vmkfstools: failed to open (File system isn't VMFS:35): Filesystem isn't vmfs.

[novero]

Hello,

I'm trying to move 2 virtual machines (guest OS: CentOS Linux 5.2)

from this VMWare server (also hosted at a HP-server w/CentOS 5.2):

# rpm -qa|grep -i vmware

VMware-server-console-1.0.7-108231

VMware-server-1.0.7-108231

To our VMWare ESX 3.5 machine:

# vmware -v

VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 build-123630

The files are hosted at NFS (NetApp-Filer) and are mounted

(including read/write permissions for root) at the both machines:

# mount | grep vm

ablnas02.internal.novero.com:/vol/ablesx01 on /vm type nfs (rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,intr,addr=10.121.42.52)

So I shut down the first virtual machine and also

remove its snapshot using the VMWare Server console.

Then I SSH into the ESX server and try:

# ll

-rw------- 1 root root 8589934592 Nov 25 16:33 ablsvn01-flat.vmdk

-rw------- 1 root root 349 Nov 25 16:33 ablsvn01.vmdk

-rw------- 1 root root 849 Nov 25 16:33 ablsvn01.vmsd

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 860 Nov 25 16:37 ablsvn01.vmx

-rw------- 1 root root 8664 Nov 25 16:33 nvram

-rw-rr 1 root root 38599 Nov 25 15:15 vmware-0.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 12873 Oct 27 11:52 vmware-1.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 15049 Oct 27 11:51 vmware-2.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 27056 Nov 25 16:33 vmware.log

# vmkfstools -v 10 -i ./ablsvn01.vmdk ./ablsvn01-NEW.vmdk

Destination disk format: VMFS thick

DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened : "ablsvn01-flat.vmdk" 0 (0x6)

DISKLIB-LINK : Opened './ablsvn01.vmdk' (0x6): monolithicFlat, 16777216 sectors / 8192 Mb.

DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "./ablsvn01.vmdk" (flags 0x6). 0x86ba734

Cloning disk './ablsvn01.vmdk'...

DISKLIB-VMFS :ExtentCreate "./ablsvn01-NEW-flat.vmdk" : failed to open (File system isn't VMFS:35): Filesystem isn't vmfs.

DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to clone : File system isn't VMFS (35).

Failed to clone disk : File system isn't VMFS (35).

Does anybody please have an idea what is wrong here?

I've also tried to remove CD-ROM+Floppy from the

VM settings in the VMWare Server Console, just in case

# cat ablsvn01.vmx

#!/usr/bin/vmware

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "512"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "ablsvn01.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom"

floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"

Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

displayName = "ablsvn01"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

autostart = "poweron"

autostop = "softpoweroff"

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d e8 f9 8b df e2 10-34 fb b5 0b 02 f5 09 d9"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 1f 06 a6 33 60 0d-5a 56 37 6e a9 fa b0 80"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:fa:b0:80"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

Regards

Alex