT node.

2015-02-22T01:00:37.795Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS  : "/vmfs/volumes/54e1923e-f3f96bc8-07b6-ecf4bbceb228/Avamar-Proxy/Avamar-Proxy_1-flat.vmdk" : closed.

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Swedel
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Sam30, I have the same problem, did you ever find a solution? I'm able to vMotion the VMs in the powered off state...

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IB_IT
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have you looked through this kb?

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2046325

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Sam30
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Unfortunately nope, raised a case with VMware Tech Support even they couldn't find it. All they kept saying seems its locked somewhere but can't find where so rebooting the host only fixed the issue for me.

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janardhanr
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Any luck from vmware support?

Regards, Jana. NOTE: If your problem or questions has been resolved / answered, please mark this thread as answered and award points accordingly.
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slanc557
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I shut down the vm, ssh into one of the esx hosts that had access, and deleted the nvram file for that VM. When the vm booted back up, vmotion worked

So its a little better than shutting down the host.

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PetrovichEvgen
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Try Storage vMotion without host change .

for me helps only storage vmotion of configuration files and first HDD.

VM was:

1hdd - 60 GB

2HDD - 1.7 TB

3HDD - 800GB

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Murali_Patil
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Storage vmotion fixed the issue.

Murali Mohan G P
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